Thursday, August 30

Thursday, August 30, 11.00 hours

"THE WAR ON DRUGS IS A WAR ON RACIAL JUSTICE" – Workshop

Organiser: Delegation Against the "War on Drugs"

Venue: UNISA 3

Thursday, August 30, 17.00-20.30

"GENDER, RACE AND AFFIRMATIVE ACTION IN THE ERA OF GLOBALISED CAPITALISM" - Workshop

Organiser: ANC - African National Congress

Venue: UNISA Campus, Durban

Thursday, August 30, 8.30-19.00

"WORLD COURT OF WOMEN AGAINST RACISM"

Organiser: El Taller International, Asian Women’s Human Rights Council, South African NGO Coalition, Durban Social Forum

Venue: Nathal Technikon Indoor Sports Complex, Gate 4, Mansfield Road

Thursday, August 30, 15.00-17.00

"RACE OR FACE? DEVELOPING YOUTH FOR A RACE FREE SOCIETY" – Workshop

Organiser: The Bahá’i Faith

Venue: Room no. 1, Albany Hotel (Oposite City Hall), 225 Smith Street, Durban

Thursday, August 30, 13.00-17.00

"Multiple Discrimination Against Minority Women. Rethinking the Concept of Violence Against Minority Women" – Workshop

Organiser: International Movement Against All Forms of Discrimination and Racism Japan Committee (IMADR-JC)

Venue: "Hoy Club" Old Fort Road, Durban (Next to "UNISA")

Thursday, August 30, 17.00-19.00

"TRADE UNIONS SAY NO TO RACISM AND XENOPHOBIA" – Workshop

Organiser: International Confederation of Free Trade Unions

Venue: City Hall Albert Luthuli

Thursday, August 30, 9.00-11.00

"CYCLES OF DISPLACEMENT: REALITY FOR WOMEN UNDER BURMA’S MILITARY – Refugees, Migrants, IDPs and Ethno-politics" – Video Presentation and Panel Discussion

Organiser: Women’s League of Buma

Venue: Kwamuhle Museum, 130 Ordnance Road, Durban

Thursday, August 30, 16.30 hours

"WILL THE REAL WHITE RACISM PLEASE DIE?" – One-act Play

Organiser: International Cross-Cultural Black Women’s Studies Institute

Venue: Kwa Muhle Museum, 130 Ordnance Road, Durban

Thursday, August 30, 11.00-13.00

"Time to rise: US Women of Color Challenge Multiple Oppressions" – Workshop

Organiser: Women of Color Resource Center NGO

Venue: City Hall Committee Room 3

Thursday, August 30, 14.00-18.00

"DEBT AND REPARATIONS" – Workshop

Organiser: Jubilee South Africa

Venue: Playhouse Theatre (Smith Street, opposite City Hall, next to Royal Hotel) Room 503, 5th floor, Side entrance

Thursday, August 30, 19.00 hours

"WELCOME HOME" – Ceremony

Organiser: Kara Heritage Institute

Venue: Blue Lagoon, Durban

Thursday, August 30, 11.00-14.30

"MONITORING RACIAL DISCRIMINATION" – Workshop

Organiser: HURIDOCS

Venue: Marquee M3, display booth A44

Thursday, August 30, 11.00-13.30

"EDUCATION FOR HUMAN VALUES – Personal Responsibility" – Workshop

Organiser: Art of Living Foundation & International Association for Human Values

Venue: Hotel Albany I, opposite City Hall

Thursday, August 30, 11.30

"THE VOICES IN MODERN DAY SLAVERY" - PUBLIC HEARING of Migrant Workers

Organiser: CARAM & APWLD & AOHR & GAATW & DOWN & MRI & WSM & INCVAW

Venue: Asia Pacific Tent

Thursday, August 30, 11.30

"Include CASTE and caste based discrimination in the World Conference Against Racism and UN Agenda" – Press Conference

Organiser: Dalit Caucus & National Campaign for Dalit Human Rights

Venue: Asia Pacific Tent

Thursday, August 30, 13.00

"The Palestinian Minority in Israel" – Press Briefing

Organiser: WCAR Secretariat

Venue: Media Tent

Thursday, August 30, 16.30-18.30

"Sunset Program" – Press Conference

Organiser: Literary Artists Unite Against Racism

Venue: Kwa Muhle Museum, 130 Ordnance Road

Thursday, August 30, 17.00-19.00

"RACIAL JUSTICE REPORT CARD: Problems and Solutions in Global State of Race and Education in Equality and Access" – Workshop

