Our Stories

Women Lead Movement sat down with Ilse Meyer, 22 years old, from Sunbird Park, Kuils River. Ilse is continuing her studies in Accounting at the University of the Western Cape, she has accomplished her undergraduate degree, and is studying toward achieving her post graduate degree in Accounting. 1. What do you aspire to do after completing your studies and when will you graduate? I graduated online this week, on the 31st of March. There was no grand ceremony, and this was the first time an online graduation had been held (due to the covid-19 pandemic). I am currently in [...]

Women Lead Movement sat down with Zeneley Mercia Snyders (18) from Weston High School in Vredenburg. Zeneley is an RCL member at her school 1. Tell us about your background Life gave me a blow at a young age. I was bullied by older children, since I was very quiet and never spoke or fought back. At the Children’s Home where I ended up, I was also bullied. There my roads crossed with an old man (car accident), who taught me how to look out for myself without getting into a fight. From that day onwards, my life changed [...]

Gabby Oliver Today WLM is putting a spotlight on a young upcoming woman leader. Her name is Gabby Oliver and this is what she has to say! 1. What you are currently studying and why? I’m currently underway in completing a BA degree double-majoring in Political Science and Ethics. I’m in my final year and can confidently say it hasn’t been an easy academic journey for me due to my revolutionary responsibilities I voluntarily took during the student uprising of the #Feesmustfall movement and serving as a national student leader for South African students from 2017-2019, but I [...]

Sharon Esau My name is Sharon Esau. I am 17 years old and a Grade 12 learner at Dysselsdorp High School in Oudtshoorn. I grew up in a very impoverished community and it wasn’t always easy as unemployment, drugs, gangsterism and teenage pregnancy stares young people in the face on a daily basis. Most people in my community do not have any ambition and if you get to Grade 7 that would be considered an achievement. Our community lack positive rolemodels. I always knew that I wanted more for my life and had  lofty goals and ideals as I [...]

Delores Murray First and foremost I would like to thank all the organizers and mentors of the camp for the wonderful opportunity they gave us, I did not know what to expect at the camp, but I went there with an open mind and had a great time. I come from a very small town and I have lived here all my life, I had not seen much of the world and it is one of my aspirations to travel the world and meet new people and the youth camp gave me a glimpse of new exciting places [...]

Naomi Russell The Women Lead Movement (WLM) camp is the best camp I have ever attended. I met some profound women there. I gained a profusion of knowledge from the camp. The weekend of the camp I learnt about gender based violence (GBV),self esteem and many more. What grasped my attention the most was GBV. I found out that I have been exposed to GBV but I was uninformed. I came to know that in the majority of cases females are victims of GBV. Women are often viewed as weak creatures. I loathe stereotypes for example "girls like [...]