Centre for Civil Society Seminar Series CAMPAIGNS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT! Please join us for a special seminar series on civil society campaigns you need to know about! One of these campaigns is the Union Against Hunger (UAH), which is dedicated to eradicating hunger and malnutrition as urgent social justice issues. Rooted in food equity, human rights, and solidarity, UAH is transforming South Africa’s food systems by bridging the gap between advocacy and action.

Title: Why fighting for the right to sufficient nutritious food is now every activist’s business: build the Union Against Hunger.

Speaker: Mark Heywood Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2026 – 13:00-14:00

MS Teams Link: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/363488842527846?p=sLihxL5B4 K08BlVpJi

About the seminar: “Unionise Against Hunger! Mobilize for sufficient nutritious food! May 28th is World Hunger Day: It comes at a time when millions of people across South Africa continue to go hungry while food prices rise and unemployment deepens. Hunger is a women’s rights issue. Hunger is a children’s rights issue. Hunger is an education rights issue. Hunger is a health rights issue. Hunger is an equality issue. Hunger is a human rights issue. Hunger is a social justice issue. Hunger is everybody’s issue. This seminar will talk about progress with building the Union Against Hunger, a movement of movements, and of the strategies and campaigns that are being pursued to achieve the constitutional right to sufficient food and end high levels of hunger and malnutrition in South Africa.

Speaker bio: Mark Heywood is a South African social justice activist. He was formerly the Executive Director and co-founder of SECTION27 as well as a co-founder of the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC). He sits on the Boards of several health and human rights NGOs in South Africa and internationally.

Queries may be directed to: Mr Simo Dlamini | DlaminiS7@ukzn.ac.za