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Article: Power surge: rural women in South Africa are doing it for themselves.
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- New Internationalist
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- May 1, 2007
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'I am rural. I am poor. I am black. And, of course, I am a woman,' explains Sizani Ngubane, the founder of the Rural Women's Movement (RWM) in South Africa. 'My mother was abused by my father and his male relatives. I grew up knowing I had to be part of the solution.' Her conviction can be heard in the power of her words, but it's the twinkle in her eye and the warm smile that has the biggest impact. It feels like Sizani Ngubane can handle anything.
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That same sense of power and confidence permeates RWM, an organization that has now grown to more than 500 community-based groups in Kwa-Zulu Natal.
RWM works from the ...