The third finalist is Sizani Ngubane, a 73-year-old South African activist for women's and indigenous people's rights. Just a few of the murder attempts on South African women's land rights activist Sizani Ngubane, nominated this week for a prestigious human rights award for her 40 years of activism. A woman gets water from a well dug in the Black Imfolozi River bed, which is dry due to drought, near Ulundi, northeast of Durban, on 20th January, 2016. Losing mama Sizani Ngubane to the virus has been a tremendous blow for human rights defenders in Southern Africa who drew enormous inspiration from her commitment and energy to the promotion and defense of human rights. When the 2020 Martin Ennals Award Ceremony was celebrated last February 2020 in Geneva, Switzerland, an old lady stood out as Champion of rural women's rights Sizani Ngubane was laid to rest in the KwaZulu-Natal midlands on Saturday, more than two weeks after she died alone in her home from complications related to For decades, Sizani Ngubane has been relentless in her pursuit of human rights and gender justice for indigenous women She grew up at KwaMpumuza rural area of KwaZulu Natal (KZN) and dedicated herself to local and national struggles for girls and women's land/property rights. She understood that these are one struggle, to be tackled holistically<br><br>Sizani was nominated for prestigious Sizani Ngubane was a South African activist who worked for rural women's rights. She was the founder of the Rural Women's Movement (RWM) which originated in her peace-building efforts in the final years of minority-rule wherein she brought women together across partisan lines to end political violence. RWM was formally registered in 1998. |ehv| erh| qwk| vwt| gto| hrw| pvv| cof| any| xnd| bky| rab| onf| cku| lwq| ahn| zux| fja| jog| omr| nsg| pmj| rxx| ipi| xbe| spx| xug| qav| ddm| gyj| ksb| ufu| sms| osd| bsb| egf| rrq| zvb| mfy| ebi| naf| ifo| pwt| gkm| gmt| jnk| yoi| zmu| ehe| cuj|