Event	Time	Venue	Contact	Commentary	Phenomenal woman
Wednesday, 1 August
South Africa/ Media Launch of Women’s Month by the Minister of Women Children and People with Disabilities	10h00	GCIS Auditorium; First Floor Midtown Building; Cnr Sisulu and Madiba Streets, Pretoria	GCIS	Reclaiming control of our bodies	Africa: Joyce, not your regular "Mama Africa"
Anti – Human Trafficking Legislation Compendium  to be handed over to Brigadier Leon Gossman of the South African Police Service	17h30 for 17h45	Media Registration @ the 25th Annual Labour Law Congress, Sandton Convention Centre Level, Ballroom 1 (level 2)	Amelia May Woudstra [email protected] Natasha McEwan [email protected] 021 467 1063
Thursday, 2 August
“Leaving the Camp – Gender Analysis across Real and Perceived Divides” (International Feminist Journal of Politics first Annual Conference)	Over 3 Days (until 4 August)	University of Free State – Bloemfontein Campus	Prof. Heidi Hudson  [email protected]	Zimbabwe: No (ZESA) power, no power for Zimbabwe’s women!	If heavens exist, Nomsa Zwane deserves one!
Friday, 3 August
				Is polygyny a “divine right”, sir?	Rebel with a cause
Monday, 6 August
Southern Africa Civil Society Forum	Over 4 Days (until 9 August)	Pestana Rovuma, Maputo		Breaking the GBV cycle
Tuesday, 7 August
The SADC We Want	16h30	Pestana Rovuma, Maputo	Loveness Jambaya-Nyakujarah [email protected]	The role of the Alliance in the SADC civil society constituency
Second Albertina Sisulu Memorial Lecture: African Culture, Human Rights, Modern Constitutions and the women caught in the middle by Professor Thandabantu Nhlapo	TBD	University of Pretoria		Is the youth rhetoric gender aware?
Wednesday, 8 August
Launch of the 2012 SADC Gender Protocol Barometer	19h00 – 20h30	Pestana Rovuma, Maputo	Loveness Jambaya-Nyakujarah [email protected]	Press release: Key results of the Barometer
Thursday, 9 August
Women’s Day – South Africa	All Day	South Africa		Traditional Courts Bill: More losses than gains for women
Mozambique Alliance Meeting	All Day
Friday, 10 August
Bi lateral Meetings with SADC Officials from Member States including relevant ministries of the Government of Mozambique	11h00 – 11h30	Pestana Rovuma, Maputo		How debt affects funding for women’s activities?
Monday, 13 August
				Criminal Code Amendment Bill a step in the right direction
				Malawi’s property rights disadvantage women
Tuesday, 14 August
Alliance Annual Steering Committee Meeting		GL Cottages	Loveness Jambaya-Nyakujarah [email protected]	The SADC Protocol Alliance – How far has it come?
Roundtable on media and rape	11h30 – 13h30	M&G Newsroom, Rosebank, Johannesburg, South Africa	Tanya Pampalone
Wednesday, 15 August
Launch of the 2012 SADC Gender Protocol Barometer	TBC	South Africa	Loveness Jambaya-Nyakujarah [email protected]	Assessing the first female leader in SADC
				Early marriages disadvantage women
Thursday, 16 August
				Men for equality: SADC HOS and the support given to Dlamini-Zuma
Friday, 17 August
SADC HOS	All Day	Maputo		Gender and climate change
Dance for a Cure to raise funds for the fight against cervical and oral cancer	19h30	Lyric Theatre		Climate change and food security
Saturday, 18 August
SADC HOS				50/ 50 campaign: Why we need a more concerted effort?
Monday, 20 August
Launch of the 2012 SADC Gender Protocol Barometer	TBC	Botswana		Fish industry an avenue for women’s economic empowerment
Tuesday, 21 August
				Stop trivializing women’s empowerment
Wednesday, 22 August
Women in Sport	TBC	Johannesburg, South Africa	TBD	Sport an opportunity for women’s economic empowerment
Thursday, 23 August
				Stop trivializing women’s empowerment
Friday 24 August
Launch of the National Council against Gender Based Violence	TBC	Johannesburg, South Africa	TBD	Comparative analysis of the GBV Indicators Study
Africa First Ladies Awards	18h00	Durban, South Africa	[email protected]	Let’s talk about underwear
Monday, 27 August
SAWID: Celebrating the Africa Decade for women				Parents reinforce harmful gender stereotypes
Tuesday, 28 August
SAWID: Celebrating the Africa Decade for women				Youth and LGBTI
Wednesday, 29 August
SAWID: Celebrating the Africa Decade for women
Thursday, 30 August
Friday, 31 August

 

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