by AgendaFM | May 23, 2017 | Feminist Dialogues
“When images of the world’s disasters flash across television screens,” wrote Jan Egeland (2005, p. 1) in the Foreword to Broken Bodies, Broken Dreams: Violence Against Women Exposed, “more often than not, we are presented with a rough sketch of the humanitarian...
by AgendaFM | Aug 23, 2016 | Feminist Dialogues
By Nosipho Nyide and Kwandokuhle Njoli Agenda Feminist Media (AFM) held a dialogue on the 18th July 2016 at Diakonia Centre, Durban. The dialogue dealt with the issues faced especially by women between the ages of 14-25, living with HIV/AIDS and in poverty. The topic...
by AgendaFM | Aug 19, 2016 | Feminist Dialogues
Most countries, including South Africa, accept the right of women to participate in government at all levels. However, local government it is argued is the political coalface at which a country’s citizens can make their voices and concerns heard most clearly and...
by AgendaFM | Jul 6, 2016 | Feminist Dialogues
Research has found worrying levels of sexually transmitted infections, particularly HIV among girls and women between 13-24 years.For example, the South African National HIV Prevalence, Incidence and Behaviour Survey, 2012 (Shisana et al., 2014)found that among...
by AgendaFM | Sep 15, 2015 | Feminist Dialogues
Tackling the invisible issue of sexual violence on campus Sexual violence was the focus of the dialogue held at the Durban University of Technology (DUT) on the 19th of August 2015. The forum was hosted by the International Centre of Nonviolence (ICON) in association...
by AgendaFM | Aug 14, 2015 | Feminist Dialogues
We tackle an issue frequently silenced, that of sexual violence and how it impacts on the university campus. There is increasing information on sexual violence both on campus and in the lives of those who come to campus; the role of this feminist dialogue is to open...
