As part of Public Service Women Management Week (PSWMW), female Correctional Officials, from across the country, will descend on Gauteng this week to celebrate Women’s Month under the theme “Commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the Women’s Charter and 20 years of Transformation in DCS: Moving Women’s Agenda Forward.”
Media are invited to cover the opening session.
Details are as follows:
Date: Thursday, 28 August 2014
Venue: Zonderwater Correctional Centre, Cullinan, Gauteng
Time: 09h30 for 10h00
Journalists attending must confirm attendance, with their names, mobile numbers and email addresses by no later than 14h00 today (Wednesday, 27 August 2014), with Faith Sifundza at Faith.Sifundza@dcs.gov.za.
The leadership of the department is expected to outline the road travelled from a male-dominated profession to a more gender equitable department of the Justice, Crime Prevention and Security Cluster. The department will also outline progress made in intensifying the implementation of transformation programmes including gender awareness, women recruitment, empowerment as well as retention.
Enquiries
Manelisi Wolela
Cell: 076 062 2180
E-mail: Manelisi.wolela@dcs.gov.za
