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WOMEN’S
MARCH LECTURE & DIALOGUE - BACKGROUND
“As a tribute to the
legions of women who navigated the path of
fighting for justice before us, we ought to
imprint in the supreme law of the land, firm
principles upholding the rights of women. The
women themselves and the whole of society must
make this a prime responsibility.
We call on women to take
an active part and leadership
positions…Together; we have it in our power
to change South Africa for the better”.
- MESSAGE BY
PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA ON WOMEN'S DAY –
9
AUGUST 1995
Introduction
Celebrate our National
Women’s Month, the wRite associates, in
partnership with the City of Joburg, will
crown this month by inaugurating the Women’s
March Lecture and Dialogue as an annual event.
Rationale
The Women’s March
Lecture is inspired by the many and varied
total emancipatory struggles by women in South
Africa and other parts of the world that had
brought about not only the overthrow of
oppressive regimes, but instilled in
progressive governments equality consciences,
policies and other protocols of fairness
across all societal spectra.
South African liberation
struggles – as led by women - date back
centuries, the most popular and epoch-turning
one being August the 9th 1956,
arguably the most representative of South
Africa’s racial and class divides united
against racial discrimination and capitalist
exploitation.
Aims
The aims of the
Women’s March Lecture and Dialogue is to
demonstrate that, even with all the very
wonderful strides covered in our present day
democracy and freedom, more can and must still
be done to really deepen and broaden our
achievements and, indeed, how the gains we
enjoy today can be further defended and
advanced.
Of paramount importance
is also to face up to the ever sprouting
challenges that must be addressed in this
rapidly changing information and technological
age.
Equally important is to
groom, inform and equip the youth with the
wisdom of those who traveled the road before,
while we shape their future.
Sustainability
This will be an annual
event always taking place at the end of
August. The event will grow bigger every year,
taking different formats of presentation but
all centered around
the Lecture & Dialogue. The number
of days and size of audience of the event will
also grow according to the developments of the
event.
This is a one-day event
comprising the Lecture presentation by a
prominent individual, followed by a
fishbowl/panel discussion presentation which
will comprise the main speaker and fellow
discussants. The fishbowl/panel discussion set
up will also be open to engagements with the
audience.
Speeches
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