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AD1137-Ac1-6-2-001-Jpeg.Pdf A c ' ! ' ls>-!X r V N flt R e p o r t of the lirst NAT!6 MM CO HF£REN,CE p SI o f W O M E N V £ £ * A ,- T, l e\d m Trades Hail, Jc!ionn€?burg=,.&»tJv l \ h c a g fte /\ PR i l 1 7 * I 3 5 4 - :;• i^*;v ^: ' ■ ■''■'''-’ I r^MVii Vni '• ' ■■ |, W J-'J j 11 -i -n ri i ■P'f’PT^'n'fc Dsurtis or? South 22£3xly Coming from many places, large and smal .,- - h ld in Johannesburg,..to fights 150 women attended the firs* national Conference ot women, a for women’s rights and for full and equal citizenship for all. The women had responded to an invitation sent^^^ZrTn^T^eT attend this Conference. The invitation was tne result othej g x * n ~ felt for a different type of woman's organisation - one that r,ouJ.ar . a t a o all women, irrespective of race, colour or nationality^ ,tr»nirt>-en build, and brine together in joint activity the • vSois S S A t t a iA the liberatory movements, end otner 7/Cf 7 Cl* 3 OTgSJTLiScL >>—0-.1S ? ^ e.L ^-1 x-u3 ivnrkiiuz and oppressed peoples for bhe . nanticipate in the Struggles ox 0 ^ - equal citizen re-oval of class and race discrimination, and tor xUll cOia q T * 3 . egress the needs and aspirations of the housewives, Ksse-eamera, peasants and professional women of South Airica, bring about the emancipation of women from the s p e c i a l disabilities suffered by them under laws, customs and conventions. “ J ^ r x v e a genuine South African democracy basea on compieteequality an friendship between men and women, and between each section. Y/hile there are South Africa many ^ f ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ t L r o f ^ o ^ ^ t h a t brouit the ^ c ? L S ^ r t S S ^ ^ s e aims The ~ e of snohw^e:£ = f V p 0 Q ^ . • j ~ -p-f*<3T*PTTf” terms Tds^cih discussi*^ the Beginning in 1952, South African women _ 1 - ■ ^ ,7 a 3 possible to call need for and -oossibilities of sucn an organisation, a..d by 43) the women together at a National Conference. Speaking in Zulu, Xosa, Scsutho,. ’maS~declaring that they had l o ^ ' a S S d ' S c f S event^^Wit^single-ninded^deterriination, the delegates resolved to establish the Federation of South African v;omen. n / r . , - 2- This report is compiled from the minutes of that Conference, and containa extracts from the speeches, resolutions and the Charter adopted by the Conference. « The Headquarters of the F.S.A.W. is in Capetown, and all interested in working for the liberation of women in South Africa, should write to the Secretary, P.O. Box 2706, Cape T o w n . ________________________________________‘__________ ____ OPE/V//VG OF TME COAJFF/2ENCE -/fay Ale**™/?** £pecJ<s an the. SFuqcf/e$ &E fa/o^en /n S9- Ai-fnca, Mrs. Ida Mntwana in the Chair called on The Pass Laws, the Native Urban Areas Ray Alexander to open the Conference. Anendement Act with its vicious Section 10, Ray Alexander said: 'have been responsible for filling up gaols - On behalf of those women who helped nine out of ten gaols in South Africa are to prepare this Conference, I bid you all overcrowded. Farm gaols are built and welcome from the depths of my heart. filled with men whose lives are wasted away to provide cheap labour for the farmers. I greet you all, delegates and visi­ tors who made this a great meeting, which The Riotious Assemblies Act, the Supp­ will be of historical importance to our ression of Communism Act, the Criminal Laws Amendment Act, the Public Safety Act country and to our peoples' struggle for freedom. were introduced with the express aim of destroying the peoples' organisations and All of us’ are here because we want to killing their desire for freedom in the find solutions to the problems which mean country of their birth. so much to women: the winning o f equality, democratic rights for women and our men, By means of a great mass of laws, to which new ones are added every year, the the right of our children to be brought up in decent homes, schools, and with rulere of this country are trying desperately to prevent the advance of the people towards opportunities for a full life. full citizenship. These laws divide them Our sisters of Russia, Czechoslovakia, according to race; deny the majority free­ China and other countries have won freedom, dom of movement, residence, ownership and independence and happiness. They are en­ education, and seek to keep the people in joying full equality with men in all ignorance, poverty and submission, a source spheres of economic, political, cultural of cheap and unskilled labour. and social life. The people will not become submissive What is the position of the African, slaves. The reply is. to