Wits University’s female students on Tuesday joined their counterparts at Rhodes University in the protest against rape.
Wits University’s Student Representative Council (SRC) and the Gender Office led a protest outside the institution’s Great Hall in solidarity with the protest at Rhodes University.
Like the Rhodes students‚ Wits female students bared their breasts and painted their bodies with messages that read‚ “My body‚ my choice” ‚ “ Still not asking for it!”.
In its tweeter page Wits SRC wrote‚ “For far too long rape culture has been allowed to continue without any challenge”.
“We live in a society with a justice system which consistently fails rape victims and rape survivors in the fight for justice. It is for these reasons that the Wits SRC stands firm and resolute in solidarity and support for the# RUReferenceList movement.”
Dozens of Rhodes University students last week engaged in a protest over a list of alleged rapists that was circulated on social media on Sunday evening‚ April 17.
The protest arose after the launch of a rape culture awareness campaign which had prompted the Rhodes University’s SRC to express its support.
Wits female students join Rhodes in rape protest
Wits University’s Student Representative Council (SRC) and the Gender Office led a protest outside the institution’s Great Hall in solidarity with the protest at Rhodes University.
Like the Rhodes students‚ Wits female students bared their breasts and painted their bodies with messages that read‚ “My body‚ my choice” ‚ “ Still not asking for it!”.
In its tweeter page Wits SRC wrote‚ “For far too long rape culture has been allowed to continue without any challenge”.
“We live in a society with a justice system which consistently fails rape victims and rape survivors in the fight for justice. It is for these reasons that the Wits SRC stands firm and resolute in solidarity and support for the# RUReferenceList movement.”
Dozens of Rhodes University students last week engaged in a protest over a list of alleged rapists that was circulated on social media on Sunday evening‚ April 17.
The protest arose after the launch of a rape culture awareness campaign which had prompted the Rhodes University’s SRC to express its support.
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