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Oxfam Australia Learning Event - Pietermaritzburg

Day One

Welcome Dinner and AMAZING entertainment - Ascot Convention Centre

Day Two

Busi Ndlovu - Welcome

"this occasion is about partners meeting to shape Oxfams picture and agenda"

Andrew Hewitt - ED Oxfam Aus - Video
Welcome

"committed to effective working relationships with community based oganisations across the world.

Wow! After an amazing day one at AWID I really thought things couldnt get better....I was wrong. After the plenary on day two I was left with an interesting feeling... a feeling that as a man who is a proud feminist there was no need for me to find an excuse for being here amongst nearly 2000 of the most amazing womens rights activists from all over the globe. The fact that I believe with 100 percent of my being in the principles that form the basis of feminism is reason enough.

After arriving in the Cape and having to deal with freak windstorms (nothing like a windstorm to give you the impression that the last diet might actually have worked !)  I finally get a chance to prep for AWID.  Lately I find myself in an interesting position as a man who advocates for the rights of women and other vulnerable groups.