Congratulations
Dear Ambassador Dr Advocate Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda,
We at the Eugenia Nothemba Gxowa Foundation wish to congratulate you on your strategic appointment as the Deputy Executive Director for Normative Support, United Nations
System Coordination and Programme Results at the United Nations Entity for Gender
Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women).
The Panel Consists of the Following:
Ms Celeste Fortuin
Panel Facilitator: Gender Activist and acclaimed feminist writer.
Ambassador Nozipho January-Bardill
Keynote Speaker: Chairperson of the Nelson Mandela University Council.
Contributors:
Dr Stephen Burrell
Deputy Director: CRiVA, Durham University, UK.
Dr Lindsay Kelland
ENG Foundation Board, Secretary.
Ms Mpho Mabhena-Lunga
Sonke Gender Justice.
Ms Nhlakanipho Mahlangu
One of the leaders of #RUReferenceList2016, Rhodes University SRC President: 2018.
Dr Judy Dlamini
Chancellor Wits University
Prof Francis Petersen
Vice Chancellor Free State University
GBVAW at SA's Tertiary Institutions
‘Send me to turn the tide around in the fight against GBVAW at our tertiary institutions.’
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Professor Somadoda Fikeni
Panel Facilitator: Commissioner of SA Public Service Commission.
Ms Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi
The Key Note speaker - Chancellor of the Nelson Mandela University.
Mr Buti Manamela
Deputy Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology
Ms Nompendulo Mkhatshwa
Member of South African Parliament and Whip of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Higher Education, Science and Technology
Dr Judy Dlamini
Chancellor of Wits University
Professor Francis Peterson
Rector and Vice Chancellor of the University of the Free State
Child Marriages
Can child, forced and underage marriage be classified as a form of gender-based violence, specifically GBVAW/G?
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The Panel Consisted of the Following:
Ms Nontyatyambo Petros
Panel Facilitator; Head of Group Stakeholder Relations, Absa Group. She is a trained journalist with extensive experience in print media.
Advocate Dr Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda
CEO of Rosaria Memorial Trust in Zimbabwe; African Union Goodwill Ambassador on ending the Child Marriages
Dr Mispa Roux
Deputy Director, the South African Institute for Advanced Constitutional Public, Human Rights and International Law
Ms Lynn Chinenne
Plan International Inc. SADC Regional Programme Manager responsible for strengthening civil society efforts to end child marriage and harmful practices
Ms Siziwe Jongizulu
UNFPA - SA Programme Analyst, Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist