Forthcoming Events Jala Tsebo Seminar Series Law, Custom, and Culture and the Impact on Women Seeking Redress for Domestic Violence

South Africa is home to a diversity of cultures and religions and as a result, many women and men live under dual legal systems. This may also put them in the position where their customs and values are, at times, in direct conflict with Roman-Dutch law and its provisions. Seeking help to address problems of domestic violence is made even more challenging under these circumstances. This seminar, drawing on a case study of responses to domestic violence in the Moretele District, explores some of these questions and puts forward suggestions around expanding protections from domestic violence in ways that accommodate the diversity of women.

Speakers:

Customary Law and Domestic Violence in Rural South African Communities- by Professor Elsje Bonthuys, Law Faculty, University of the Witwatersrand.

"Marriage Is Like Sitting On Red Coals": A Case Study of Domestic Violence in Four Villages of The Moretele District, Tshwane Metropole - by Lisa Vetten Senior researcher and policy analyst, Tshwaranang Legal Advocacy Centre.

Traditional justice and domestic violence by Kindisa Ngubeni Community facilitator, Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation.

Venue: Old Fort conference room, Constitution Hill, 1 Kotze Street, Braamfontein (see attached map)
Date: 27 September 2006
Time: 17h00 for 17h30 - 19h00
Parking: Available on the Fort Parade Ground (entrance in Kotze Street)

For further information, confirmation etc., please contact:
Kenneth Collis at kcollis@csvr.org.za or Bilkees Vawda at bvawda@csvr.org.za

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