AfricaGender Indaba – Edition 1 (1 Hour)
This is the extended, one-hour long weekend version of the first edition of AfricaGender Indaba, which was broadcast on the 25th of April 2017. In this edition, broadcast on Saturday, 29th of April 2017, we hear from MenEngage Africa, an alliance that seeks to engage men and boys for the promotion of gender justice on […]
HIV response needs men & boys
Engaging men and boys can only work to the advantage of strengthening the effectiveness of efforts to address HIV in our relationships, families, communities and societies. This is the view and experience of MenEngage Africa alliance’s Steering Committee member Dr Lydia Mungherera, executive director of the Mama’s Club, a psycho-social support group that advocates for […]
Ubuntu Bamadoda! Men Singing Against Violence
Download the CD booklet here. Track 1 Track 2 Track 3 Track 4 Track 5 Track 6 Track 7
BBC World Service reports on victory for Pollsmoor prisoners
On 5 December 2016, the case brought by Sonke Gender Justice and Lawyers for Human Rights, in response to the extreme overcrowding and inhumane conditions suffered by detainees awaiting trial in Pollsmoor Remand Detention Facility, was finally heard by Judge Saldanha in the Western Cape High Court. Sonke and LHR are pleased that after waiting […]
Pollsmoor conditions unconstitutional – Part 2
This is the second part of the Cape Talk Radio interview with Sonke’s national Prisons Specialist, Ariane Nevin and ex Pollsmoor inmate Cedric Matolweni, on prison overcrowding and the high court’s decision to declare the Pollsmoor prison conditions as unconstitutional.
Pollsmoor conditions unconstitutional – Part 1
Sonke’s national Prisons Specialist, Ariane Nevin and Cedric Matolweni, a former Pollsmoor prison inmate and current director of Msobomvu Nyanga Construction are being interviewed on Cape Talk Radio about prison overcrowding and the high court’s decision to declare the Pollsmoor prison conditions as unconstitutional. This is the first part of the interview.
MenEngage Africa Training Initiative 2016: why we need to engage men and boys to achieve gender equality
The fifth MenEngage Africa Training Initiative (MATI) course – offered in partnership with Sonke Gender Justice, the University of California Global Health Institute’s Centre of Expertise on Women’s Health and Empowerment and the MenEngage Africa network – took place in Gaborone, Botswana, from 1 September – 14 September 2016. The course attracted about 30 participants […]
Uncle GEP reflects on WMATI 2016
Ngamane Karuaihe-Upi, also known as Uncle GEP, with GEP short for Gender Equality Practitioner, is a gender activist based in Namibia and he is one of the 30 participants who have been participating in our Women’s Health, Empowerment and Masculinities: Policy Advocacy Training, which is on its last day in Gaborone, Botswana, today (14 September […]
Florence Makgarapa reflects on WMATI 2016
“This course has taught me about the importance of involving men and boys in efforts to attain gender equality and it has also taught me that the empowerment of women and girls goes far beyond just giving them education and ensuring that they have an income”, says Gaolape Florence Makgarapa from Francistown, Botswana, about the […]
Thokozile Budaza reflects on WMATI 2016
Eastern Cape rape activist, Thokozile Budaza, is one of almost 30 participants in our inter-disciplinary short course on Women’s Health, Empowerment and Masculinities – a partnership between MenEngage Africa, Sonke Gender Justice and the University of California Global Health Institute’s Centre of Expertise on Women’s Health and Empowerment. In her reflection about her participation, Budaza speaks […]
Safe Ride Launch
On 17th August 2016, Sonke Gender Justice and the South African National Taxi Council (SANTACO), with support from the Danish embassy, launched the Safe Ride campaign, which is aimed at preventing and responding to the abuse of women and girls at the hands of taxi personnel, including drivers and queue marshals. Horrific incidents of verbal […]
GBV in conflict settings
During the recent 22nd commemoration of the Rwanda genocide, MenEngage Africa held a workshop on the role of faith-based leaders in conflict and post-conflict settings. The theme focused on addressing sexual and gender-based violence during and post conflict, and the aim was to sensitise MenEngage Africa partners and faith leaders to be advocates in preventing […]
Men & HIV – Interview with Dean Peacock
