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Womens Month 2006 Calendar of Events Western Cape WOMENS MONTH 2006 CALENDAR OF EVENTS WESTERN CAPE (Subject to change) 1 NATIONAL PROGRAMME NATIONAL THEME: AGE OF HOPE Through Struggle to Freedom 2 PROVINCE Event/Activity Location Date Target Group Objective Role players Gauteng There will be an address Union Buildings, 9Aug All Mr. Mack Lewele by the President, Pretoria Cell: 082 450 5076 symbolic march to the Union Buildings and cultural performance 3 PROVINCIAL LEGISLATURE 4 Event / Activity Location Date Target Group Objective Role players PROVINCIAL LEGISLATURE Special Debate in the 8Aug Women Provincial Legislature provincial legislature 5 PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS 6 Activity / Event Location Date Target Group Objective Role players DEPARTMENT OF THE PREMIER Media statement 24July Media Department of the Premier: Mansoor Jaffer Tel: 084 661 5216 Media Launch of Leeuwenhof 31July Invited guests Launch of women’s Department of the women’s month month programme Premier: Mansoor Jaffer programme Tel: 084 661 5216 Gala dinner and launch Facets Wellness Centre 31July 600 women Launch of SAWID and Department of the of mentoring and for Women – Century the mentoring and Premier in collaboration coaching project for City coaching project for with SAWID (W.C.) women women. Sifiso Mbuyisa Tel: 021 483 8712 SAWID Conference Facets Wellness Centre 1Aug 600 women Provincial plan of action Department of the Western Cape for Women – Century for SAWID (W.C.) Premier in collaboration City with SAWID (W.C.) Sifiso Mbuyisa Tel: 021 483 8712 Provincial participation Pretoria 9Aug Women Celebrating women’s Department of Cultural in the national 50th march Affairs and Sport celebration march in Daniel Johnson Pretoria Tel: 076 508 7140 Provincial March NY14 Gugulethu, 9Aug Women Celebration of the 50th Department of the CPOA Senior Citizen anniversary of women’s Premier: Mansoor Jaffer Hall march in Pretoria Tel: 084 661 5216 Internal Focus 7 Wale street, 10&18Aug Women within the Provincial To provide a Department of the th Auditorium, 6 floor Administration platform for Premier: Chief Directorates: Social Women in the Capital Development & Public Sector to Human Capital raise issues Development. affecting them; Douglas Chitepo video presentations Tel: 021 466 9558 / 0836436713 & Zodwa and panelist Norushe 072 345 3363 discussion Provincial report and Parade/Good hope 13Aug Women Feedback from the 50th Department of the feedback centre (whether anniversary of women’s Premier in collaboration permitting) march in Pretoria with Malibongwe Mansoor Jaffer 7 Tel: 084 661 5216 Event / Activity Location Date Target Group Objective Role players DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & TOURISM Launch of “Women in IT” Cape Town 7Aug Women in IT Promoting women Ms. Gail Smith owned business in Tel: 021 483 4165 the ICT sector Certificate ceremony for the women CPUT Pentech Hall 8Aug Women Dept. of EDT, Dept. of Community Safety who was enrolled for entrepreneurship Bellville Julia Kasana course Tel: Tel: 021 483 4339 Cell: 082 458 0795 Launch of the Women’s Cape Town, CTICC 10Aug Women owned Business To assist in Ms. Zoleka Moon Economic Advisory Forum facilitating and Tel: 021 483 8768 monitoring access to finance and business opportunities for women owned business. Small business week Cape Town 10,12Aug 60 youth 80 women Support structure Department of Economic Development and Convention Centre for Tourism: Tembeka Mhlekwa entrepreneurship Tel: 021 483 9282 R4m to support 80 women Tambo Hall, 8Aug Women owned business Financial support Lynette Johns Enterprises Khayelitsha to promote Tel: 021 483 2769 women owned business are prioritized R2m to support 60 youth Tambo Hall To be Women owned business Financial support Department of Economic Development and confirmed to promote youth Tourism: Domenique Vincent owned business Tel: 021 483 9117 are prioritized Event / Activity Location Date Target Group Objective Role players 8 DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY SAFETY Celebration of Women: Cape Technikon 8Aug 400 Women To create an awareness on Department of Lungisani Ukuhlala Bafazi / University prevention of rape and access Economic Women Get your house in opportunities for self-reliance Development, Business order, awareness and access to through business initiatives. sector, NGO’s SAPS, self reliance opportunities CPFs, NGO’s Julia: 082 458 0795 Launch of Provincial Anti – Langa sport complex 14Aug 500 Women Celebration of women and Department of the Rape Strategy creating awareness about the Premier, SAPS, Provincial ARS. NGO’s, Government Departments, CBO’ s, CPFs, dept. of Community Safety. Julia: 082 458 0795 Graduation of 400 Victim Cape Town 18Aug 400 Women from the Province Volunteers will received Department of Support Volunteers training in basic counseling Community