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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20201205T173000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20201205T190000
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SUMMARY:The Bonds that Bind Us: Remembering Madiba in a Time of Global Fracture
DESCRIPTION:The Nelson Mandela Foundation in collaboration with the Hanns Seidel Foundation invite you to a dialogue marking the 7th anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s passing
URL:https://www.pils.org.za/event/the-bonds-that-bind-us-remembering-madiba-in-a-time-of-global-fracture/
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Commemorative Event,Webinar
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ORGANIZER;CN="Nelson Mandela Foundation (NMF)":MAILTO:samantham@nelsonmandela.org
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20201126T140000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20201126T153000
DTSTAMP:20201129T223339Z
CREATED:20201124T222111Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201129T223339Z
UID:2879-1606399200-1606404600@www.pils.org.za
SUMMARY:Webinar | Successes and challenges in the fight for safe and proper school infrastructure
DESCRIPTION:Equal Education and Equal Education Law Centre (EELC) invite you to a webinar that will look at the success\, failures and challenges in government’s implementation of the Norms and Standards for Public School Infrastructure. The webinar will provide a background on how this law came about\, the issues identified by EE and the EELC in its implementation\, what led us back to court to fight for stronger regulations\, and the impact that school infrastructure – or its lack – has on learners and teachers.
URL:https://www.pils.org.za/event/webinar-successes-and-challenges-in-the-fight-for-safe-and-proper-school-infrastructure/
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Virtual Event,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20201119T093000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20201119T130000
DTSTAMP:20201118T002943Z
CREATED:20201117T001921Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201118T002943Z
UID:2864-1605778200-1605790800@www.pils.org.za
SUMMARY:Webinar | Local Government in Crisis: How can it be Fixed
DESCRIPTION:Even before the coronavirus struck\, South African municipalities were withering on the vine. How can affected residents accept government’s shocking service delivery (or none) from refuse collection\, roads maintenance\, street lights\, water\, sanitation and electricity to recreational facilities\, parks and beaches? What are the implications of continued dysfunctional municipalities as we head into the local government elections next year? What is the role of the citizens and how will your active participation help fix the troubled municipalities? \nJoin Democracy Development Program (DDP) in partnership with key civil society stakeholders at this 3-part half-day webinar sessions to engage on the following issues: \n\nImplications of the Auditor-General’s report on the functioning of municipalities\, accountability and transparency in public institutions.\nImplications of your vote for 2021’s local elections for the survival of municipalities and their fiscal responsibilities.\nCritical participation from civil society\, particularly NGOs – your role and responsibilities.\nRevived role of the municipalities in order to get out of debt spiral\, recover revenue lost to corruption and maladministration.\nChallenges\, opportunities and reform – the future of municipalities is now.\n\nUYse the below links to register for the 3 sessions: \nDDP 1 https://event.webinarjam.com/register/484/vy134s5 \nDDP 2 https://event.webinarjam.com/register/485/n7x2zc6x \nDDP 3 https://event.webinarjam.com/register/486/5vl9ka82
URL:https://www.pils.org.za/event/webinar-local-government-in-crisis-how-can-it-be-fixed/
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20201117T103000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20201117T120000
DTSTAMP:20201113T231913Z
CREATED:20201111T231331Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201113T231913Z
UID:2858-1605609000-1605614400@www.pils.org.za
SUMMARY:Webinar | Self-supply – lessons from Harrismith’s ‘Water Heroes’
DESCRIPTION:The Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa (SERI) and the Mail & Guardian invite you to the \nWater Rights Webinar Series \nSelf-supply – lessons from Harrismith’s ‘Water Heroes’ \n“Maluti-a-Phofung – a community doing it for themselves” is one of four cases in SERI’s Claiming Water Rights in South Africa research series. The case documents the efforts of an unusual coalition of residents and community leaders – known as the Harrismith Water Heroes – who\, in the face of continued poor service delivery\, took it upon themselves to fix their town’s water infrastructure.  The Maluti-a-Phofung municipality is by no means unique\, and increasing numbers of residents in rural areas\, informal settlements and small towns across the country rely on self-provisioned water supply as municipal services fall into deeper disarray. Where government is not able to provide water services\, should it enable residents to provide their own services? What are the implications and risks of self-supply? What must be done to address municipalities’ failure to provide adequate water services? \nWhen:  Tuesday\, 17 November 2020; 10h30-12h00 via Zoom \nWho:   Sam Twala (Chairman\, Harrismith Water Heroes) • Neil McLeod (former Head\, eThekwini Water and Sanitation\, eThekwini Metro) • John Butterworth (Director\, IRC’s Global Hub\, self-supply expert) • Bongekile Macupe (Journalist\, Mail & Guardian) • Facilitated by Alana Potter (Director Research and Advocacy\, SERI). \nRSVP:  Register for the Zoom webinar here by 16 November 2020. \n  \n\nDownload the invitation here.\n\nLaunched reports: \n\nDownload the synthesis report here.\nDownload the uMgungundlovu case study here.\nDownload the Marikana informal settlement case study here.\nDownload the Makana case study here.
