#TheTotalShutdown Rise-Up Against Gender Based Violence
Fundraising campaign by
Onica Makwakwa on behalf of TheTotalShutdown
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US$666.00raised of $25,000.00 goal goal
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#TheTotalShutdown
My Body is NOT Your Crime Scene!
On the 1st of August 2018, a day that marks the beginning of womxn's month, women and gender non-conforming people (GNC) from all sectors of South Africa will shut down the country in protest against gender-based violence.
South Africa is leading with five times the global average of femicide rate.
Sixty three (63) years after the historic Women’s March of 1956, womxn of all backgrounds in South Africa find themselves with very little to celebrate in the face of a growing epidemic of gender based violence and femicide.
Daily headlines of missing, beaten and murdered women are quickly becoming a new normal thus leaving very little to celebrate as the National Women's Month approaches. This is why a group of intersectional womxn are determined to shut down the country to mourn and commemorate the many women who have died and fallen victim to gender based violence. We are also rising to reclaim our constitutional right to freedom of movement where our basic existence is also at stake.
United under the slogan, Our Bodies - Not Your Crime Scene! the #TotalShutdown movement seeks to reclaim South African womxn’s right to exist without fear of their bodies being violated and/or murdered. We will deliver a memorandum that speaks to reforms addressed to the three (3) pillars of government (administrative, legislative and judiciary) as well as recommendations for mainstreaming effective prevention and response to gender based violence at the national, regional and local levels.
#TotalShutdown is collaborating and supported by other NGOs, union and civil society organizations mobilizing masses of women to march to the Union Buildings in Pretoria, Parliament in Cape Town and the Supreme Court in Bloemfontein. Marches in other regions and local hubs are also planned and will be updated throughout this campaign period. Please visit our facebook page for more information and support us.
We need resources for transporting women from remote areas to the marches, printing flyers to mobilize support and awareness, renting portable toilets for meeting points and along march routes, water, t-shirts, data for organizing online, refreshments for volunteers and marshals, security, etc.
Women want to die no more, will you help us? Every amount counts.
Fundraising Team
- Onica Makwakwa on behalf of TheTotalShutdown
- Campaign Volunteer
- Johannesburg, ZA
#TotalShutdown National Task Team Volunteer
#TotalShutdown National Task Team Volunteer
- Sibongile Mthembu
- National Steering Committee Member and Treasurer
- JOHANNESBURG, ZA
- Zimasa Nqabeni
- National Task Team Volunteer
- Shutdown Fundraiser
- Volunteer Chief Fundraiser Bot
Donors
- Anonymous
- Donated on Aug 01, 2018
- Anonymous
- Donated on Jul 31, 2018
- Sibongile Ndashe
- Donated on Jul 27, 2018
Urgent need for transporting marchers on 1st of August 2018
Update posted by Onica Makwakwa on behalf of TheTotalShutdown at 09:18 amDear Supporters, please help us to provide transportation for our marchers from remote areas to ensure impactful presence and given voice to women in remote areas. According to recent statistics in South Africa:There is 1 reported rape every 13 minutesThere are almost 10 reported rapes a day of children under. . . . .
Donors & Comments
- Anonymous
- Donated on Aug 01, 2018
- Anonymous
- Donated on Jul 31, 2018
- Sibongile Ndashe
- Donated on Jul 27, 2018
- Marc Wegerif
- Donated on Jul 26, 2018
Amandla
- Anonymous
- Donated on Jul 25, 2018
This is a great important initiative. Thanks for spearheading it!
- Nolwazi Ntini
- Donated on Jul 23, 2018
- Nomfundo Meyer
- Donated on Jul 22, 2018
- Anonymous
- Donated on Jul 21, 2018
I've been inspired by this movement
- Khara Norris
- Donated on Jul 11, 2018
- Anonymous
- Donated on Jul 08, 2018