{"id":20784,"date":"2026-09-29T08:06:26","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T06:06:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bloggar.hemmetsjournal.se\/anna\/?p=20784"},"modified":"2026-09-29T08:23:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T06:23:23","slug":"womandla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bloggar.hemmetsjournal.se\/anna\/2026\/womandla\/","title":{"rendered":"Womandla!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Vad ska man ha med sig hem fr\u00e5n en bokm\u00e4ssa om inte ett nytt ord?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lite mer \u00f6verraskande: en uppfordrande luvtr\u00f6ja som har rest fr\u00e5n Kapstaden till G\u00f6teborg med tv\u00e5 professorer!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

S\u00e5h\u00e4r presenterar Desmond Tutu Centre Womandla!-kampanjen:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Womandla is a powerful word that brings together the words woman and amandla, the isiZulu and isiXhosa word for power. Amandla was the rallying cry of the anti-apartheid struggle. Womandla honours the power of women, and it calls attention to the ongoing systems that continue to deny women access to power in every part of society.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Women\u2019s Month in South Africa is meant to commemorate the 9 August 1956 march of over 20,000 women who protested the apartheid pass laws that restricted Black people\u2019s movement and freedom. It was a moment when gendered power was mobilised to oppose racial injustice. That march was bold, strategic, and revolutionary.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet each year, we see this history reduced to pink platitudes and pampering events. Massages and muffins. \u201cLadies\u2019 teas\u201d and slogans about \u201csoft power.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pampering is not the problem. We all need care, and many women are systematically denied access to rest, support and wellness. But when pampering silences protest, and when empowerment is reduced to corporate slogans about \u201cfeminine leadership,\u201d Women\u2019s Month loses its meaning.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Too often, religion and culture are part of the problem. They are used to justify inequality by insisting that women must be submissive, self-sacrificing and silent. At the Desmond Tutu Centre for Religion and Social Justice, we challenge the ways religious and cultural systems have been used to sanctify patriarchy, and we work to reclaim their liberative potential.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What you can do this Women\u2019s Month:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n