Women's March in Pretoria

Date: August 9, 1956 • Location: Pretoria, South Africa

About 20,000 women marched on Pretoria, South Africa, to protest the introduction of pass laws for black women under apartheid.

Women's March took place on 9 August 1956 in Pretoria, South Africa. The marchers' aims were to protest the introduction of the Apartheid pass laws for black women in 1952 and the presentation of a petition to the then Prime Minister J.G. Strijdom.