On Tuesday 11 June, a free public discussion on “CERVICAL CANCER: AWARENESS & SURVIVAL” will be held at The Book Cafe from 5.30-7pm, to raise awareness of the need for early diagnosis, counseling, what’s available to women of Zimbabwe, and to discuss the urgent need for life-saving information to reach ordinary women everywhere.
The discussion is an initiative of Tanyaradzwa Cancer of Zimbabwe, set up by waitress Talent Yakado to help educate and support affected women.
Speakers are Professor Chirenje (gynaeocologist) and Dr Sunanda Ray, with testimonies from Janet Manuhwa and Talent Yakado. The discussion will be chaired by powerful gender activist Sally Dura.
A cervical-cancer-survivor herself thanks to timely information and early detection, Talent Yakado is very much aware of the struggles faced by ordinary women of Zimbabwe when it comes to money for health care, and the dire need to disseminate information on what is available in Zimbabwe today. She is aware of how many lives could be saved if women are encouraged to face their fears and seek help in time, and concerned about the need to shout out about it and build the national drive with established partners like Cancer Association and the Ministry of Health.
The Daily News of 3 June carried her story headlined ‘From cancer survivor to cancer campaigner’. Talent is fired up and doing something about it, starting a public awareness campaign of her own with this first discussion. She invites the many patrons, artists, writers, activists and partners, people she has served so well at Book Café over the years – and all people of Harare – to join the discussion and spread the word.
The Tanyaradzwa initiative and their first public discussion are supported by Pamberi Trust’s Gender Programme FLAME (Female Literary, Arts & Music Enterprise). The discussion platform by Pamberi Trust at Book Café is supported by Hivos, Africalia and the European Union.
The discussion is free and all people are welcome.
By Penny Yon
For Pamberi Trust
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