After reading about the campaign, One Billion Rising which urges each person to "take a simple pledge this Thursday [Febuary 14] to do one thing in the next year to end violence against women", she decided to call on all her family, friends and their friends to join her in creating awareness of the international One Billion Rising movement as well as the fact that a woman is raped in South Africa every four minutes.
"Over one billion women have been raped in the world and that number is rising as we speak," said a passionate Meister.
It made no difference whatsoever that only she, her husband Christoph, their domestic worker Nomalanga Kinana and a friend stood proudly at the Knysna Mall from 13:00, handing out brochures and telling all who would listen to join the One Billion Rising movement and to take a stand.
"If we would all just stand together and sign the petition which is an appeal to President Zuma to not only pass stringent laws regarding rape, but to make money available to support programmes which will hopefully ultimately change the psychology of rape, we may have made a small difference in a widespread epidemic," she said.
Nomalanga Kinana, Christop and Angela Meister, joined millions globally and made their voices heard on Valentines Day, February 14.
