Dr Sheena (@sheena_swemmer) 's Twitter Profile
Dr Sheena

@sheena_swemmer

(she/her) doctor of law, human rights attorney, gender activist

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linkhttps://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sheena-Swemmer calendar_today24-04-2011 08:27:44

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Ms. (@aphiwemame) 's Twitter Profile Photo

📺 TV 1 aka SABC 1 (1995) “Operation Litter” Wits students protesting the dismissal of two campus cashiers accused of letting some customers take items without paying. Student solidarity, post-’94 the fight for justice didn’t end with democracy, it just moved to new

Dr Sheena (@sheena_swemmer) 's Twitter Profile Photo

You make this sound as if there is something wrong with this… The article says his version was not accepted, and hers was. That’s how hearings work, you weigh up the likelihood of the witnesses versions. It’s not sommer ‘trumping’

ChampionSouthAfrica (@championsafrica) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Champion Spotting President Womzabalazo and Chevano Frans winners in the Social Justice Rising Star category that forms part of the annual Social Justice Awards #RisingStar #SocialJusticeChampion #ChampionSouthAfrica 🏆🇿🇦

Champion Spotting  <a href="/lesego_louw/">President Womzabalazo</a>  and Chevano Frans winners in the  Social Justice Rising Star category that forms part of the annual Social Justice Awards
#RisingStar
#SocialJusticeChampion
#ChampionSouthAfrica  🏆🇿🇦
Environmental Justice Fund (@ejf_sa) 's Twitter Profile Photo

1/4 Climate justice is an intersectional struggle and understanding the linkages between climate justice and disability rights is key. Today, Minah Funani, co-founder of the Visually Impaired Community Development Organisation (VICDO) is participating in a leadership workshop

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Climate justice is an intersectional struggle and understanding the linkages between climate justice and disability rights is key. Today, Minah Funani, co-founder of the Visually Impaired Community Development Organisation (VICDO) is participating in a leadership workshop
son of baldwin 🌹 (@dansmywholename) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The IRR does not produce research, only propaganda. And all of it stands (wobbles, really) on dubious methodological grounds, e.g. the Ctrl+F "race" in legislation "method". Completely unserious. See critique from peer reviewed research: berghahnjournals.com/view/journals/…

The IRR does not produce research, only propaganda. And all of it stands (wobbles, really) on dubious methodological grounds, e.g. the Ctrl+F "race" in legislation "method". Completely unserious. See critique from peer reviewed research: berghahnjournals.com/view/journals/…
ANC Parliament (@ancparliament) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Vacancy Alert ‼️  Applications are invited from suitable candidates with appropriate qualifications and experience for the following position: RESEARCHER X 2 HEAD OF FINANCE FINANCE OFFICER: PAYROLL X 1 Submit your applications by email to [email protected]

Vacancy Alert ‼️ 

Applications are invited from suitable candidates with appropriate qualifications and experience for the following position:

RESEARCHER X 2
HEAD OF FINANCE
FINANCE OFFICER: PAYROLL X 1

Submit your applications by email to recruitment@ancparliament.org.za
Lawyers for Human Rights (@lhr_sa) 's Twitter Profile Photo

📣 It’s finally here! #PILG2025 kicks off tomorrow, 22–23 October at Wits, Chalsty Centre. Under the theme: “Unfinished Freedom: Interrogating the leaps between Legal Promises and Lived Realities.” Expect bold conversations and fresh perspectives on justice in SA and beyond!

📣 It’s finally here!

#PILG2025 kicks off tomorrow, 22–23 October at Wits, Chalsty Centre.

Under the theme: “Unfinished Freedom: Interrogating the leaps between Legal Promises and Lived Realities.”

Expect bold conversations and fresh perspectives on justice in SA and beyond!
Ayesha Bagus 🇿🇦🇵🇸🇨🇩🇸🇩 (@ayesha_bagus) 's Twitter Profile Photo

UCT’s resolutions on Palestine are under attack, donors are using money to silence truth. Join us at the Cape Town High Court to defend academic freedom & stand with Palestine. Please join us to show support!

