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14 August 2008

Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka will on Monday, 18 August 2008, address the first Gender Indaba for the Public Service at the Birchwood Hotel, Boksburg, as part of the Women's Month.

The first Public Service Gender Indaba is hosted by Ms Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi, Minister of Public Service and Administration, under the theme "Engendering the Public Service Policy". The Gender Indaba will attract senior public service female managers, representatives from the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM); African Union Commission on Women, Gender and Development; SADC and the South African Women in Dialogue (SAWID).

Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka's keynote address will focus on "Government's role in gender equality and the empowerment of women."

The objectives of the Indaba are as follows to:

* understand ways of mainstreaming gender in all policy formulation and implementation
* share approaches of implementing gender initiatives into the public service plans
* ensure that all sectors of government are held accountable for their commitment to implement the eight step principle action plans of gender equality and women empowerment
* learn skills to successfully mainstream gender
* support workplace gender initiatives.

A case study on the Burundian Experience in engendering Public Service Policy in the context of Post Conflict Reconstruction and Development will be shared by HE Ms Rose Nduwayo, the Burundian vice Minister of Human Rights and Gender. Minister Fraser-Moleketi will share with the delegates the history and the role of women in the development of the Public Service.

The outstanding women managers at senior management level within the public service will be presented with awards at the gala dinner, as a gesture of acknowledging the exceptional work they continue to perform.

The Indaba will be hosted as follows:

Conference:

Date: Monday, 18 to Tuesday 19, August 2008
Time: 08h30 to 16h45
Venue: Birchwood Conference Centre, Boksburg (Gauteng)

Minister Fraser-Moleketi:
Date: Monday, 18 August 2008
Time: 09h00 to 09h20

Deputy President, Ms Mlambo-Ngcuka:
Date: Monday, 18 August 2008
Time: 09h25 to 10h00

Gala Dinner:
Date: Monday, 18 August 2008
Time: 18h30

For more information please contact:
Sam Bopape
Cell: 082 318 5251

Ramona Baijnath
Cell: 082 308 2666

Denzil Taylor
Spokesperson to the Deputy President
Cell: 082 561 3772

Issued by: The Presidency
14 August 2008
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