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.