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The election isn't very far off when a candidate can recognise you across the street.
- Kin Hubbard.
Comment of the week
Many African women walk a difficult path each day, experiencing physical and emotional abuse, the effects of climate change, patriarchal thought systems, and/or institutionalised discrimination.
- Charlotte Sutherland, Consultancy Africa Intelligence.
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Elections, Gender, Financial Crisis...
According to a review of party manifestos conducted by the Tshwaranang Legal Advocacy Centre, “While almost all parties respond to the legal dimensions of violence in a more or less inadequate fashion, responses to the societal, economic and material dimensions are almost entirely absent. No party recognises the unique circumstances and needs of marginalised groups of women experiencing violence, including sex workers, undocumented female migrants and refugees, women with disabilities or lesbians (to name a few).”
Given the high levels of violence against women in South Africa, as voters concerned with what political parties’ positions are in relation to addressing gender violence, it is clear that we will have a difficult time at the ballot. We only have to remember the case of Busisiwe, a rape victim whose case has been in the system since 2005, and who the One in Nine Campaign has described as being “raped again by the justice system”.
Reporting on a recent forum titled “Elections and Paper Promises: What do Political Parties Say About the Problem of Violence Against Women?” SANGONeT’s information coordinator, Butjwana Seokoma, writes that “Party manifestos declare commitments to human rights, equality and justice. But the sweet words are most often far removed from the policies and practices of parties themselves and manifestos are generally devoid of detail”. Click here to read the full article.
We also publish an article by Charlotte Sutherland, Research Manager: Gender Issues in Africa, at Consultancy Africa Intelligence who writes that we need to “maintain a careful balance between optimistic acknowledgements of women’s achievements on the one hand, and a realistic evaluation of the complex challenges women face in their everyday lives, on the other.” Click here to read the full article.
SANGONeT Executive Director, David Barnard, also blogs about the impact of the financial crisis on NGOs in South Africa. He draws together a number of articles that have been written about the worrying situation and calls on NGOs to share their experiences with SANGONeT and others so that we are able to both learn from each other, and also share strategies to ensure that organisations survive this difficult period. Click here to read the full blog.
As always we invite your comments and suggestions.
Editor, editor@sangonet.org.za
New Jobs, Proposals & Events
Employment Opportunities
- EngenderHealth invites applications from suitably qualified candidates for the position of Project Director/Country Representative. This position is based in Johannesburg. The application deadline is 10 April 2009. For more information, click here.
- Black Sash, a NGO that empowers marginalised communities and individuals to speak for themselves in order to effect change in their social and economic circumstances, seeks to appoint a Financial Administrator. The application deadline is 17 April 2009. For more information, click here.
- Human Rights Watch, one of the world’s leading independent organisations dedicated to defending and protecting human rights, seeks to employ a Women's Rights Africa Researcher to be based in Johannesburg. The application deadline is 30 April 2009. For more information, click here.
Proposals, Grants & Awards
- The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission, Global Rights, the International Centre for the Legal Protection of Human Rights, the International Court of Justice in Kenya and CAL are calling for writers to submit pieces of writing of less than 1000 words on the topic “LGBT Rights are Human Rights”. The submission deadline is 14 April 2009. For more information, click here.
- The Moremi Initiative for Women’s Leadership in Africa invites applications for the 2009/2010 Moremi Leadership Empowerment and Development Fellows Programme. The application deadline is 30 April 2009. For more information, click here.
- The Migration and Remittances team of the Development Economics and Prospects Group of the World Bank is calling for papers for its International Conference on Diaspora and Development taking place from 13-14 July 2009 in Washington D.C. The submission deadline is 30 April 2009. For more information, click here.
New Events
- The South African Human Rights Commission is launching a report on the Public Inquiry on the Right of Access to Public Health Care Services on 16 April 2009 in Johannesburg. For more information, click here.
- The South African National NGO Coalition Western Cape invites CSOs to its Dialogue: 2009 Series and Quarterly Review (2008-2009) on 16 April 2009 in Cape Town. For more information, click here.
- Members of the Africa-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies and the Institute of African Studies at the University of Leipzig are hosting the 3rd European Conference on African Studies from 4-7 June 2009 in Germany. For more information, click here.
Training
- Siyakhula Trust, a NGO whose aim is to assist community leaders, CBOs, NPOs and government officials develop skills so that they can efficiently initiate and manage development and job creation projects to the benefit of the communities they serve, is conducting a Community Facilitation Programme from 11-15 May 2009 in Johannesburg. For more information, click here.
- The Institute for the Advancement of Journalism is conducting a two-day course on Project Management from 14-15 May 2009 in Johannesburg. For more information, click here.
- The Centre for Justice and Crime Prevention, in association with the School of Public and Development at the University of Witwatersrand, is conducting a Certificate Course in Crime Management from 23 June to 13 November 2009 in Johannesburg. The application deadline is 15 May 2009. For more information, click here.
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