Wessel van den Berg interviewed about the new State of South Africa’s Fathers Report
Criminal Justice Symposium: Sentencing and Bail
Constitutional Court judge Edwin Cameron, Venessa Padayachee, Thulani Ndlovu and Jean Redpath speaks at Sonke’s Criminal Justice Symposium on 22 June 2018. View photos from the event here.
Day of the African Child 2018
The 16th of June is International Day of the African Child and Youth. The day has been celebrated annually since 1991 when it was initiated by the Organisation of African Unity, now known as the African Union. It honours young people who were massacred in Soweto, South Africa, on June 16 1976 by the apartheid […]
Conflict Resolution – Rwanda Meeting
The MenEngage Africa Alliance and the Rwanda MenEngage Network are co-hosting a high level meeting to share experiences and lessons learned in engaging men and boys to advance peace and security on the continent. To hear more about this, MenEngage Africa Communications and Media Specialist, Khopotso Bodibe, spoke with Mpiwa Mangwiro, Campaigns and Advocacy Specialist […]
MEA Symposium Youth Focus
The voices of the youth are crucial towards attaining gender equality. That is why young people from various structures are making their voices heard at the Second MenEngage Africa Symposium that is taking place in Maputo, Mozambique, from 23-27 April 2018. To hear more about the youth’s activities MenEngage Africa’s Communications Specialist, Khopotso Bodibe, spoke […]
MEA Symposium 2018
The Second MenEngage Africa Symposium is taking place in Maputo, Mozambique from 23-27 April 2018. The Symposium brings together activists, NGOs, government leaders, policy-makers and other actors working with men and boys to champion gender rights in Africa. To find out what this week-long meeting is about, Khopotso Bodibe, Communications Specialist for MenEngage Africa Alliance, […]
Sonke’s Bafana Khumalo discusses controversial movie, Inxeba: The Wound on Channel Africa
The South African film, ‘Inxeba: The Wound’ has won 19 awards at international film festivals around the world. Closer to home, the film, which features a gay storyline, has sparked outrage amongst some South Africans offended by the film’s depiction of Ulwaluko, the Xhosa initiation ceremony. In response, the Film and Publication Board reclassified the film […]
MenEngage Africa Symposium
REDE-HOPE, a coalition of Mozambican NGOs and activists that works with men to champion gender rights will host the 2nd MenEngage Africa Symposium from 23-27 April 2018 in Maputo, Mozambique. The Symposium seeks to take stock of progress made and challenges that remain in working with men and boys to promote gender justice. In this […]
AfricaGender Indaba – Edition 42
This week on AfricaGender Indaba, we put the spotlight on the 8th Africa Conference on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, which was held in Johannesburg, South Africa, this past week. We look forward to the 2nd MenEngage Africa Symposium which will be held in Maputo, Mozambique, from the 23-27 of April, to chart the […]
Sonke’s Dean Peacock interviewed by SAFM radio host Ashraf Garda on #InTheSpotlight
The 30-minute interview covers topics from Dean’s early start in the world of social justice to his leadership style and books that have left a lasting impression.
AfricaGender Indaba – Edition 41
In this AfricaGender Indaba podcast, the spotlight is on female genital mutilation (FGM) in Africa, following the commemoration of International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM.
AfricaGender Indaba – Edition 33 (40 Mins)
In the show this week, a study shows the sex workers in Zimbabwe are at a high risk of violence and abuse, including from the police. We hear why it’s important to focus on men and boys when implementing programming to address HIV and AIDS. And, we learn that if men and boys learn to […]
AfricaGender Indaba – Edition 32 (40 Mins)
In this show, we ask: Why are men and boys important for campaigns such as 16 Days of Activism for No Violence against Women and Children? We hear how the Supreme Court of Zimbabwe sets aside a ruling by the High Court denying sex workers the right to march to express their concerns. And, we […]
AfricaGender Indaba – Edition 31 (40 Mins)
In this week’s programme, we look back at the political events that unfolded in Zimbabwe over the last few weeks. We ask: Where were the voices of women as the country called for and ushered in a new political era? As we mark the 16 Days of Activism for No Violence against Women and Children, […]
AfricaGender Indaba – Edition 10 (40 Mins)
In this edition of AfricaGender Indaba… We pay tribute to the world’s refugees. We discover how, in Zimbabwe, poverty and unemployment is driving young men who can’t afford dowry price or lobola to offer themselves up as slaves to families in exchange of gaining their daughters in marriage. And, the State of the World’s Fathers […]
AfricaGender Indaba – Edition 9 (40 Mins)
In this edition of AfricaGender Indaba, an investigation has uncovered an underground trade in Kenyan women by the al-Shabaab militant group for sex and domestic slavery in Somalia. We hear renewed calls for the government of South Africa to fund and implement a comprehensive national plan to combat gender-based violence. Zimbabwe makes efforts to ensure […]
AfricaGender Indaba – Edition 8 (40 Mins)
In this week’s programme, civil society organisations in Tanzania are challenging a policy that allows the permanent expulsion of pregnant school girls, thus denying them the opportunity to ever access education. We pay tribute to the late Executive Director of the UN Population Fund, Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, a passionate advocate for women and girl’s reproductive […]
AfricaGender Indaba – Edition 7 (40 Mins)
In this edition of AfricaGender Indaba, we speak with a man who has dedicated his life to fighting female genital mutilation in Kenya. We go to the streets of Johannesburg and ask ordinary South Africans if they believe that the rape scourge that is tormenting that country can be brought to an end. We hear […]
AfricaGender Indaba – Edition 6 (40 Mins)
In this edition of AfricaGender Indaba, Khopotso Bodibe discusses how the justice system is often failing women and girls in cases of rape and abuse in South Africa. He discusses why it’s important to target men to effectively address Africa’s HIV epidemic. And, after Africa commemorated its 54th Africa Day this past week, he asks: […]
AfricaGender Indaba – Edition 5 (40 Mins)
In this edition of AfricaGender Indaba, we hear how South Africans have been rudely awoken to the reality of the tragic onslaught of rape, violent attacks and gruesome murders of girls, women, boys and men. We also hear about why it’s important to address the intersections between religion, sex and sexuality. A Tanzanian woman relates […]
AfricaGender Indaba – Edition 4 (40 Mins)
In this edition of AfricaGender Indaba, Khopotso Bodibe brings you an update on the case of academic and activist, Stella Nyanzi and speaks to a journalist who has just scooped an award for her work reporting on the menstrual health injustices against young girls. He also revisits the issue of the Tanzanian government’s persecution of […]
AfricaGender Indaba – Edition 3 (40 Mins)
In this edition of AfricaGender Indaba, we make a turn to Uganda, where in April, the government there detained a prominent feminist academic, Dr Stella Nyanzi, for criticising Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and his wife, Janet. We explore how Rwanda has managed to be the world’s leading example in terms of female representation in politics […]
AfricaGender Indaba – Edition 2 (40 Mins)
In this second edition of the week-day AfricaGender Indaba, Khopotso Bodibe tackles the pervasive problem of rape – a scourge that threatens many girls’ and women’s lives – and increasingly men’s and boys’ lives – as they are also at risk of rape and sexual assault. We’ll also hear how the High Court in Nairobi, Kenya, […]
AfricaGender Indaba – Edition 1 (40 Mins)
AfricaGender Indaba is a weekly 40 (forty) minute and an hour long weekend gender-based programme produced and presented by Khopotso Bodibe, Communications Specialist for the MenEngage Africa Alliance, which is co-ordinated by Sonke Gender Justice. The programme engages men and boys across the African continent to create the change necessary for men, women, young people […]
