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Media debate and launch of the 16 Days of Activism for
No Violence Against Women and Children
16 November 2009
Gender Links, the City of Joburg, the Gauteng Progressive Women’s Movement (PWM), Media Institute of Southern Africa South Africa (MISASA) chapter, Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) and the Gender and Media Southern Africa (GEMSA) Network cordially invite you to join us for a media debate, regional cyber dialogue and the media launch of this year’s Sixteen Days of Activism Campaign.
The theme for this year’s campaign in line with the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Protocol on Gender and Development is ‘Halve gender based violence by 2015’.
Date: 19 November 2009
Time: 11h00-15h00
Venue: Women’s Jail Lekgotla, Constitution Hill, Johannesburg
Programme:
Media debate and launch of the 16 Days |
Programme director: Kubi Rama, Director of programmes, Gender Links |
11h00-11h05 |
Welcome |
11h05-11h15 |
Performance by Driemanskap (award winning South African Hip Hop outfit who will be performing songs about gender based violence) |
11h15-11h40 |
Panellists presentations:
- Colleen Lowe Morna, Executive Director, Gender Links
- Sean Newman, Spokesperson, Teazers
- Freddy Makgota, Head of Legal and Regulation Affairs, Advertising Standards Authority of South Africa
- Representative from SABC
- Representative from Film and Publications Board
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11h40-12h20 |
Questions and discussion |
Chair: Faiza Abrahams Smith, Director, MISA |
12h20-12h40 |
Sharing 16 Days Plans
- Progressive Women’s Movement
- Gender Links, Kubi Rama, GL
- Cllr Nkele Ntingane, The Speaker, City of Joburg
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12h40-12h50 |
Keynote address, Minister Noluthando Mayende-Sibiya, Women, Children and People with Disabilities |
12h50-13h00 |
Closure |
13h00-14h00 |
Press conference/cyber dialogues |
14h00-15h00 |
Lunch and closing performance by Driemanskap |
The media event will begin with a debate entitled Media: Part of the problem or part of the solution? The debate will look at the ways in which gender based violence is reported in the media, how media can be used as a tool to shape public opinion and the ways in which media can help to reduce GBV.
An exciting line up of panellists and key decision makers has been invited to participate in the event; sure to be a lively and interesting start to this year’s Sixteen Days of Activism Campaign.
The media debate will be followed by a press conference at 13h00 to launch the 16 Days campaign. Representatives from the City of Johannesburg; Gauteng Progressive Women’s Movement and civil society organisations will be presenting their plans for the 16 Days campaign. During the press conference there will be a regional cyber dialogue with eleven other countries from across the SADC region which will be taking place in English and French.
We look forward to seeing you at the media launch and at many of the other Sixteen Day events that will soon be taking place.
Please RSVP by the Wednesday, 18 November to:
Naomi Blight on
E-mail:
justiceintern@genderlinks.org.za or t
Tel: 011 622 2877.
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