URL:https://www.pils.org.za/event/webinar-self-supply-lessons-from-harrismiths-water-heroes/
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Webinar
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.pils.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Maluti_webinar_invitation_SM_FINAL.jpg
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20201103T103000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20201103T120000
DTSTAMP:20201027T225401Z
CREATED:20201027T225401Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201027T225401Z
UID:2841-1604399400-1604404800@www.pils.org.za
SUMMARY:Webinar | Provincial Intervention in a Municipal Crisis - Lessons from Makana
DESCRIPTION:The Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa (SERI) and the Mail & Guardian invite you to the \nWater Rights Webinar Series \nProvincial intervention in a municipal crisis: Lessons from Makana \nMakana is a municipality in crisis. It faces various service delivery\, administrative and financial challenges. Water supply across the municipality\, and in Makhanda in particular\, has been crippled by aging infrastructure and a severe drought. The Eastern Cape provincial government has intervened twice in terms of section 139 of the Constitution\, which provides for provincial intervention into local government when a municipality is in crisis. When neither of those interventions resulted in the desired change\, community activists approached the Makhanda High Court which ordered the dissolution of the Makana Municipal Council. Unfortunately\, Makana is not an outlier but part of a systemic picture of local government collapse across the country. \nWhen:  Tuesday\, 3 November 2020; 10h30-12h00 via Zoom \nWho:   Dr Tracy Ledger (Public Affairs Research Institute) • Pam Yako (Former Provincial Administrator of Makana Local Municipality) • Ayanda Kota (Unemployed People’s Movement) • Athandiwe Saba (Mail & Guardian) • Facilitated by Lisa Chamberlain (Wits Law School and Research Associate at the Southern Centre for Inequality Studies\, Wits University). \nRSVP:  Register for the Zoom webinar here by 2 November 2020. \n\nDownload the invitation here.\n\nLaunched reports: \n\nDownload the synthesis report here.\nDownload the uMgungundlovu case study here.\nDownload the Marikana informal settlement case study here.
