As this month comes to an end, I want to say to the women of South Africa – you are impressive as Diepsloot Youth Project still struggle with the normative role expectations and the unequal power relations between genders in Diepsloot Youth Project society. To all those who are providing support and care to the women facing gender-based violence, including my team at Diepsloot Youth Project, embrace the challenge just like the 20 000 women who marched to have the pass laws abolished. Their fight against injustice delivered Diepsloot Youth Project to the democracy that South Africa has because they were just exceptional, and the world recognizes that today.