Forum For The Empowerment of Women (FEW) Seeks Board Members.

Busi Kheswa joins the Forum for the Empowerment of Women (FEW) as a director during an exciting time when the organisation is plotting the way forward. She is driven by her love for her community and her commitment to protect the rights of the most marginalized. FEW is seeking for board members to work with Busi as the term for the current board is ending.

FEW’s purpose is to ensure a world where black lesbian, bisexual and transgender women know, access and enjoy their right to autonomy, dignity and equality in all aspects of their lives, both in the private and the public domain.

The responsibilities of the board include setting policies for the organization and providing strategic direction for the organization, and exercising programmatic and financial oversight. The board has four regular meetings per annum.

The applicant should have an understanding of the black lesbian community and its needs and be willing to commit time for board meetings and board experience will be an advantage.

To apply please fill in the attached form and send it to director [at] few [dot] org [dot] za or fax to (011) 339 1867, closing date 25 September 2009

Please circulate to friends, activists and comrades

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Busi Kheswa
Director
Forum for the Empowerment of Women
TEL: +27 11 339 1867/1882
FAX: +27 11 339 1871
URL: http://www.few.org.za
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The Forum for the Empowerment of Women (FEW) is a national, Non- Profit Organisation based in Johannesburg, South Africa, which aims to articulate, advance, protect, promote the rights of black lesbian, bisexual and transgender women (LBT).