V-Day Annual Report 2017 - RISE FOR WOMEN WORKERS 1 | Page 61
AFRICA
Risings happened across the African
continent, in Nigeria, Zambia, Zimbabwe,
South Africa, Malawi, Uganda, Togo,
Gabon, and Cameroon. In Swaziland rural
women farmers and domestic workers
rose to demand economic empowerment
programs promised by the government. In
the Democratic Republic of Congo, women
held a Green Revolution/Soldarity event the
V-World Farm. Hundreds attended.