Why Digital Equity is South Africa’s New Frontier for Women’s Empowerment

In 1956, more than 20 000 women marched to the Union Buildings to protest the extension of pass laws. Their actions challenged a fundamentally unjust system and laid the foundation for generations of women to participate more fully in South Africa’s political, social and economic life. That legacy is not a once-a-year conversation. Empowerment — and the digital conditions that now make it possible — must be treated as a priority every month.‘Empowered women, empowered nations’ remains a powerful call. It also prompts a question we should be asking throughout the year, not only when women’s issues are in the…