Marlene le Roux

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Marlene le Roux (born 17 September 1967) is a South African disability and women's rights activist. She is co-founder of the Women's Achievement Network for Disability, [1] and CEO of the Artscape Theatre Centre in Cape Town. [2]

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Biography

Marlene le Roux was born in Wellington, Western Cape, 17 September 1967. [3] At three months old, le Roux contracted poliomyelitis which left her with a weakened leg for which she wears a brace. [4] She matriculated at Bergrivier Secondary School [5] then went on to earn a B.Mus. degree in 1988 and a Higher Diploma in Education in 1989 followed by a B.Ed. in 1991, all at the University of the Western Cape. In 2002 and 2003 le Roux continued her education with a Diploma in Management and a Diploma in Senior Management from the University of Stellenbosch. [6]

Le Roux served as an international expert on the London Olympic Committee and Arts Council England to select arts projects for the London Olympics and Paralympics 2012. [7]

Le Roux and Karen Smit launched the Women's Achievement Network for Disability, in August 2014, [8] "to raise the profile and awareness of disabled women and girls in South Africa, so that their human rights may be advanced and promoted". [9]

Selected works

Awards and honours

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