Women’s running club launches anti-rape campaign
SANDTON – The Catch Me If You Can women's running initiative launched its Women for Change Anti-Rape Campaign to share the reality of challenges women are faced with in South Africa.
The all-female running initiative Catch Me If You Can recently launched its Women For Change Anti-Rape Campaign with Ster-Kinekor.
The campaign consists of a trailer compiled by Bon Chi which showcases the life of women and the challenges they are faced with on a daily basis. This is in support of the Women for Change 5/8km Run at Sandton City on the 30th of November.
The Catch Me If You Can movement was born in 2014 in Cape Town by Sabrina Walter and Leni Ullrich. Both women moved to Cape Town from abroad and started the city’s first female running club with an aim to support and empower women – this year was no different.
The hashtag #AmINext began trending nationwide this year as more than 30 women were killed during Women’s Month, among them a student from Cape Town who was raped and killed in a post office. “We are really happy that it [the movement] is picking up because there is a great concern for a women’s lifestyle,” Walter said.
“South Africans are reeling from a series of horrific attacks on women and children, which gave rise to protests across the country. According to the latest crime statistics by SAPS, a woman is murdered every three hours in South Africa.”
For the anti-rape campaign, the Women For Change Run invited a number of local influencers and artists such as Leanne Dlamini, Ntsiki Mazwai, Enolicia Strever and Mojabeng Senekal along with the founder of the Tears Foundation, Mara Glennie, to feature in the trailer and speak up about what it means to be a woman in South Africa.
“The trailer essentially conveys a message on how women feel right now and the change that we want to see. I see this campaign as a way to address the reality of what’s going on right now in our country. Women do not feel safe, and the fight to end gender-based violence in South Africa is long overdue. It’s time to empower women to stand together and be heard.”
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