Gender Equity and Reconciliation Workshops

The next Gender Equity and Reconciliation event in Kenya will be held 2018. Please contact Karambu Ringera or Zanele Khumalo for more information and to register.

Karambu Ringera
Telephone: 254 795 444 556
E-mail: GERkenya@gmail.com or ringerambu@gmail.com 

Zanele Khumalo
SMS to: 73 505 1380
E-mail: Zanele@grworld.org

August 31 – September 2, 2018

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Gender Equity and Reconciliation is an innovative forum that brings women and men together to jointly address gender conditioning and gender injustice in order to move toward mutual reverence and honor for one another.

GERI Workshops create safe spaces for women and men separately and jointly, to engage in experiential, interactive exercises and dialogues to address issues rarely discussed aloud. The process frequently leads to breakthroughs in mutual understanding, forgiveness and reconciliation.

For participants who feel inspired to facilitate this work, and who have completed the prerequisite Workshop, Gender Equity and Reconciliation International offers a Professional Facilitator Training. This training is appropriate for mature professionals of all ages, sexual orientations, faith traditions, race, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds. Mental health professionals and clergy are encouraged to apply. Candidates for the Professional Facilitator Training must submit a formal application.

Facilitators

Zanele Khumalo, MA

Zanele Khumalo is a Program Officer of GERI in South Africa. She is a trained facilitator with experience in diversity management, intercultural communication, youth facilitation, and alternatives to violence. Zanele holds an undergraduate degree in Psychology and Social Anthropology, and a postgraduate degree in Diversity Studies from the University of Cape Town. She has six years experience as a social science researcher, and trained young adult mentors of children at risk. Zanele is a certified GERI facilitator and Trainer.

Jabu Mashinini, BA

Jabu Mashinini, BA is a GERI facilitator/ trainer and organizational consultant. He specializes in diversity training, counseling, peace studies, the Alternatives to Violence Project, and Phaphama Initiatives based in Soweto, South Africa. Jabu is a Facilitator for the international Nelson Mandela Dialogues in several countries.

Desireé English

Desireé English is an Operations Officer for GenderWorks* and has spent most of her 25-year career creating and holding spaces for learning and development for individuals and groups including local government, corporates and NGOs. As an Integrative Trauma Healing Practitioner and independent learning and development consultant, Desireé is strongly grounded in her purpose of facilitating healing and empowerment within communities, especially working with women and youth. She loves being a mom to her daughter. Desireé is on track towards certification as a GERI facilitator.

Les Thomas

Les Thomas is a consultant for GenderWorks. He is an experienced trainer and facilitator of the Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) and runs workshops on AVP in prisons and schools around the Western Cape. He is also involved in men’s work, through the Imbadu Men’s Project, a programme of the Centre for Christian Spirituality. Les also holds men’s circles and group processes at Family and Marriage Society of South Africa (FAMSA). Les is a GERI certified facilitator.