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
Organiser:
Venue:
Cultural events
Arts @ Night / Soirées artistiques / Arte de noche:
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