URL:https://www.pils.org.za/event/webinar-provincial-intervention-in-a-municipal-crisis-lessons-from-makana/
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20201021T110000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20201021T130000
DTSTAMP:20201022T053126Z
CREATED:20201022T053003Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201022T053126Z
UID:2833-1603278000-1603285200@www.pils.org.za
SUMMARY:Webinar | PROMOTING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SOUTH AFRICA’S NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM: THE CASE FOR CIVIL SOCIETY COLLABORATION
DESCRIPTION:The establishment by South Africa of a National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) under the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel\, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT) is a long overdue and welcome development in the prevention and combating of torture in the country. While OPCAT creates the\nobligation to establish and maintain an effective NPM to regularly and independently monitor all places of deprivation of liberty\, it provides flexibility in terms of developing institutional structures\, including how it incorporates the work of civil society organisations (CSOs) in its working methods. \nTo leverage this flexible approach and to enhance the effectiveness and transformative potential of NPMs\, there has been an emerging global consensus on the need to include civil society organisations within NPM structures. As part of the ongoing efforts to ensure that South Africa’s NPM is independent and effective\, has published a study that highlights the strategic benefits of integrating CSOs into the workings of the NPM\, by drawing on the legal and practical rationale for their establishment and reflecting on the functioning of NPMs in other jurisdictions. \nTo launch the study and promote dialogue between the NPM and its CSO stakeholders on this critical\nissue\, APCOF is hosting an interactive webinar at 11h00 on 21 October 2020. \n1. Ben Buckland – Senior Advisor\, Association for the Prevention of Torture\n2. Lucy Gregg – Head of Secretariat\, UK NPM\n3. Dr Kwanele Pakati – Advisor\, NPM of South Africa\n4. Abdirahman Maalim Gossar – Project and Research Officer\, APCOF \nModerator: Louise Edwards – Director of Programmes and Research\, APCOF \nPlease RSVP to Helene van der Watt: helene@apcof.org.za\, who will provide you with the link to join\nthe discussion via Zoom.
URL:https://www.pils.org.za/event/webinar-promoting-the-effectiveness-of-south-africas-national-preventive-mechanism-the-case-for-civil-society-collaboration/
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Webinar
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=application/pdf:https://www.pils.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/APCOF-NPM-Webinar-21-October-2020.pdf
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20201021T110000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20201021T130000
DTSTAMP:20201022T052055Z
CREATED:20201019T221637Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201022T052055Z
UID:2830-1603278000-1603285200@www.pils.org.za
SUMMARY:Webinar | Budget Justice Coalition - Imali Yesizwe
DESCRIPTION:On Wednesday 21 October 2020\, the Budget Justice Coalition (BJC) will table_ Imali Yesizwe_ (Our Nation’s Money) – an alternative\, people’s budget based on human rights. \nBJC anticipates that the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS)\, now due to be tabled by Finance Minister Tito Mboweni on 28 October 2020\, will accelerate the austerity of recent years by cutting funding to health\, education\, social development\, local government and housing\, and critical institutions such as SARS\, StatsSA and the NPA\, in a misguided attempt to stabilise public debt. \nBJC believes this is the wrong priority and will do more harm than good. The Coalition will outline its vision for an alternative budget that is progressive\, gender-sensitive\, environmentally sustainable and categorical in its prioritisation of the realisation of human rights.
URL:https://www.pils.org.za/event/webinar-budget-justice-coalition-imali-yesizwe/
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20201020T140000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20201020T153000
DTSTAMP:20201027T225456Z
CREATED:20201015T043025Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201027T225456Z
UID:2823-1603202400-1603207800@www.pils.org.za
SUMMARY:Webinar | Water services on farms - the role of the municipality
DESCRIPTION:Water Rights Webinar Series: Water services on farms – the role of the municipality\nThe uMgungundlovu District Municipality is located in KwaZulu-Natal\, South Africa. Much of the region is agricultural and home to many labour tenants and farm dwellers who report deplorable living conditions\, including poor access to water and sanitation services. Farm owners claim that the provision of water is a municipal responsibility. Municipalities in turn argue that\, even if they wanted to\, they have no jurisdiction to provide services on privately-owned land. After protracted engagements with farm owners and municipalities\, the Association For Rural Advancement (AFRA) and farm dwellers in the area\, assisted by the Legal Resources Centre (LRC)\, approached the Pietermaritzburg High Court to claim their rights to water\, sanitation and other essential services in the Mshengu case. \nWhen:  Tuesday\, 20 October 2020; 14h00-15h30 via Zoom \nWho:   Siyabonga Sithole (Association for Rural Advancement) • Mlungisi Mncwabe (Siyanqoba Rural Transformation Forum) • Simone Gray (Legal Resources Centre) • Sarah Smit (Mail & Guardian) • Facilitated by Kelebogile Khunou (SERI). \nRSVP:  Register for the Zoom webinar here by 19 October 2020. \n\nDownload the invitation here.\n\nLaunched reports: \n\nDownload the synthesis report here.\nDownload the Marikana informal settlement case study here.
