Temple Club Events

Temple club is taking a break over the summer but please check back here soon for future events and browse some of our past events below:

 

South Africa and the 2010 World Cup: Who's Really Scoring?                                               

Date/Time: Tuesday 6 July, 2010. 7pm.

Venue: Council Chamber, Temple of Peace

Speaker: Dr. Howard Barrell, Cardiff University

As South Africa takes centre stage to host the 2010 Fifa World Cup, its progress since the collapse of formal Apartheid is coming under intense scrutiny. Though there has been much to cheer about, South Africans still face significant problems around race relations, wealth distribution and inequality.

Dr Howard Barrell, an ANC member during the anti-Apartheid struggle and a former South African national newspaper editor who now lectures at Cardiff University's School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, joins us to discuss the impact of the world cup on South Africa and its people, examining the opportunities the competition offers, the problems it poses, and who the real winners and losers are likely to be.

Free entrance, all welcome

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Is Equality Catching? Women in Politics in Wales and the World

Date/Time: 7pm, Thursday, April 15 2010.
Venue: Temple Hall, Temple of Peace, Cathays Park.

Chairperson: Elin Wyn, Media Consultant
Speakers: Julie Morgan MP, Lila Haines, Policy Analyst & Dr Paul Chaney of Cardiff University.

The event will examine women‘s role in Welsh politics; look at progress made towards equal representation; examine challenges faced; and set out what further actions need to be taken. Speakers will discuss these issues in an international context, comparing Wales’s progress with that of other countries, and will include experiences which Wales can learn from and share.

Please confirm attendance via Facebook or email Sue Coles on suecoles@wcia.org.uk. Call 02920 228 549 for more information.

In partnership with Oxfam Cymru: SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS IN A CHANGING CLIMATE: A VIETNAMESE PERSPECTIVE

Wednesday 3rd March 2010

The Event:

Nguyen Quang Minh, gave a comprehensive presentation on the achievements of the Vietnamese government as well as International organizations and charities in improving the livelihoods of the people in Vietnam. He stated that the government has reduced poverty in the country to 14% of the population by creating jobs in the industrial and agricultural sector and by successfully attracting foreign investment from foreign economic powers. He moved on to cite the work of international organizations, like Oxfam, which have achieved a great deal by spreading education and better farming technologies throughout rural Vietnam.

Minh continued to the crux of his presentation which addressed the challenges presented by climate change to sustainable livelihoods in Vietnam. According to his research; floods, landslides and unprecedented temperature variations because of global warming are becoming counter-productive to the efforts of the government and international organizations in improving and sustaining livelihoods. He cited the devastation caused by hurricane Ketsana last year to predominantly the rural areas of Vietnam, and stated that the farmers were having a difficult time getting back on their feet due to weak government support. According to him, they are currently depending more on international organizations, not only to help them sustain their farming but also to tackle the continued effects of climate change.

He finally concluded by stating that the Vietnamese government needs to be more open to the support provided by international organizations. Both parties must cooperatively mobilize their resources to tackle the problems of climate change affecting Vietnam and to achieve sustainable livelihoods for people in the rural areas, where currently it is needed the most.