On today’s show, we spoke to from Anna Turley – Information’s Manager for the Association for Women's Rights in Development or AWID. This is an international, multi-generational, feminist, creative, future-orientated membership organization committed to achieving gender equality, sustainable development and women's human rights. Last year they hosted over 1,500 women's rights leaders and activists from around the world here in Cape Town for their forum titled “Power of Movements”. Anna explained more about the activities they have planned for 2009. If you would like any information about the AWID, you can visit their website www.awid.org or call them on (021) 425 3682.
Our last interview was with Colleen Aspeling – from the Gender Social Transformation Education. This is an organisation that creates a way for women to take responsibility for their own lives. Women who are working towards the whole communities attaining redress through community development and economic development projects initiated and driven by themselves. If you would like to find out more, you can call them on (021) 697 5999 / 082 663 3364 or send them an email to gendersteps@yahoo.com
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