URL:https://www.pils.org.za/event/webinar-water-services-on-farms-the-role-of-the-municipality/
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Webinar
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=application/pdf:https://www.pils.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Seri_uMgungundlovu_Launch_Invitation_SM_FINAL.pdf
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20201014T110000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20201014T130000
DTSTAMP:20201016T043901Z
CREATED:20201013T222404Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201016T043901Z
UID:2819-1602673200-1602680400@www.pils.org.za
SUMMARY:Webinar | Remembering our relationship with water
DESCRIPTION:As the current water crisis in cities and towns across the country unfolds\, we yet again face threats of “Day Zeros” and “State of Disasters” being declared\, as well as expectations of an ensuing blame game. There are undoubtedly multiple factors that are contributing to this water crisis and we can blame climate change\, drought\, lack of infrastructure maintenance and funding challenges\, municipal incompetence or lack of proper planning and general system failures. The list can be endless. What we often fail to consider though\, is that we as humans\, as citizens\, communities\, and consumers\, have negated and forgotten our relationship with water and this lack of memory\, this ecological amnesia\, has negatively impacted our treatment of and connection with water. We have taken it for granted\, polluted it\, wasted it\, and systemically abused it. We easily pass the buck of our stewardship onto municipal councils and the government in general. Our memories need some refreshing.
URL:https://www.pils.org.za/event/remembering-our-relationship-with-water/
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20201009T100000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20201009T110000
DTSTAMP:20201009T053548Z
CREATED:20201005T033250Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201009T053548Z
UID:2809-1602237600-1602241200@www.pils.org.za
SUMMARY:Webinar | African response to the Second Revised Draft of the Treaty on Business and Human Rights
DESCRIPTION:The recording will be made available on all the ACCA platforms. The event will also be live streamed on the ACCA Facebook page. \nVisit www.accahumanrights.org and www.wits.ac.za/cals for more information
URL:https://www.pils.org.za/event/webinar-african-response-to-the-second-revised-draft-of-the-treaty-on-business-and-human-rights/
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20201006T173000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20201006T183000
DTSTAMP:20200929T221608Z
CREATED:20200929T221608Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200929T221608Z
UID:2790-1602005400-1602009000@www.pils.org.za
SUMMARY:Webinar | All Rise. A Judicial Memoir by Dikgang Moseneke.
DESCRIPTION:Mark Heywood (Maverick Citizen Editor) will be in discussion with Former Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke about his latest book\, All Rise. Together with Advocate Adila Hassim and SECTION27 Legal Researcher\, Tendai Mafuma\, they will explore some of the key issues emanating from the memoir\, in particular how civil society uses the Constitution\, socio-economic rights and the future of the Constitution. \nAll Rise offers a unique\, insider’s view of how the judicial system operates at its best and how it responds when it is under fire. From the Constitutional Court of Arthur Chaskalson to the Mogoeng Mogoeng era\, Moseneke’s understated but astute commentary is a reflection on the country’s ongoing but not altogether comfortable journey to a better life for all. \n​​​​​​​Join us!\n6 October 2020.\n​​​​​​​17.30pm-18.30pm.
