MATI 2022
MenEngage Africa Training Institute (MATI2022) Transformative Feminist Leadership for Gender Equality for Social and Structural Drivers In collaboration with Akina Mama wa Afrika (AMwA) and Makerere University’s School of Women and Gender Studies, MenEngage Africa and Sonke Gender Justice organised the MenEngage Africa Training Institute (MATI) on Transformative Feminist Leadership for Women’s Rights. The training […]
Community Radio Stations
Sonke’s work in training radio personnel, creating guidelines and harnessing the medium’s broadcasting power to raise awareness of gender issues.
Telling Digital Stories
Supplying the most disenfranchised members of society with the tools and training to tell their stories from their own perspective.
Domestic Violence and Dangerous Weapons
Sonke and Gun Free SA team up for a campaign to remove guns from homes for women and children’s safety.
Parental Leave
Sonke’s MenCare campaign advocates for men’s involvement in unpaid care work and promotes gender equitable and non-violent fatherhood.
Stories of Change
Meet the men disrupting the manhood narrative – stories from men who have participated in Sonke’s MenCare+ programme.
MATI 2014
From the 24th of February to the 5th of March 2014, Sonke Gender Justice (Sonke), the MenEngage Africa Network (MEA), the Women’s Health and Research Unit at the University of Cape Town, Steps and Witness hosted the third MenEngage Africa Training Initiative (MATI) training entitled ‘Media, Film and Gender Advocacy Workshop’ in Cape Town, South […]
MATI 2012
The Inaugural Course The first MenEngage Africa Training Initiative course, “Masculinities, Leadership and Gender Justice in Sub-Saharan Africa”, took place at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, from the 20th to the 30th of August 2012. It brought together 23 participants – 14 males and nine females) from 14 African countries. The participants came from […]
MATI 2013
The MenEngage Africa network, Sonke Gender Justice and the Women’s Health Research Unit of the University of Cape Town (UCT) hosted the second MenEngage Africa Training Initiative course, “Masculinities, Leadership and Gender Justice in sub-Saharan Africa”, at UCT from 16-26 September 2013. About the Course “Masculinities, Leadership and Gender Justice in sub-Saharan Africa” is a […]
MATI 2015
Intensive Course on Women’s Health, Empowerment and Masculinities: Advocacy and Leadership Training In September 2015, MenEngage Africa, Sonke Gender Justice and the University of California’s Centre of Expertise on Women’s Health Empowerment partnered together to offer the 2015 Women’s Health, Masculinities and Empowerment: Advocacy and Leadership Training course. The short course took place over two […]
MATI 2016
While the importance of engaging men and boys in gender justice work has been widely recognised, most initiatives to engage them tend to be small-scale and short-term. In order to transform pervasive gender inequalities within Africa, a scaling-up and widening in scope of the programmes and models already known to be effective is imperative. The […]
Changing the River’s Flow
A Gender Transformative Programme for Young People
Asijiki Fact Sheets
Sonke is a steering committee member of the Asijiki Coalition for the Decriminalisation of Sex Work. The Coalition advocates for sex worker human rights and the urgent reform of laws on sex work in South Africa. The following fact sheets have been compiled that reflect contemporary debates on sex work and current evidence on sex […]
Challenging xenophobia through keeping leaders accountable for inciting hate
Examining the harmful influences of King Zwelithini’s address in Pongola in March 2015.
Community Health Clinic Model for Agency in Relationships and Safer Microbicide Adherence (CHARISMA)
Improving the agency of women to take charge of their sexual health, without fear of cultural resistance or violence from their partners.
Gender Integration in Family Planning
Sonke partners with USAID missions across Sub-Saharan Africa to offer technical family planning assistance that accounts for the rights of women and children.
Men and HIV Project
Regional campaign being implemented in Eastern and Southern Africa to address men’s low uptake of HIV services.
SRHR and Religious Communities
Interrogating the potential capacity of religious leaders and institutions to prevent and respond to gender-based violence and sexual rights violations.
Global SRHR Initiative
MenEngage’s international campaign to improve men’s usage of contraceptives and increase their awareness and understanding of HIV/AIDS.
Internal SRHR Working Group
Sonke’s internal initiative to train staff and strengthen collaboration across units for the mobilisation of SRHR projects.
Tsima – Treatment as Prevention
Sonke’s community mobilisation intervention to teach communities that properly treating HIV/AIDS is an effective way to minimise the further spread of infection.
Silicosis and its Gendered Impact
Sonke and TAC’s campaign to win justice for the many miners who contracted preventable lung diseases owing to mining companies’ neglect.
MenCare+
Sonke and Promundo’s intensive multinational programme offering counselling, education and policy advocacy to improve the quality of paternal care.
Corporal Punishment Ban
Sonke works to abolish corporal punishment of children in all contexts, believing that it only perpetuates cycles of violence.
