Brigalia Bam

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Brigalia Bam
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Brigalia Ntombemhlope Bam

1933 (age 90–91)
Transkei, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Occupation(s)Social activist and writer.

Brigalia Ntombemhlope Bam (born 1933) is an Anglican women's and social activist and writer.

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Personal life

Brigalia Ntombemhlope Bam was born in 1933 in the former Transkei, in the Eastern Cape. Although Bam trained and worked as a teacher, she received further training in South Africa and abroad in the fields of social work, communication, and management. She is a qualified social worker with a post-graduate degree from the University of Chicago. [1]

Professional life

Bam has held various posts throughout the world. She was the Africa Regional Secretary and Co-ordinator of the Women’s Workers' Programme for the International Food and Allied Workers Association based in Geneva. She has co-ordinated the World Young Men’s Christian Association's International Training Institute and Programme, as well as its affiliate, the Development for Human Rights. She was also Executive Programme Secretary for the Women’s Department of the World Council of Churches. Between 1997 and 1998, Bam served as General Secretary of the South African Council of Churches from 1994 to 1999. [1]

In South Africa, she was a founding member of the Women’s Development Foundation and became the Foundation’s President in 1998. She has been a board member of the Matla Trust as well as the South African Broadcasting Corporation. Since 1999, Brigalia Bam has become a familiar personality to South Africans as the Chairperson of the Independent Electoral Commission of South Africa. From 2007, she was on the Panel of the Wise. [2]

She is the Chancellor (education) of the Walter Sisulu University. [3] She is currently a member of the International Elections Advisory Council.

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References

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  2. ↑ Anon (2012). "Panel of the Wise". The European Commission. Archived from the original on 22 July 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
  3. ↑ Anon (2013). "THE CHANCELLOR". Walter Sisulu University. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
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  5. ↑ "Shoprite Holdings | Women of the Year 2011 winners announced!". www.shopriteholdings.co.za. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  6. ↑ Anon (2013). "South Africa's former election head receives Gandhi Peace Award". The Economic Times. Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
  7. ↑ "2019 - Writers, poets and activists to be honoured by Wits - Wits University".
  8. ↑ Brigalia Bam (1971). What is Ordination Coming To? Report of a Consultation on the Ordination of Women Held in Cartigny, Geneva, Switzerland 21st-26th September, 1970. Ed. by Brigalia Bam.
  9. ↑ Brigalia H. Bam; Lotika Sarkar (1979). New Perspectives for Third World Women. Christian Institute for the Study of Religion and Society.
  10. ↑ Brigalia Bam (1994). Women Voices Worldwide. IDOC internazionale.
  11. ↑ Andrew Wingate; Carrie Pemberton (1998). Anglicanism: A Global Communion. Church Publishing, Inc. p. 347. ISBN   978-0-89869-304-1.
  12. ↑ Diana L. Eck; Devaki Jain (1986). Speaking of faith: cross-cultural perspectives on women, religion and social change. Women's Press. ISBN   9780704340169.
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