Gender Equity Unit

📢Gender Equity Unit Programme Schedule 📢

Sessions are bi-weekly starting this week.

Tuesdays, 12:00-13:00: HumaNature
Tuesdays, 13:00 - 14:00: GBVF Peer Education Programme
Wednesdays, 12:00 - 13:00: Isandla Sethu
Wednesdays, 13:00 - 14:00: Mentoring Programme
Thursdays, 12:00 - 13:00: Imbewu
Thursdays, 13:00 - 14:00: Edu-Drama
Fridays, 13:00-14:30: Loud Enuf

A Special Indigeneity Circle Session

This Thursday, the Nthirisano Community Centre) host a special
session of the Return to the Notion of Indigeneity Circle — and it
marks the beginning of something bigger.

This is our third session. As our space is small, we may dedicate this
gathering mainly to students from the University of the Western
Cape, joining through the Gender Equity Unit and the Imbewu
Program.

This session is the beginning of our Media Lab —
a space where students learn by creating: writing, filming,
documenting and helping build a new civic media platform.

This Thursday’s circle (March 19) is also a preparation session for
The Human Rights Festival.

We believe story is power, and there is no story without voice. In a world of noise, we create: honest human storytelling.

Bring 3 creative gifts:

songs • poems • reflections • texts

Every student participates.

DETAILS:
📅 Thursday, March 19, 2026
⏰ 18:00–21:00
📍 Nthirisano Community Centre, Salt River, Cape Town

Contact António: +27( 0) 81 846 7233

Do Not Eradicate the Word
A civic media platform for human dignity.

World Day of Social Justice 2026

Belonging is Political

Every year on 20 February, the world observes World Day of Social Justice, a global call to confront poverty, exclusion, inequality, unemployment, and discrimination, while advancing dignity, equity, and human rights for all. Social justice remains an essential foundation for peaceful and prosperous societies, and cannot be realised without respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms.

The 2026 theme, “Empowering Inclusion: Bridging Gaps for Social Justice”, reminds us that systemic inequality persists when individuals and communities are excluded from meaningful participation in education, work, governance, and social life.

At the Gender Equity Unit, we recognise that belonging is not neutral, it is political.
Who feels safe in our lecture halls, residences, workplaces, and digital spaces is shaped by power, history, and policy. Belonging is constructed through institutional cultures that either affirm or marginalise people based on gender identity, sexuality, race, disability, class, nationality, and other intersecting realities.

Through our programme offerings, our work in transformation actively seeks to:

• Challenge structural exclusion and discrimination
• Build inclusive and affirming institutional cultures
• Centre the lived realities of LGBTQIA+ persons
• Address Gender-Based Violence and Femicide
• Advance disability justice and accessibility
• Promote equity in labour and representation
• Create safer spaces for critical dialogue and social support

As we commence our academic year with both returning and new students and staff, we are reminded that creating a socially just university is not only about access, it is about participation, recognition, and dignity.

Because social justice begins where belonging is made possible.
No one belongs ‘by default’. Belonging must be built, intentionally, collectively, and politically.