8 849 bras displayed at Constitution Hill for GBV

THE Impilo Collection Foundation has launched the EmpowerHer: 8 849 Bras for Humanity National Exhibition at Constitution Hill.

- STAFF REPORTER

South Africa continues to face one of the highest rates of gender-based violence (GBV) in the world. According to the South African Medical Research Council, one in three women will experience physical or sexual violence in her lifetime and an estimated 2 700 women lose their lives to GBV every year.

The Impilo Collection Foundation aims to turn despair into action. Through empathy, education and solidarity, the organisation is building a movement that calls on South Africans to rise together.

Earlier this year, Angela Yeung, founder of the Impilo Collection Foundation, became one of the few South African women to summit Mount Everest. On the mountain, she carried a single bra to the summit, an act inspired by a young girl who once asked her, “Please bring me a bra next time.”