You Have Struck a Rock: Women Fighting for Their Power in South Africa

'Wathint' Abafazi, Wathint' Imbokodo' — You strike the women, you strike the rock.From the construction of gender under apartheid South Africa, to the impact of the pass laws, this book examines how history has shaped the conditions of women today. The book contributes to and extends the narrative of gender issues beyond the women's march of 1956, and highlights and celebrates the important ways in which women have organised and continue to work around these socio-economic issues.