February 2007

Workshops on Housing Research Findings

 Smaller workshops were held in each of the three communities - Langa (17 February), Mfuleni (21 February), and Manenberg (26 February) - with the aim of meeting the objectives of the strategy workshop. The three workshops, which took place in February 2007, were attended by members of ICS’s, SANCO, and other community organisations. We describe the outcomes of the workshop in more detail below.

October 2006

Strategy Workshop on Housing Project

The workshop was held on 26 October 2006 at Saartjie Baartman Centre. It had two main aims: the first was to report back on the information-gathering process and to inform participants and other stakeholders of the results of field work conducted in Mfuleni, Langa and Manenberg. The second aim was to identify strategies for strengthening the capacity of informal community structures to give effect to the rights of women and girls vulnerable to HIV/AIDS in their housing allocation practices.

May 2006

Housing for Women Experiencing Violence: Policies and Programmes

The workshop was held on 23 May 2006 at Saartjie Baartman Centre (SBC). It was attended by participants from SBC partners, managers of other shelters for women experiencing violence, members of the Western Cape Network on Violence against Women and a representative from the Western Cape Department of Local Government and Housing. The workshop programme included a presentation on the legal and policy framework for housing, including the housing programmes and allocation policies.