South African women protest gender-based violence ahead of G20 summit

Hundreds of women gathered in a Johannesburg park on Friday to protest violence against women in South Africa, ahead of the G20 summit this weekend.

Demonstrators wore black and staged a 15-minute silent lie-down protest, symbolizing the 15 lives lost daily to gender-based violence in the country.

South Africa, while putting forward a progressive agenda on gender issues during its G20 presidency, has a femicide rate that is five times…