19 November - Gender

Thank you, to the guests who were part of today’s show, we spoke to US Consulate General Alberta Mayberry. We were talking about the International Education Week. This is a joint initiative of the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education’s efforts to promote programs that prepare Americans for a global environment and attract future leaders from abroad to study, learn, and exchange experiences in the United States. This is an opportunity to celebrate the benefits of international education and exchange worldwide. Campaign on study in the USA will be launched tomorrow at the newly opened USInfo@Central, a PAS outpost in the Cape Town Central Library. This will include a talk on Education USA's services, and posters around the library and the distribution of informational sheets regarding study opportunities at the undergraduate and graduate levels in the U.S. For more information on International Education Week, please go to http://iew.state.gov/index.cfm

We also heard from Cherith Sanger – From the Women’s Legal Centre. We were talking about the One In Nine Campaign. The Campaign was established in February 2006 at the start of the rape trial of Jacob Zuma, to ensure the expression of solidarity with the woman in that trial as well as other women who speak out about rape and sexual violence. The One In Nine Campaign works for social justice in a society where the sexual rights of women are respected, upheld and advanced. The One In Nine Campaign works with organizations and institutions involved in HIV/AIDS, violence against women, women's rights, human rights, and lesbian, gay and bisexual activism to ensure that the issue of the sexual rights of all women is addressed through. For more information go to www.oneinnine.org.za or contact (011) 642-4345 alternatively the Women’s Legal Centre on (021) 421 1380.


We closed off the show with an interview with Marleen Don – national convener for the Poor People’s Movement and Theunys Andrews. PPM is a movement of organized communities that use savings and loans as a foundation for social and economic mobilization. The primary focus area of the PPM is income generation. It has started innovative local economic development projects across the country, including Mama’s Coin Factory, the West Coast Snail Industry, and the Karoo Brick Making Business. They are launching a16 savings scheme in 16 days, intiative on the 25 November in conjuction with the 16 days of activism. For more information contact their offices on (021) 949 3669 or Marleen on 083 963 6051.

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