URL:https://www.pils.org.za/event/webinar-all-rise-a-judicial-memoir-by-dikgang-moseneke/
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20201006T140000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20201006T150000
DTSTAMP:20201009T052924Z
CREATED:20201004T222418Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201009T052924Z
UID:2806-1601992800-1601996400@www.pils.org.za
SUMMARY:Webinar | Our Voices Matter The impact of the lockdown on gender-based violence in disadvantaged communities
DESCRIPTION:Webinar series:\nOur Voices Matter\nThe impact of the lockdown on gender-based violence in disadvantaged communities\n\nINVITATION\n \nDate: Tuesday\, 6 October 2020 │ \nTime: 14:00 – 15:00 PM (SAST)\nVenue: Zoom meeting\nModerator: Robert Nanima\, Dullah Omar Institute\, University of the Western Cape\nSeries: Fourth webinar​\n\nThe Socio-Economic Rights Project at the Dullah Omar Institute\, University of Western Cape\, invites you to a webinar with the theme ‘Our Voices Matter’\, to discuss the impact of the lockdown on the socio-economic rights and well-being of people in informal settlements in Cape Town. \nDiscussions on the effectiveness and impact of the measures adopted by the government to curb the spread of COVID-19 have taken place. However\, the voices of people in disadvantaged communities most affected by the lockdown are hardly heard. In commemoration of women’s month\, the next edition of the webinar explores the incidence of gender-based violence in informal settlements during the lockdown. \nThis webinar seeks to give opportunity to community leaders in informal settlements and other stakeholders to share their thoughts and experiences on the impact of the lockdown on gender-based violence in disadvantaged communities. \n\nClick here to register in advance for this meeting:\n\nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
URL:https://www.pils.org.za/event/webinar-our-voices-matter-the-impact-of-the-lockdown-on-gender-based-violence-in-disadvantaged-communities/
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20201006T103000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20201006T120000
DTSTAMP:20201027T225536Z
CREATED:20201001T235217Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201027T225536Z
UID:2795-1601980200-1601985600@www.pils.org.za
SUMMARY:Webinar | Expropriation as a tool: the Marikana experience
DESCRIPTION:The Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa (SERI) and the Mail & Guardian \ninvite you to the \n  \nWater Rights Webinar Series \nExpropriation as a tool: the Marikana experience \nThe Marikana informal settlement in Cape Town is home to over 60 000 people.  For years\, the residents of Marikana have persistently and innovatively engaged in a diversity of strategies to improve their living conditions. These strategies have included community mobilisation\, engagement with the authorities\, protest\, self-supply\, and ultimately\, precedent-setting litigation in the Fischer case which is the first case in South Africa to examine the possibilities of expropriation in terms of the Housing Act. The lessons which might be learned from the experiences of the residents of Marikana are documented in the SERI’s ‘Claiming Water Rights in South Africa’ research project\, as one of four case studies. \nWhen:  Tuesday\, 6 October 2020; 10h30-12h00 via Zoom \nWho:    Mandisa Dyantyi (Social Justice Coalition); Marikana community member (TBC); Thulani Nkosi (SERI);  Sipho Kings (Mail & Guardian); and Thato Masiangoako (Facilitator\, SERI). \nRSVP:    Register for the Zoom webinar here by 5 October 2020
URL:https://www.pils.org.za/event/webinar-expropriation-as-a-tool-the-marikana-experience/
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Webinar
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=application/pdf:https://www.pils.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Seri-Marikana-Launch-Invitation_SM.pdf
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20200928T150000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20200928T170000
DTSTAMP:20200925T003432Z
CREATED:20200925T003432Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200925T003432Z
UID:2780-1601305200-1601312400@www.pils.org.za
SUMMARY:Webinar | Activist Dialogue on Abortion in Eastern and Southern Africa
DESCRIPTION:The Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (Maputo Protocol) recognises that reproductive health comprises the basic right of all couples and individuals to decide freely and responsibly the number\, spacing and timing of their children and to have the information and means to do so. While many countries have signed the protocol\, there are those who still continue to criminalise the provision of abortion services. This threatens the rights of women to bodily autonomy\, it threatens their freedom to pursue their development goals and in some cases threatens their lives. \nIn the Abortion in Eastern and Southern Africa publication\, we enumerate the various barriers to safe abortion services across 10 countries in the Eastern and Southern African region and outline the issues that activists have identified as key to remove those barriers. In doing so\, we aim to provide an advocacy tool to assist in bringing down the barriers to enable women to exercise their rights to access sexual and reproductive health services. Contributors to the publication will discuss what they are doing to unlock these services in their respective countries and what we as activists can do to advance access to abortion services in the region.
