2-3 July 2019
Crowne Plaza Hotel, Rosebank
Southern Africa’s Debt Conundrum Conference, The conference is a space for African states and civil society to develop pan African narratives, strategies and solutions that promote transparent and accountable borrowing and lending as well as efficient public spending that is hinged on the development of human rights especially social and economic rights.
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Buwa! Issue 9
THE FUTURE OF WOMEN’S WORK IN AFRICA
This Issue of BUWA! offers feminist critiques of the current discourses framing the future of work in Africa. This is a very timely and critical theme given that there is a marked interest globally in better understanding and predicting the future of work. A number of research institutions, think tanks and others interested in labour and occupational issues have since invested in research and created platforms that have enabled debate on this issue.
-Alice Kanengoni