You Have Struck a Rock: Women and Political Repression in Southern Africa

Cover of 'You Have Struck a Rock: Women and Political Repression in Southern Africa', featuring a black and white photo of three African women, the first with her fist raised in protest

This booklet highlights the violent and aggressive treatment of women fighting for equality and political representation in South Africa, Namibia and Zimbabwe. From 1956, the International Defence and Aid Fund raised money to support political prisoners in southern Africa.

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Date: 1980

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Material: Paper

Size: 21cm (w) x 14.5 (h)

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Cover of 'You Have Struck a Rock: Women and Political Repression in Southern Africa', featuring a black and white photo of three African women, the first with her fist raised in protest
You Have Struck a Rock: Women and Political Repression in Southern Africa, 1980
Back cover of 'You Have Struck a Rock' pamphlet, featuring a photogrpah of a woman holding a protest sign that reads 'Releasse the "Detainees" / Power to the People'
You Have Struck a Rock: Women and Political Repression in Southern Africa. International Defence & Aid Fund for Southern Africa, 1980.

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When we are not treated equally by the law and the state

Inequality is experienced through a lack of: inclusion in the political process, representation, access to healthcare, control over reproduction, equal treatment in the criminal justice system.