URL:https://www.pils.org.za/event/webinar-activist-dialogue-on-abortion-in-eastern-and-southern-africa/
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20200916T140000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20200916T160000
DTSTAMP:20200910T195217Z
CREATED:20200910T195020Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200910T195217Z
UID:2755-1600264800-1600272000@www.pils.org.za
SUMMARY:Webinar | Towards Coherent Land Policy-Making in SA: Insights and Lessons
DESCRIPTION:Achieving coherence in land governance remains a challenge in South Africa. Attempts to  reconcile diverse claims involve trade-offs and compromises. South Africa finds itself locked in these policy processes to mobilise and consolidate the diverse stakeholders in land governance. Join PARI’s webinar titled Towards coherent land policy-making in South Africa: Insights and Lessons on Wedensday\, 16 September at 2pm.  Dr Gaynor Paradza will facilitate the discussion around these questions: \n\nHow do diverse stakeholders go about prioritising and deciding on the hierarchies in land policy-making. How do stakeholders define issues\, and arrive at a consensus on priorities?\nHow do you address power asymmetry to ensure inclusiveness in the process?\nWhat are the state capacities needed to ensure an inclusive and valid land policy-making processes?\n\n\n\n\n\nPanelists: \nSiyabu Manona Land reform and policy expert with extensive experience in land governance issues in South Africa\nProfessor Mandivamba Rukuni of Barefoot Education Trust for Africa (BEAT) with extensive experience in facilitating land policy–making in sub-Saharan Africa\nDr Margaret A. Rugadya an independent land governance practitioner with more than 20 years of experience in public policy drafting\, land tenure\, resource governance and scholarship. \nModerator: Dr Gaynor Paradza Senior Researcher\, PARI
URL:https://www.pils.org.za/event/webinar-towards-coherent-land-policy-making-in-sa-insights-and-lessons/
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20200910T100000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20200910T120000
DTSTAMP:20200910T200137Z
CREATED:20200910T195911Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200910T200137Z
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SUMMARY:Webinar | Women Litigators Achieving Social Justice
DESCRIPTION:Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) – LHR is an independent\, non-profit\, non-governmental human rights organization\, with a 40 year history of using the law as a positive instrument for change for their clients\, and in the public interest. LHR employs a multi-pronged approach to rights enforcement\, including community mobilization\, education\, policy advocacy initiatives\, and strategic litigation driven by the needs of South Africa’s most marginalized. \nLegal Resource Centre (LRC) – The LRC seeks to ensure that the principles\, rights and responsibilities enshrined in our national Constitution are respected\, promoted\, protected and fulfilled. The LRC seeks creative and effective solutions by using a range of strategies\, including impact litigation\, law reform\, participation in partnerships and development processes\, education and networking within South Africa\, the African continent and at the international level. \nSocial Justice Initiative (SJI) – a non-profit organisation that mobilises resources for civil society organisations pursuing social justice and advancing democracy in South Africa.
URL:https://www.pils.org.za/event/webinar-women-litigators-achieving-social-justice/
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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SUMMARY:Webinar | Addressing child hunger and food insecurity: the National School Nutrition Programme and beyond
DESCRIPTION:Despite the success of recent litigation to ensure the right to basic nutrition for learners around South Africa through the resumption of the National School Nutrition Programme (NSNP)\, serious obstacles remain to ensuring food security and combating hunger across the country. And while the NSNP case was a significant victory for the rights of learners to basic nutrition\, child hunger is a complex phenomenon with many causes and lasting effects. \nBeyond the National School Nutrition Programme\, what other interventions can we advocate for to realise the right to basic nutrition and combat child hunger? \nJournalist Kathryn Cleary will moderate a discussion between Sasha Stevenson ​​​​​​​(Head of Health Rights programme at SECTION27)\, Kath Hall (Children’s Institute\, UCT)\, Prof Haroon Saloojee (Division of Community Paediatrics\, Wits)\, Sibongile Teffo (Community Leader for Equal Education in Limpopo) and Tevin Mahlangu(Community Leader for Equal Education in Gauteng). 
URL:https://www.pils.org.za/event/webinar-addressing-child-hunger-and-food-insecurity-the-national-school-nutrition-programme-and-beyond/
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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