Keba.sebetoane's blog

I have always asked myself if there will ever be a practical space for own and diverse expression, in a more speaking out against or with. Why do we really blog? is it really important to blog? Who reads the blogs? Is there really an impact? How do we move from blogs to practical lives?

A session that was supposed to be about experiences of hate crimes, and remembering people we have lost due to homophobia, ended up into an emotional session. The session started well with presentations from the panels. Chan from Zambia, who identifies as a transgendered man said, he feels and has seen that there is no unity within the feminist movement. When issues affecting women are addressed, it is not very often you hear trans people mentioned.

I love Math and Science, I did well at school even though priority was mostly given to boys, I always competed with them. Funny, I always was on the same league as they were. I loved the fixing, making and analysing problems, I did well.

What a match, what an effort...I call it a radical and dynamic movement. I am in love with the spirit of the movement...

I am really tired, just came back from the One in Nine campaign match, we went through town from the CT International Conversion center to the Provincial Administrator to deliver a memorandum to the premier of the Western Cape, Lynn Brown.

The Feminist Tech eXchange took place on the 10 - 12 of November in Cape Town, Monkey Valley. The event brought more than 50 women from different countires in and outside Africa world, to discuss issues around feminism and the use of Information, Communications, and Technology. The politics of feminism and ICT, as well as providing an open space for discussion and training.

What an Inspiring event it is. The 11th AWID Forum, the event brought a lot of women together from all around the world. These women identify as feminist, I do too now with confidence.

On the 10th of September, I attended the Gender and Diversity seminar hosted by Constitution Hill at the Women's Gaol Lekgotla Space. The seminar, themed: "Sexuality Towards a Democratic South Africa" was attended by various representatives from lesbian gay bisexual trangernder and intersex (LGBTI) organizations.