South African women stage lie-down protest against gender-based violence ahead of G20 summit

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Hundreds of women wearing black gathered in a Johannesburg park on Friday, one day before the start of the Group of 20 summit, to stage a 15-minute lie-down protest symbolizing the 15 lives lost daily to gender-based violence in South Africa. South Africa, while putting forward a progressive agenda on gender issues [...]