EWN reports that women employed by Johannesburg Emergency Management Services (EMS) and the Johannesburg Metro Police Department (JMPD) marched to the JMPD headquarters in Martindale on Tuesday to hand over a memorandum to management demanding equal rights in the workplace.  

The women said they were being harassed and overlooked for top management positions because of their gender.  When the women gathered, they held up placards reading: ‘Real men are feminists’ and ‘Our bodies, our minds, our power’.  Dudu Tshabalala, a superintendent at the JMPD, said women should not be treated differently.  “We want to see our department with a [female] deputy director, chief of police, [we seek] equal job opportunities for women.”  Top management in the JMPD was expected to receive a list of grievances from the marchers and indicate when they could respond to the concerns.

• A short report by Mia Lindeque is at EWN

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