
Virtual Celebration
Women's Month 2021
Catch the stream on Facebook: Cortex Hub | YouTube: Eastern Cape Film Hub
Join Us in Celebrating Women's Month 2021
August 27, 2021.
Starts 8h30 Ends 17h00
This year marks 65 years since the watershed 1956 women’s march to the
Union Buildings. The year 2021 also marks the twenty-sixth anniversary
of the Beijing Platform for Action, which created a platform for greater
gender equality.
This year’s commemoration will be held under the theme: “The year of
Charlotte Mannya Maxeke: Realising Women’s Rights”. Ensuring and
protecting rights for all has been a constant struggle for government
and our social partners, as we battle the devastating COVID-19
pandemic.
Women’s Month allows us to gauge how far we have come in
transforming society, particularly the transformation of unequal power
relations between women and men. The Cortex & Film Hub continue to
strive in creating a conducive environment which enables women to
take up entrepreneurship and learnt to control their own businesses.

Day
Program
We are looking forward to a jam packed program with the below panels and women leader engagements.
The event will be virtual and streamed live to the Eastern Cape Film Festival YouTube Channel and Cortex Hub Facebook Pages.
Meet our Hosts


Keynotes
8:40am - 10am
We are pleased to have these Women joining this event to establish the main underlying theme “The year of Charlotte Mannya Maxeke: Realizing Women’s Rights”.
Meet the Speakers

Stakeholder
Panels
10am - 11am
We are pleased to have these ladies speaking on "The Importance of Women Mentorship.
Meet the Panellists

Panel 1
Discussion
11:15am - 11:55am
A Women only discussion on: Remote Sensing and GIS as a solution to urbanization and Smart Cities in the Eastern Cape
Meet the Panellists
Panel 2
Discussion
11:15am - 11:55am
Optic Fiber Solution Master Class
Meet the Panellists


Optic Fibre
Lab Launch
12pm - 2pm
In partnership with Digital Council Africa, MetroFibre, and other partners.


Panel 3
Discussion
2pm - 3pm
Women in (AI) Artificial Intelligence
Meet the Panellists


Panel 4
Discussion
2pm - 3pm
Women in E-sport (Gaming)
Meet the Panellists


Panel 6
Discussion
3:15pm - 4pm
Dash Robotics for High School Girls from Ebenezer Majombozi SSS in Duncan Village.
Meet the Panellists

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Somila Hlanganiso and Linikita Nxowa
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Qhama Magamdela, Esona Matole, and Sanelisiwe Manyala
Panel 7
Discussion
4pm - 5pm
Women Led Tech-Startups
Meet the Panellists


Panel 8
Discussion
4pm - 5pm
Women in Broadcast Media, Art & Design Startups
Meet the Panellists

