Johannesburg, Nov 12 (PTI) Women For Change (WFC) -- one of South Africa’s leading organisations combating gender-based violence -- has announced the G20 Women’s Shutdown, a nationwide action taking place on November 21, the day before world leaders meet for the G20 Summit in Johannesburg.

“Every 2.5 hours, a woman is killed in South Africa. Our silence has been met with inaction. Now, our silence will be our protest. Before the G20 meets to talk about growth and progress, South African women will show them what happens when we disappear. You cannot speak of economies while women live in fear,” said Sabrina Walter, Founder and Executive Director of WFC.

“On this day, women and members of the LGBTQI+ community across South Africa will refrain from all paid and unpaid work – in workplaces,

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