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What's On Jobs Invitation to the 4th Annual Peace, Safety & Human Rights Lecture (in memory of Abdullah Omar) | Invitation to the 4th Annual Peace, Safety & Human Rights Lecture (in memory of Abdullah Omar) |
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The University of South Africa's Institute for Social Health Sciences cordially invites you to the 4th Annual Peace, Safety & Human Rights Lecture TOPIC “Putting the Gini back in the bottle. Why the wealth gap should worry us more”. SPEAKER Ms Ferial Haffajee, Editor-in-Chief: City Press DATE Tuesday, 17 November 2009 TIME 18:00 for 18:30 VENUE The Soweto Hotel, Freedom Square, Cnr Union Avenue & Main Road, Walter Sisulu Square of Dedication, Kliptown, Soweto RSVP Lyndsey Lourie (before 10 November 2009) Tel: +27 11 857 1142 / Fax: + 27 11 857 1770 Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it N.B. Due to a limited number of seats, please RSVP to attend the lecture. A note will be sent to you to confirm your attendance to the lecture. BACKGROUND: ANNUAL PEACE, SAFETY AND HUMAN RIGHTS LECTURE The ANNUAL LECTURE is integral to the ISHS' attempts to foster dialogue around issues of peace, safety and human rights, especially in the face of high levels of injury-related deaths and disability in Africa and elsewhere in the world. The lecture is intended to memorialise the late Abdullah Omar's legacy in human rights and safety promotion. KEYNOTE SPEAKER: MS FERIAL HAFFAJEE Ferial Haffajee is Editor-in-Chief of City Press. Previously she held the same position at the Mail & Guardian, a leading investigative newspaper and website. An alumni of the Africa Leadership Initiative, a project of the Aspen Institute and Barloworld's Isaac Shongwe, she tries to practice values-based leadership and is impelled by independence and innovation. Ferial sits on the boards of Gender Links and the Inter-Press Service, both of which are geared to improving the media's coverage of development and gender empowerment. She is a previous winner of the Shoprite-Checkers woman of the year award. The Media magazine's women in media award and a Sanlam financial journalism award. In 2008, she was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. Ferial has also worked at Financial Mail and at the SABC in both radio and television. Bookmark this article:          |
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