26 March – Gender

In today’s show we were joined Instudio by Stacey, Samantha, Lucia and Elise from the Children’s Resource centre’s Circle of sisterhood. Today children, especially young girls are faced with many challenges. Many girls are being left to bear the responsibility of having to head up a household, having to drop out of school in order to take care of their household. The children’s resource centre, a girl movement aims to build an organisation through which children can help build a better world for children. In the movement the “circle of Sisterhood” is a group of girls who address issues facing young girls of our society today. For more information about the Children’s Resource centre’s Circle of sisterhood call (021) 686 6898 or visit www.childrensmovement.org.za
PIC:by Tina George

We also spoke to Mary Hames – Director for the UWC’s Gender Equity Unit. We will be talking about a theatre piece called Reclaiming the P…word. “Reclaiming the P… Word” is a theatre piece developed by the Gender Equity Unit to inform the campus community as well as broader society on issues of the embodiment, sexuality and sexual rights of women. It is said to be provocative, powerful and personal sprinkled with some other positive p… words. Mary explained more about this piece. If you want to see the performance go to the Katalist Theatre at no1 Scott Rd in Observatory on the 29th of March at 8:00PM admission is R30. For more information you can contact 076 3146 529 (021) 447 0710.

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