The final design for the monument starts on the steps of the amphitheatre with the keywords of the petition inscribed in metal on the risers.[1]:6 Climbing the stairs, you trigger a sound message in eleven official languages, "you strike the woman, you strike the rock".[2]:6 When you reach the vestibule, there in the centre lies a imbokodo, a small grinding stone atop a larger grinding stone.[2]:6 The stones sit atop a polished circular bronze stone surrounded by a darker bronze octagon plate.[2]:6 The stones symbolise the women's labour and nurturance while the bronze plates the earth and stone they sit upon.[2]:6