Tag Archives: South Africa

Implementing the MDGs for Women and Girls

Implementing the MDGs for Women and Girls: Conclusions from the Commission on the Status of Women The 58th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) took place from 10 March 2014 to 21 March 2014 at the United Nations in New York. The aim for this year’s session was to examine the […]

Ready to Learn?

Note: This post was first published on the Oxford Human Rights Hub. South Africa’s Legal Resources Centre (LRC) launched a new book – Ready to Learn? A Legal Resource for Realising the Right to Education – on 25 October at the Open Society Foundations in New York City (see press release here).  In this post, […]

Law, Justice and Morality in South Africa – The Past and the Present

22 April 2013 A speech by George Bizos SC at the Plato Week in South Africa for the School of Practical Philosophy Introduction Professors, academics, philosophers, students and interested guests: It is my honour to have been asked to speak at Plato Week in South Africa by the School of Practical Philosophy. I would like […]

Powerful powerlessness and what I learnt about leadership

On Friday, 17 August 2012, I attended what was essentially an opportunity to celebrate the work of Ruth First, but also a colloquium on inequality, where I expected to walk away with a better understanding of and answer to what is considered to be South Africa’s foremost challenge. Instead, I felt that the speakers were finding […]