F’SASEC discusses International Women’s Day
F’SASEC discusses International Women’s Day
Female F’SASEC VUT students
Thomas Rasehloka
F’SASEC VUT once again celebrated International Women’s Day on 8 March with the theme: Balance4Better. The day, which is simply to highlight the rights of women all over the globe, was spent with the 48 students and staff of the department sitting on a round table discussion about the issues affecting women globally.
Ms Grace Citundu, Campus Manager, led this discussion stressing issues such as inequality in the workplace and families. According to her, women are not treated equally to men and that the goal of the discussion was to eradicate stereotyping of women, stating that they are a soft target on executing certain duties. Ms Citundu said: “If we do not shift the thinking of young men growing up to achieve a better future, we will have these issues escalating.” Ms Citundu believes that the future starts now, and that change must be implemented now for the achievement of future balance. She said that the bettering of the future starts with us.
F’SASEC student, Mr Shaun Olivier said that the discussion changed his perception about women in both the workplace and in families. He noted that his understanding was once “capped” but that now he fully understands and is willing to fight all the inequalities pertaining to women. Mr Olivier acknowledges that without a certain woman, he would not have achieved what he has today and today his respect for that woman is unshakable. He said: “My mother will stand as my hero and now with a full understanding of how women feel of this inequality, I will make it my responsibility as a man to embrace and protect every woman’s rights.”
F’SASEC VUT women gathered for discussion
Fellow student Ms Valentia Skosana expressed her delight as “someone had to stand up” and she is very thankful that the training centre has shown dedication to empowering women and understanding their rights. She said that she wishes that all training centres could educate their students about women’s rights. According to her, “this will help eliminate discrimination in both the training centre and the workplace in the future”.
With women being the subject of the day, female students of the “Industry 4.0” group were treated to lunch and soft drinks as a gesture of prevailing appreciation by the F’SASEC VUT Management.