organise, men and Coloured and Indian women of this country? women, young and old, in a united fight They have no political rights, no right to against unjust laws, and for security, peace, elect or be elected on the governing bodies friendship and freedom. of the country. In these struggles our woman have T-'ie Government of our country rep­ played an important part. During the resents a minority of the people. It is Defiance Campaign, hundreds went to gaol, a government of Europeans only, and rep­ some of them expectant mothers, some with resents the interests of the landowners, their babies. Our women have come out on nine-owners and factory-owners. To main­ strike against the Coloured Voters' Bill, tain power it makes laws discriminating against the banning orders issued to Trade against the great majority of the people: Union leaders under the Suppression of the African, Indian and Coloured people. Communism Act. These struggles have produced many ■■■; leaders, have made us feel the need for an organisation to embrace still wider sections ox women and make them a great force in the G r i e f r e struggle for freedom. FZCe/yerJ -from -+o//a count} We have learned with great satisfaction, and it has inspired us, of the wonderful, WOMEN'S H3TERNATI0NAL DEMOCRATIC work done by the Women's International FEDERATION, Eerlin. Democratic Federation. It was formed in UNION OF FRENCH WOMEN, Paris. 19455 to organise and unite all women in defence cf their political, economic, legal GERMAN DEMOCRATIC LEAGUE, Berlin.- and social rights, and to ensure social FREDA MATTHEWS, Fort Hare, S. Africa. progress for complete equality between men and women in all spheres. AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS, Mission Vale Branch All cx'er the world women in Europe, in India, in the Middle East, in America, AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS, Local Australia, China, Africa, everywhere - Women's Section, Alicedale, S.A. have formed Women's organisations affiliated REV. AMBROSE 0. SEHDME, Kimberley. to the W.I.D.F., which now represents 140,000,000 women. : WALTER SISULU, General Secretary, African National Congress. The women of the whole world, on whom :: falls the responsibility for the welfare | AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS, Cape Town of their homes, are growing more and more Headquarters. aware of the need to- participate actively PHYLLIS ALTMAN, Cape Town. in the struggle for peace, national liber-...’* ation, and friendship of all people, irrea- ;■ AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS, Western pective of race and colour. Areas Women's Region. In the last 10 years women in many NANCY DICK, Cape Town countries have won democratic rights. We NATAL PEACE COUNCIL. are all proud of the fact that Mrs. Pandit ' is the Fresident of the United Nations, which NATAL INDIAN YOUTH CONGRESS. shows the shallowness of race prejudice in IRENE EOKSJE. South Africa where Indian, Coloured and •? African women'do not have the right to : WOMEN OF THE BAETU PRESBYTERIAN vote or sit in Parliament. : CHURCH. I ELDAH MQNEMAMA, Fort Beaufort. Ray Alexander concluded }*r- opening- address with the stirring words of Beulah ; FOOD, CANNING & ALLIED WORKERS'UNION Richardson: . : .NATIONAL UNION OF LAUNDRY, CLEANING "Thrust forward in the fight for & DYEING WORKERS your rights! ; TRANSVAAL PEACE COUNCIL. Till the mountains of stone * echo your jubilee ./ ' ~; S.A. CONGRESS CF DEMOCRATS. till the triumph of your joy RAHIDE SINGH,' resounds in the sea ' 5 J.N. SINGH & PIRIAM BODISINGH, Durban. till every woman everywhere Many delegates brought greetings to knows what it is to be free!” r ' the Conference from their organisations That is the will of the women I MAYIBUYE AFRIKAI ■ -4- 1 l o A MNTWAMA SP b A/SS OC Tu£ poZ/TtOrt U/O m ZA/ /// g A W f C J ) I,It s . Bertha Mkize of Lurban tcok the Chair, and called on Miss Ida Mntwana, president of the African '“ational Congress (Transvaal) Women's Section, Miss Mntwana said:- • "We are gathered here today to lay the foundation for the future role that will "be played ~rj the women in the struggle for freedom. We must make women conscious that it cannot he successful without their active support. Our task is not an easy one, hut we have achieved a certain amount of success, and we are proud to see that a great number of women are playing an important part in the s truggle ■for liberation. "Gone are the days when the place of women was in the kitchen and looking after the children. Today, they are marching side by side with men in the road to freedom.
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