please if any body visit him then kindly give me his email address we would like to invite him too at ahmedabad
----- Original Message ----- From: "Nilesh Singit" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 2:41 PM Subject: [AI] Meeting with Justice Yacoob of South Africa > *People with Disabilities and Empowerment* > > Disability Rights Initiative, Bombay, invites all to > participate in a > meeting with Justice Zakeria Mohammed Yacoob of South > Africa. Justice > Zakeria Mohammed Yacoob of the South African > Constitutional Court is > visiting India and meeting with its people. Justice > Yacoob is > delivering a series of lectures all over the country > and he will be > speaking in Mumbai on 11th June 2007. > > Justice Yacoob will share his experiences on > disability issues and > enumerate the importance of understanding that > problems faced by > disabled persons are not to be seen in isolation. The > struggle for > equality of disabled persons should go hand in hand > with the struggle of > equality by women, by Dalit and all those who are > discriminated, with no > food, shelter, employment or on the basis of sexuality > to come together > as a single voice. He will speak variety of issues > concerning the > struggle to achieve social equality and justice. > Justice Yacoob > believes that India and South Africa have a lot to > learn from each other > as both countries have many similarities as the > respective constitutions > of both the countries are the product of the struggle > for freedom, > fighting imperialism. However, constitution and > legislation themselves > are not sufficient to achieve social justice, there > are springboards for > greater change and the duty of that court is to define > and defend a > fundamental belief in human rights and > non-discrimination. > > The participants can interact and ask questions and > this would be > followed by a quick overview of the disability > movement in India . > > > > > About Justice Yacoob > Zakeria Mohammed Yacoob, born in 1948, became blind at > the age of > sixteen months as a result of meningitis. Justice > Yacoob was a member of > the executive of the Natal Indian Congress from 1981 > to 1991. He helped > to plan and organise, participated in, and addressed > numerous mass > meetings aimed at supporting the struggle against > apartheid. He was > chairperson and a member of the executive of the > Democratic Lawyers > Association. Presently Justice Yacoob sits on the > Constitutional Court > of South Africa and is Chancellor of the University of > Durban-Westville. > He is also the Chairperson for the South African > National Council for > the Blind, where he sits on the Executive Committee > and the National > Management Committee. > > > Venue: > YWCA > 2nd Floor > Madam Cama Road, > Opp. Regal Cinema > Mumbai - 31 > Colaba > Date : Monday, 11th June 2007 > Time : 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm > > Please Contact Raju Waghmare 09820946125 > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > Yahoo! Mail is the world's favourite email. Don't settle for less, sign up > for > your free account today > http://uk.rd.yahoo.com/evt=44106/*http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/mail/winter07.html > > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