UNAIDS launched a global policy dubbed “Male engagement in the HIV response – A platform for Action” at the International AIDS Conference which was held in Durban, from 18 – 22 July 2016. The policy seeks to encourage men and boys to assume positive health-seeking attitudes to reduce HIV infection and to combat the impact of […]
Men & HIV – Interview with Jonathan Hopkins
The International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) is one of three partners, including UNAIDS and Sonke Gender Justice, who are leading the policy on “Male engagement in the HIV response – A Platform for Action”, which was launched at the 21st International AIDS Conference, in Durban. At the heart of the policy is the aim to […]
21st International AIDS Conference
Experts on a high-level panel discussion held at the 21st International Aids Conference in Durban on Tuesday agree that if we are to reach our goal of ending AIDS by 2030, men and boys need to be engaged – and urgently. AIDS mortality among men is nearly 40% higher than women in Africa. Sonke’s Khopotso […]
Court orders Department of Justice and Correctional Services to move LGBTIQ prisoner to single cell
The South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg has ordered the Department of Justice and Correctional Services to move an LGBTI prisoner to a single cell or to a cell with inmates of the same sexual orientation. Tumelo Mapodile, an LGBTI inmate doing time at Johannesburg Medium B Correctional Centre, known popularly as Sun City, brought […]
Discussing involved fatherhood
What are the barriers that men experience in trying to be more involved in their children’s lives? Sonke’s Child Rights and Positive Parenting portfolio manager, Wessel van den Berg, addresses this question in this SAfm interview, which was conducted just ahead of Father’s Day 2016, on 15th June 2016. He spoke about the need to encourage […]
Sonke reacts to silicosis judgement
Sonke Gender Justice welcomes the judgement handed down today, 13 May 2016, by the South Gauteng High Court granting permission to a group of miners to proceed with a class action against South Africa’s gold mining companies. A group of miners are suing the gold mining industry for exposure to silicosis and tuberculosis in the […]
Silicosis: A tragic history of rights violations
In October 2015, Sonke Gender Justice and the Treatment Action Campaign joined former miners in a court hearing seeking certification for a class action lawsuit that would force the entire gold mining industry to pay damages to former gold miners who are now sick with silicosis and/or tuberculosis. Because of being laid off work due […]
Silicosis March
About 600 people, including members of mineworkers unions as well as civil society took part in a march led by Sonke Gender Justice and the Treatment Action Campaign on the 13th of October 2015. The march, titled “Justice for Miners” is part of a concerted campaign to hold South Africa’s gold mines accountable for the […]
Silicosis – Patrick Godana address
Sonke’s Government and Media Liaison, Patrick Godana, addresses Sonke and Treatment Action community action teams at a demonstration outside the South Gauteng High court, in Johannesburg, on the first day (12 October 2015) of a certification hearing for a class action lawsuit against South African gold mining houses. Former miners who have contracted silicosis and/or […]
Decriminalisation of sex work – Interview on 702 Radio
Sonke’s policy development and advocacy specialist, Marlise Richter, was interviewed on Talk Radio 702 in August 2015, about Sonke’s support for Amnesty International’s call for the decriminalisation of sex work, internationally.
Spotlight on Sonke’s Bafana Khumalo – SAfm interview
In August 2015, Sonke’s co-founder and Senior Programmes Specialist, Bafana Khumalo, was invited to speak on South Africa’s national news and information station, SAfm. He was a guest on “In The Spotlight” – an afternoon drive time talk show hosted by Ashraf Garda which hosts prominent, respectable South African achievers between 15:00 and 15:45 – […]
Change the Story: Refugees and Migrants Speak Against GBV
Produced in 2013 and released for radio broadcast in November of that year – just in time for the 16 Days of Activism – the three-part radio drama series, Change the Story: Refugees and Migrants Speak Against GBV, highlights factors that make refugees and migrant communities vulnerable to sexual violence as well as challenges for accessing care and treatment […]