UCT’s resolutions on Palestine are under attack, donors are using money to silence truth.
Join us at the Cape Town High Court to defend academic freedom &amp; stand with Palestine.

Please join us to show support!
CALS (@cals_za) 's Twitter Profile Photo

It's Day 1 of this year's Public Interest Law Gathering #PILG2025 We kick off with a welcome from Tarisai Mugunyani of Centre for Environmental Rights and Edward Molopi from SERI

It's Day 1 of this year's Public Interest Law Gathering #PILG2025

We kick off with a welcome from Tarisai Mugunyani of <a href="/CentreEnvRights/">Centre for Environmental Rights</a> and Edward Molopi from <a href="/SERI_RightsSA/">SERI</a>
CALS (@cals_za) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Our first session of the day is “Countering dangerous narratives from the state to protect human rights” The panel features Lauren A Royston of SERI, Thami Nkosi of Centre for Environmental Rights, Zamantungwa Mbeki of SAHRCommission, Nomatter Ndebele and facilitated by Palesa Madi

Our first session of the day is “Countering dangerous narratives from the state to protect human rights” 

The panel features <a href="/LaurenARoyston/">Lauren A Royston</a> of <a href="/SERI_RightsSA/">SERI</a>, Thami Nkosi of <a href="/CentreEnvRights/">Centre for Environmental Rights</a>, Zamantungwa Mbeki of <a href="/SAHRCommission/">SAHRCommission</a>, <a href="/Nomatter_N/">Nomatter Ndebele</a> and facilitated by <a href="/PalesaMadi1/">Palesa Madi</a>
Earthlife Africa JHB (@earthlife_jhb) 's Twitter Profile Photo

💣 “My house was shot at because I spoke out against the mine. But we will not back down.” 💔 Where there are mines, there is violence - but there is also courage. ✊🏾 #HumanRightsDefenders MCEJO #Mtubatuba SA Police Service 🇿🇦 Presidential Climate Commission Life After Coal youtube.com/watch?v=cD_cNb…

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CALS is proud to partner with Lawyers for Human Rights, Alternative Information and Development Centre RuralWomensAssembly, People's Dialogue Zambia and Fastenaktion on today's side event The event unpacks the need for a #BindingTreaty on business and human rights in the context of the global rush for critical minerals

CALS is proud to partner with <a href="/LHR_SA/">Lawyers for Human Rights</a>, <a href="/AIDC_RSA/">Alternative Information and Development Centre</a> <a href="/womensassembly/">RuralWomensAssembly</a>, People's Dialogue Zambia and Fastenaktion on today's side event 

The event unpacks the need for a #BindingTreaty on business and human rights in the context of the global rush for critical minerals
Homegirls and Handgrenades🌈🍉🇵🇸 (@itslithaafter9) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Queer babies, please execute a google scholar search on Johannesburg Pride 2012. Black queer academics (myself incl) have been critiquing politics of belonging at Johannesburg Pride and its lack of radical politic. We need to urgently educate on and archive Bev + Simon’s work

Doctors Against Genocide (@docstopgenocide) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We were honored to meet Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt, UN Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territory, and thank her for her relentless advocacy against genocide and for upholding the right to health and life for Palestinians. Her courage continues to inspire our work.

We were honored to meet <a href="/FranceskAlbs/">Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt</a>, UN Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territory, and thank her for her relentless advocacy against genocide and for upholding the right to health and life for Palestinians.

Her courage continues to inspire our work.
Mambaonline (@mambaonline) 's Twitter Profile Photo

After a week of division, some in Johannesburg's queer community found peace and connection at Zoo Lake. Bev Ditsie’s Pride Picnic offered a gentle reminder that Pride is also about connection, reflection, and community — not just parades and parties. mambaonline.com/2025/10/26/que…