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Begin forwarded message: > >> > >> >> NUMSA GENDER POLITICAL SCHOOL >> >> 05 October 2011 >> >> The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) will be holding >> its National Gender Political School as from Thursday 6 October 2011 –until- >> Sunday 9 October 2011, Vincent Mabuyakhulu Conference Centre, Newtown, >> Johannesburg, Gauteng province. >> >> The Gender School will be attended by 250 delegates drawn from the lower >> structures of the union across the country and it will be held under the >> strategic theme “Taking gender struggles to the forefront”. >> >> This School takes place against the backdrop of depressing socio-economic >> challenges faced by women in the workplace, communities and in their >> families. >> >> The economy of our country is still dominated by a few white males and black >> women are located at the bottom rungs of our economy. The domestic labour >> performed by women is unpaid and women are still being used to reproduce >> cheap labour and continue to endure sexual harassment and domestic abuse in >> our society. >> >> This School provides a platform towards building a strong working class >> women’s movement, rooted amongst poor urban and rural women to advance a >> radical and revolutionary program that places the oppression of women at >> centre of its agenda and programme. Our struggles for an alternative >> economic trajectory that seeks to place human and societal needs ahead of >> profit making must also address decades of women’s oppression by patriarchy >> and the gender insensitive capitalist system. >> >> The NUMSA Deputy General Secretary KARL CLOETE will officially open the >> School. There will also be messages of support from the ANCWL, COSATU 2nd >> Deputy President ZINGISWA LOSI and SACP Central Committee Member CHARLES >> SETSUBI. >> >> The details of the School are as follows: >> >> DATE: Thursday 6 October2011 >> >> TIME: 10H00 am >> >> VENUE: Vincent Mabuyakhulu Conference Centre, 155 Cnr Bree and Gerard Sekota >> Streets, Newtown, Johannesburg, Gauteng province. >> >> Members of the media are hereby invited to attend and report. >> >> Contact: >> >> Castro Ngobese, National Spokesperson – 073 299 1595 >> >> Or >> >> Duduzile Ngcobo, National Gender Coordinator– 074 372 5685 >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "NUMSA Media Releases" group. For archive, pages and files, visit this group >> at http://groups-beta.google.com/group/numsa-media-releases >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> NUMSA's main web site is at http://www.numsa.org.za/ -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] .
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