The Nelson Mandela Museum in partnership with the Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Centre will host a Women’s Dialogue on the 17th of August 2023 from 15h00 until 17h00. The dialogue will specifically address the topic below:
“TOWARDS TOTAL LIBERATION OF WOMEN IN AFRICA: SILENT VOICES”.
Within this topic’s context, this dialogue will be used as a platform to celebrate women’s social, cultural, educational and economic achievements. At the same time, women will be allowed to speak against social injustice, gender inequality, unfair discrimination and poverty.
The dialogue will be constituted of women speakers from different cultural backgrounds, political persuasions, and vast experiences in politics, social activism, social and economic transformation, and women`s rights.
The following women speakers will be speaking;
- Her Excellency, Ms Baleka Mbete – Former Deputy President of the Republic of South Africa and Chairperson of the National Liberation Heritage Institute of South Africa (NaLHISA)
- Tracey Henry – serves on the Board of Trustees of the Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Centre, various NGO boards and advisory committees and has peer-reviewed and written articles for various local and international publications.
- Karyn Kadish – Clinical Psychologist and Psychometrist in 1990. In 2012, as the Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Centre’s volunteer, aiding Holocaust survivors during various centre events and on the Holocaust and the Genocide in Ruanda.
- Christine Niwemfura – was born in Rwanda in 1985 and is the only member of her large family to survive the 1994 Genocide. She is a mother of two and a volunteer at the JHGC.
Christine Niwemfura - Tali Nates – one of the founders of the Holocaust and Tutsi Genocide Survivors groups in Johannesburg. Born to a family of Holocaust survivors, her father and uncle were saved by Oskar Schindler. The rest of the family was murdered. Tali is a historian who lectures internationally on Holocaust education, genocide prevention, reconciliation and human rights. She has won many awards including the Kia Community Service Award (South Africa, 2015), the Gratias Agit Award (2020, Czech Republic),the Austrian Holocaust Memorial Award (2021) and the Goethe Medal (2022, Germany).
Tali Nates - Dr Nomvuselelo Songelwa (PhD) – Nelson Mandela Museum Council Member, an active and full member of the Africa Board for Coaching, Consulting, and Coaching Psychology. She is also the author of – Life Lessons of a cattle herder: Reflections from the Boardroom (2021) and – Lipsticks Chronicles: The Warfare of Inclusion (2023).
Dr Songelwa
Media is invited to attend the dialogue.
RSVP: Fumanekile Wisani at 076 8429 432 or email: fumanekile@nelsonmandelamuseum.org.za
For interviews call Nelson Mandela Museum Senior Manager Public Engagement and Marketing Ms Nontlahla Tandwa Dalindyebo @ 047-501 9500/072 791 3493 email nontlahla@nelsonmandelamuseum.org.za