Safety Vredendal 22Aug skills to assist all victims of NICRO, SAPS, crime at police stations in Business and Crime. Worcester 24Aug victim support rooms Julia: 082 458 0795 established by the Department Oudtshoorn 29Aug Event / Activity Location Date Target Group Objective Role players DEPARTMENT OF No contact details provided CULTURAL AFFAIRS by the department. AND SPORT (W.C.) Cultural Animator Mitchells Plain 1Aug Phenomenal Women of Paarl Paarl Museum (August Women Exhibition month) Ointment from herbs; identify herbs, Worcester Museum 1-2,Aug medicinal values 9 Cultural Animators Khayelitsha 1Aug Boxing Tournament Khayelitsha 4Aug Women Open day: “Women in medicine” Cape Medical Museum 9Aug (Learning Cape Career Festival / Expo.) Sport, Recreation and Cultural Clainwilliam 9Aug Women and Girls Western Cape Regional Officer activities International Day of the World’s 9Aug Marks the 1st meeting in 1992 of Indigenous People the Working Indigenous Population of the Sub commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights International Youth Day 12Aug Afrikaans Day 14Aug Craft Development Workshop Oudtshoorn 14,18 Aug Women’s Month Activities Bredasdorp 15,17Aug Art Exhibition Togryers Museum, Ceres 21,25Aug International Day for the 23Aug remembrance of the slave trade and its abolition Establishment of Cultural Forum Prince Albert 24Aug Central Karoo D Von Mollendorf Women’s Empowerment Programme Citrusdal 25,26Aug West Coast Culture: F Filton Art and Culture MADA Project Nyanga 26Aug City of Cape Town T Tshona The unity Games – sport for disabled Vygieskraal 26Aug Disabled “Nothing Allan Boesak about us Tel: 021 483 9632 without us” Sheep – shearing & dipping, wool – Worcester Museum 28Aug sorting & dyeing, spnning, weaving Buya Arts Festival Stellenbosch 29,31Aug 10 Event / Activity Location Date Target Group Objective Role players DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT AND PUBLIC WORKS Letshema project renovation of Elsies River 20July Women, men and To reach out to Department of Transport and Public Works. community facilities children communities through Sharonette Rietpoort: West 27,29July construction work that will Tel: 021 483 2054 Coast contribute to their upliftment. To celebrate construction week. Mama’s project: Construction for Cape Town, Ceres, 21,25Aug Women To ensure emancipation Department of Transport and Public Works women. A minimum of 30 projects Paarl, Oudtshoorn, and empowerment of Freddie Bartman which amounts to +/-R12-R15m George women in communities. Tel: 021 483 5310 Lennie Thomas Tel: 021 483 5337 Tony van Niekeerk Tel: 021 483 3725 Health and Wellness Programme Cape Town, Ceres, 23,30Aug Women and men A process of assessing the Department of Transport and Public Works Paarl, Oudtshoorn, department health and Julia van Stade George wellness of employees. Tel: 021 483 2089 Summit: Women in construction Cape Town 25Aug Women To strengthen and support Department of Transport and Public Works including awards ceremony Convention Center women in the construction Sharontte Webb industry Tel: 021 483 3959 Human Rights celebratory event 9Dorp street, Cape 30Aug Women and men To create awareness Department of Transport and Public Works Town around gender, disability, Bernadette –Dudley Booysen and youth issues Tel: 021 483 2054 Events/Activity Location Date Target Group Objective Role players DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTA L AFFAIRS Lunch at 12-14hrs Tambo hall 8Aug 80 women entrepreneurs and 60 Abdus Isaacs Khayelitsha youth Tel: 021 483 2879 Cell: 082 438 1127 11 A twinning projects An information session 10Aug Female staff members from the To empower women Department of relating to gender with and breakfast at Department of Environmental Affairs and make them more Environmental Affairs CapeNature. FACETS in Cape Town and Development Planning as well as knowledgeable about and Development 35 staff members from the main female issues. Planning office of Cape Nature Abdus Isaacs Tel: 021 483 2879 Cell: 082 438 1127 Event / Activity Location Date Target Group Objective Role players DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION The role of women in Cape Head Office 1Aug Women in education Office placed staff Department of education Education: Carmelita Lee-Shong Tel: 021 467 2577 Commemorating the Cape Teaching Institute 7Aug Learners, educators and veterans Celebrating the 50th Department of march to the Union (kuilsriver) anniversary for Education building women’s march in 1956 Contact as above EMDCs celebration 8Aug Women Department of Women’s Day with Education women making a Contact as above difference in their districts. Launch of training 11Aug Launch of training Contact as above programme for 900 programme fro 900 ECD ECD to drive campaign to get children learning from early age. Event/ Activity Location Date Target Group Objective
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