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  1. After the start of apartheid, in 1943, women were officially allowed into the African National Congress (ANC). In 1948, they created a women’s organization call the ANC Women’s League (ANCWL). These political groups really gave women a role in the struggle.
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    African National Congress Women's League - Wikipedia

    The African National Congress Women's League (ANCWL) is an auxiliary women's political organization of the African National Congress (ANC) of South Africa. This organization has its precedent in the Bantu Women's League, and it oscillated from being the Women's Section to the Women's League from its … See more

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    The Bantu Women's League (BWL) was founded in 1913 by Dr. Charlotte Manye Maxeke as a part of the ANC but without full membership rights. It was founded to give organization to women's issues and to … See more

    Early years: 1948–1960
    The interwar period was marked by an increase in Black women's mobilization against apartheid. The increase in secondary industry and the reduction … See more

    Criticism
    South African artist Ayanda Mabulu once created a painting called The Pornography Power, portraying then-president Jacob Zuma receiving oral sex by an African American women in a circus tent. "Of late, the organisation has … See more

    The top national leadership of the ANCWL are elected at regular national conferences; the 12th was held in August 2015.
    President
    Since the ANCWL was relaunched in 1990, its presidents have … See more

    In 1956, Lilian Ngoyi became the first elected female member of the ANC National Executive Committee.
    Among the activists and politicians who were allied with the ANC during the apartheid decades are: See more

     
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