In male-dominated STEM-fields, Women’s Day highlights the societal and systemic barriers women have faced throughout history. It commemorates the 9 August 1956 Women’s March to the Union Buildings in Pretoria to protest against legislation aimed at tightening the apartheid government's control over the movement of black women. While women still face
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