Narratives of Empowerment: Muslim Women and the Gender Jihad in South Africa The Third Shamima Shaikh Memorial Lecture was delivered by Dr Fatima Seedat, lecturer and coordinator of the Gender, Religion and Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights programme at the University of KwaZulu Natal, Durban. Her lecture was entitled "Narratives of Empowerment: Muslim Women and the Gender Jihad in South Africa". The Memorial Lecture event was held at the Bo Kaap Museum Community Hall in Cape Town on the 17 September 2016. Programme for Third Shamima Shaikh Memorial Lecture Lecture: "Narratives of Empowerment: Muslim Women and the Gender Jihad in South Africa", by Fatima Seedat. See also: Late Shamima Shaikh honoured at Cape memorial lecture - Al-Qalam Shamima Shaikh Commemorative Lecture - Awqaf SA