[psych-hr] TRC Recommendations Conferece

CONFERENCE INVITATION
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POLITICS AND PROMISES: Evaluating the implementation of the TRC's
recommendations
The 29th of October 2000, marks the second anniversary of the Truth and
Reconciliation Commission (TRC) handing over its Final Report to Government.
Civil society organisations, with the Centre for the Study of Violence and
Reconciliation, are hosting a conference on the eve of the second
anniversary to evaluate how far we are in relation to implementing the TRC's
recommendations.  The Conference will focus on recommendations in the
following areas:

a) PROSECUTIONS, with a presentation by Bulelani Nqcuka, Director of Public
Prosecutions

b) INSTITUTIONAL TRANSFORMATION in the:

a. Health Sector   (Dr. Wendy Orr, Wits University)

b. Military   (Gregory Williams, Institute for Security Studies)

c. Media   (Hugh Lewin, Institute for the Advancement of Journalism)

c) REPARATIONS, with presentations by Ms Yasmin Sooka (TRC Commissioner),
Khulumani Victim Support Group, Mr Lybon Mabasa (Socialist Party of Azania).

DETAILS:

Date:           Friday, 27 October 2000

Time:           08h30- 16h30

                    Followed by launch of "Women & War" video at 6p.m.

                    Information on film below

Venue:          The Pyramid Conference & Venue Centre

                    96 Eloff Street Extension, Village Deep, Johannesburg

RSVP essential contact Ms Xoliswa Ntintili   Tel:(011) 403-5650 ext. 120;
xntintili@csvr.org.za   Or  by fax at  (011) 339-6785

FULL PROGRAMME TO FOLLOW SHORTLY



Film Launch

WOMEN & WAR

Produced by Teaching Screens in consultation with the Centre for the Study
of Violence and Reconciliation

Women & War is a documentary looking at issues affecting women during and
after war.  The film highlights the gendered experiences of war and how
women have survived.

Women & War focuses on different experiences of war.  The film was shot in
countries on a rough meridian across Africa, through the Middle East and
into the Balkans, in countries that are currently in or that have known
conflict in recent years - South Africa, Northern Uganda, Israel & Palestine
and Bosnia.

Women & War also specifically looks at the South African Truth and
Reconciliation Commission as a potential model for conflict resolution and
healing around the world. The story of the successes and failures of the TRC
links many of the sequences through the film.

Official Launch

Launched by Yasmin Sooka, TRC Commissioner

Date:                 27 October 2000

Programme:        5pm drinks and snacks

                          6pm screening

                          7pm discussion until 8pm

Venue:                Pyramid Conference Centre

                          96 Eloff Street Ext, Village Deep, Johannesburg

RSVP essential:  Xoliswa Ntintili 4035650 x 120, or email
xntintili@csvr.org.za



Women & War was produced by Teaching Screens and the Centre for the Study of
Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR).  The project was funded by International
Development Research Centre (IDRC), Charles Stewart Mott Foundation and
Embassy of Irelan

Brandon Hamber
Programme Manager
Centre for the Study of Violence & Reconciliation
PO Box 30778, Braamfontein, 2017, South Africa
Tel: +27 (011) 4035650 Fax: +27 (011) 3396785
Email: bhamber@csvr.org.za or brandonhamber@yahoo.co.uk

Website: http://www.wits.ac.za/csvr, also see ReCONCILIATION NeT at
http://www.reconciliation.org.za