Organiser: Urban Justice Center-US, Gelledes-Brasil, Applied Research Center-US, Consultative Forum on Racism and Education – South Africa

Venue: Old Fort Road 9, Prince Albert, Near UNISA

Thursday, August 30, 15.00-17.00

"From Stories to Strategies: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?" – Session

Organiser: Youth Against Racism Project

Venue: Seaboard T

 

 

 

 

Friday, August 31

Friday, August 31, 17.00-20.30

"THE AFRICAN RENAISSANCE AND MAP: TOWARDS THE AFRICAN CENTURY" - Workshop

Organiser: ANC - African National Congress

Venue: UNISA Campus, Durban

Friday, August 31, 14.00-18.00

"WOMEN AT THE INTERSECTION OF RACISM AND OTHER OPPRESSIONS" A HUMAN RIGHTS HEARING

Organiser: Center for Women’s Global Leadership

Venue: ML Sultan Technikon, 41/43 Centenary Road, Durban

 

Friday, August 31, 11.00-13.00

"BLACK WOMEN RESISTING RACISM – International, cross-cultural perspectives" – Roundtable discussion

Organiser: Black Women Networking Globally

Venue: City Hall, Room 4, Durban

Friday, August 31, 15.00-17.00

"BLACK WOMEN RESISTING RACISM – International, cross-cultural perspectives" – Panel

Organiser: Black Women Networking Globally

Venue: City Hall, Albert Luthuli Room , Durban

Friday, August 31, 11.00-13.00

"PROMOTING RACIAL JUSTICE: Human Rights Education Through Media and Popular Culture" – award-winning music video "Mann Ke Manjeere" and the world premiere of "Books not Bars", a video by the Ella Baker Center for HR and the HR Institute at Columbia Law School

Organiser: Breakthrough

Venue: City Hall, Mandela Room

Friday, August 31, 15.00-17.00

"CRUEL AND USUAL: Racism in Poverty Relief Programs" – Workshop

Organiser: Applied Research Center, US; We Make the Road By Walking, US; Akina Mama wa Afrika, UK and Uganda; Asociacion Proyector Caribe, Costa Rica; Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, Phillipines

Venue: Hoy Club

Friday, August 31, 13.00-15.00

"Reporting on Racial/Ethnic Discrimination against Children" – fringe meeting

Organiser: International Save the Children Alliance

Venue: Hoy Club (Corner of Old Fort Road and Prince Alfred Street, opposite ABSA Bank)

 

Friday, August 31, 11.00-13.00

"The Impact of Racism and Armed Conflict on Children" – panel discussion

Organiser: Office of the UN Special Representative of the SG for Children and Armed Conflict

Venue: Durban Exhibition Centre, Room 7, 11 Walnut Road, ICC Complex

Friday, August 31, 11.00-14.30

"MONITORING RACIAL DISCRIMINATION" – Workshop

Organiser: HURIDOCS

Venue: Marquee M3, display booth A44

Friday, August 31, 13.00-15.30

"BLACK WOMEN: Race and Gender in the Age of Globalisation" – Open Forum

Organiser: Women’s World Summit Foundation & Wellesley College

Venue: Africa Tent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Saturday, September 1

Saturday, September 1, 18.00 hours

"SATSANG ON THE BEACH" - Sing, Dance and Celebrate

Organiser: The Art of Living Foundation

Venue: Snake Park

Saturday, September 1

"GLOBAL MARCH AGAINST RACISM" – Street march

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Cultural events

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August 28

Global World and Beat Gala – BAT Centre (45 Maritime Place, Small Craft Harbour), 20.00

August 29

African Fusion Experience - BAT Centre (45 Maritime Place, Small Craft Harbour), 20.00

Cultural Program to Honour the Former "Comfort Women" Performing group: Bridges (Philippines & Switzerland)– Asia Pacific Tent, NGO Forum, Durban, 19.00-20.00

August 30

Generations of South African Jazz - BAT Centre (45 Maritime Place, Small Craft Harbour), 20.00

Voices of the People – Umlazi Cinema, 19.00