Afems 2021 - In Search of our Shrines: Feminist Healing and the Politics of Love
Tuesday, 2 November 2021

Tuesday, 2 November 2021, 10.30 - 11.0

Recorded Book Launch 2

Desirée Lewis & Gabeba Baderoon | Surfacing

Discussant: Nadia Davids

Tuesday, 2 November 2021, 11 - 12

Workshop 2: UWC's Feminist Framily (1)

Monique Tamara Van Vuuren & Melandri Constant

Incl: Pull Yourself Together (Short Film)

Tuesday, 2 November 2021, 12 - 13

Workshop 3: UWC's Feminist Framily (2)

By Any Brown & Xena Scullard

Incl: Word-Sound - Power Session

Online Session

Tuesday, 2 November 2021, 15 - 16

Panel 4: Sexual Politics and Gendered Violence

Natasha Johnson | The Sexual Politics of Women and Girls Post Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting in The U.S

Justine Clarke | Rape Culture and The Jacob Zuma Rape Trial: An African Feminist Approach

Gugu Ndlazi | Un-Silence and Empower Young Black Women

Chair: Peace Kiguwa

Tuesday, 2 November 2021, 16 - 16.30

Recorded Performance 2

By Rehema Chachage

Tuesday, 2 November 2021, 16.30 - 17.30

Panel 5: Queer and Gendered Performativity

Kellyn Botha | Why Are Filmmakers So Fixated on Women's Penises?

Tumi Mampane | Seeing Ourselves on TV: Scandal! Gomora and Township Femininities

Moeketsi Koahela | How Is Masculinity Performed Among Male University Students?

Chair: Uhuru Phalafala

Tuesday, 2 November 2021, 17.30 - 18.30

Featured Panel 1: Transnational Feminisms

Title: Healing Waters-Transnational, Liberatory Feminist Praxis

By: Akanksha Mehta, Portia Malatjie, Chandra Frank

Chair: Boriche Kuipo