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DESCRIPTION:Bernedette Muthien: “Justice and Compassion: South Africa’s Struggles 
 Twenty Years into Democracy”\n\nOn Sunday February 23rd from 4-6pm at 612 
 Ocean Street, the Resource Center for Nonviolence (RCNV) and Feminists 
 Working On Real Democracy (FWORD) would like to invite you a brief 
 presentation, Q and A, and focused conversation with Bernedette Muthien. 
 Bernedette Muthien is an indigenous black South African feminist and a 
 noted scholar, activist and poet. A former political prisoner of the 
 apartheid regime as a young activist, she serves as a consultant and board 
 member for a number of academic, development, and women’s organizations 
 in South Africa and internationally. Currently she is the director of 
 Engender, a South African NGO working on the intersecting areas of 
 gender/sexuality, human and civil rights, justice, and conflict. \n\nFor 
 more information on Engender, please see their 
 website:\nhttp://engender.org.za/\n\nFor more info or accomodations at the 
 RCNV, please call 831. 423.1626\n\nHope to see you there!\n\nBernadette's 
 Biography:\n\nBernedette Muthien, B.A., S.Soc.Sci. Hons, M.A., is a poet, 
 scholar and activist who co-founded and directs an NGO, Engender, which 
 works in the intersectional areas of genders & sexualities, human rights, 
 justice & peace. Over 18 years she produced more than 160 publications and 
 presentations on 6 continents. Amongst others, she co-convenes the Global 
 Political Economy Commission of the International Peace Research 
 Association, and serves on various international advisory boards, including 
 the international journal Human Security Studies. Bernedette was the first 
 Fullbright-Amy Biehl fellow at Stanford University, and holds postgraduate 
 degrees from the Universities of Cape Town and Stellenbosch in South 
 Africa. Her current research centers on how social and gender 
 egalitarianism are coterminous with nonviolence, as well as showing that 
 nonviolent and egalitarian societies have existed throughout time and 
 presently continue to exist. Her first solo collection of poetry - Ova - 
 was published during early 2012.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/02/13/18750793.php
SUMMARY:Bernedette Muthien: South Africa’s Struggles Twenty Years into Democracy
LOCATION:Resource Center for Nonviolence\n612 Ocean Street, Santa Cruz
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/02/13/18750793.php
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