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YOUTH SPEAK LEADERS
GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE
LOOKING BACK TO PAVE THE WAY FORWARD
SESSION ELEVEN
JOIN OUR GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE SESSION
Active Citizenship in partnership with Servant Leader invites you to a youth panel discussion about gender-based violence (verbal violence, including hate speech, psychological violence and sexual violence). The panel will draw from the Servant Leader series episodes in search of leaders whose passion is to serve others beyond themselves,.
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ABOUT OUR PANELISTS
Olwethu Rani
Second-year BSocSci majoring in Politics, Gender Studies and Media and Writing at UCT
"I am a passionate black woman who strives to contribute to the progressive change of my community. When I complete my studies, I’d like to use writing, communication, and entrepreneurial thinking to empower and make a difference in the lives of the marginalised in my country."
Lidian Plaatjies
BA In Theatre & Performance at University of Cape Town
"I aspire to continue the work of my parents; to make South Africa a better and safer place for all through all art forms."
Mbali Williams
Law and Politics at University of Cape Town
"I’m an advocate for equity and equality... I’d like to contribute to both my local and international communities through justice work, and working with women and children based organisations."
Georgina Walther
University of Cape Town
" I enjoy having conversations and debates concerning political, societal, environmental and economic factors and how they impact different people in different ways. I feel it is important to listen and learn from other people with differing backgrounds and experiences. I believe this creates a more holistic understanding of these issues and spheres of life to allow us a more intersectional approach to addressing them."
Nicholas Kruger
Second-year Theatre & Performance UCT
"I currently serve as the Treasurer for Rainbow UCT, our queer student organisation on campus. I aim to use theatre to clarify and enhance our collective and individual understanding of Queerness is a South African context."
Edith Mugadza
Second-year Bachelor of Social Science in Psychology and Law UCT
"I am a first-generation immigrant, having been born in Zimbabwe and raised in Johannesburg. I've always been very passionate about social and humanitarian causes, and hope to make use of my studies in order to help others. I believe that in order to aid in the growth and development of Africa, it is important that we adequately address issues of gender inequality, xenophobia and discrimination."
Kaitlin Rawson
honours degree in Politics, Philosophy, and Economics
"I am passionate about politics and social issues in South Africa and believe that South Africans deserves more accessible and approachable ways of learning about these topics. That is one of the reasons I started my TikTok account. I began making politics-focused content at the beginning of the year and my account has reached hundreds of thousands of South Africans since then."
Neo Gumede
BA In Theatre & Performance at University of Cape Town
"Whilst I work towards being a trained performer I hope to contribute to a progressive sense of leadership pioneered by compassionate free-thinkers."
Oliver Ward
BCom FInancial Accounting at University of Cape Town
"I would like to focus and cont-ribute to the financial and economic sector of South Africa and inspire a code of ethics within the operations of the sector."
Phuti Mphuti
BA In Theatre & Performance at University of Cape Town
"I believe that as the future leaders of this country it's imperative that we should learn more about our history, art and its prominent figures so we can best shape our destiny as an inclusive and accepting country."
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Youth Speak Leaders is an ongoing dialogues series