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South Africa on Pause: Women Demand Action Against Violence Ahead of G20
On 21 November 2025, South Africa will witness a powerful, urgent call for change. Women for Change, an NGO advocating for women and children, is leading a nationwide purple shutdown to demand that gender-based violence and femicide be declared a national disaster. The message is clear: enough is enough.
Spokesperson Cameron Kasambala told SABC News, “We asked the government to declare gender-based violence, femicide as a national disaster. We asked for them to improve comprehensive education, so many things are in place; what we need is action and implementation.”
The shutdown comes just before the G20 Summit in Johannesburg, the first time an African country hosts this global event. Activists hope the timing will spotlight South Africa’s escalating crisis of violence against women and children, an urgent issue with social and economic consequences.
Across the country and online, the movement is gaining momentum. People are turning their profile pictures purple in solidarity, and communities are joining peaceful demonstrations.
You can help save not only women and children in South Africa but across the world by joining the movement. From the official pageFor more information, visit: womenforchange
The shutdown comes just before the G20 Summit in Johannesburg, the first time an African country hosts this global event. Activists hope the timing will spotlight South Africa’s escalating crisis of violence against women and children, an urgent issue with social and economic consequences.
Across the country and online, the movement is gaining momentum. People are turning their profile pictures purple in solidarity, and communities are joining peaceful demonstrations.
You can help save not only women and children in South Africa but across the world by joining the movement.
How Can I Participate?
On 21 November 2025:
Don’t work. No paid or unpaid labour.
Don’t spend money and withdraw from the economy for one day.
Join the 15-Minute Standstill by lying down for 15 minutes at 12 pm to honour the 15 women murdered every day and bring South Africa to a complete standstill.
Wear black to stand in mourning and resistance.
Change your profile picture to purple to make the Shutdown visible online. Click here to download the purple background.
Share. Share. Share. Make the Shutdown impossible to ignore. Talk about it, share our posters using #WomenShutdown
Don’t work. No paid or unpaid labour. Don’t spend money and withdraw from the economy for one day. Join the 15-Minute Standstill by lying down for 15 minutes at 12 pm to honour the 15 women murdered every day and bring South Africa to a complete standstill. Wear black to stand in mourning and resistance. Change your profile picture to purple to make the Shutdown visible online. Click here to download the purple background. Share. Share. Share. Make the Shutdown impossible to ignore. Talk about it, share our posters using #WomenShutdown
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