Accelerating efforts to promote gender equality and women’s rights
Bafana Khumalo joins UN officials on a panel at international high-level summit.
Breakdown of the UN sustainable development goals
The New York Times has published a useful list of the UN’s development goals adopted by countries across the world.
Why Goal 5 matters
A comprehensive analysis of the nine-part strategy that makes up the fifth of the development goals set by the UN.
More harm than good – the politics of child trafficking prevention in South Africa
Thea de Gruchy, Jo Vearey, Marlise Richter and Joel Quirk report on the growing controversy behind SA’s new visa requirements.
Slain lover: ANCYL urged to act
Kgopi Mabotja reports on the homicide allegedly committed by the ANCYL’s chairperson for inner city Johannesburg.
Silicosis: Court lets NGOs join class action
Greg Nicolson of the Daily Maverick reports on Sonke’s victory in the ongoing legal battle against South Africa’s gold mines.
Article on Times Live about TAC and Sonke wanting to join mineworkers’ class action
Ernest Mabuza reports on the ongoing application to become amici curiae in the upcoming lawsuit.
Sonke’s Policy Development & Advocacy Specialist, Tanya Charles writes on silicosis in the M&G today
Charles and Pierce collaborate to tell the stories of miners inflicted with silicosis and retrenched with little or no compensation.
Civic groups want arrests over Al-Bashir
Sonke Gender Justice and other civil society organisations call for justice following Al-Bashir’s unhindered exfiltration from South Africa.
Men in the Movement: Fathers, Partners and More
Highlighting the pertinent points and insights outlined in the 2015 State of the World’s Fathers Report.
IOL article quotes research by Sonke Gender Justice, the Centre for Social Development and the University of Johannesburg
Article about absent fathers quotes research from study conducted by the Centre for Social Development, University of Johannesburg and Sonke.
Wanted! Local Investors in Social Justice
Mark Heywood writes in the Daily Maverick on the important role played by civilian activists.
What does it mean to be a father?
Sonke asks what South Africans think it means to be a father and their opinion on sharing parental responsibilities.
Tweet from Sonke and MenCare’s Wessel van den Berg who will be discussing the 2015 State of the World’s Fathers Report on Radio 702
“To prevent men from using violence in their households, violence against children needs to stop before they become adults.”
Do black lives matter? We owe it to the 1976 generation to do better
The recent murder of a black sports star highlights the double standards held by society.
Do we perpetuate ideas of Black criminals and White victims?
Charleston shooter calls on ancient societal myths to motivate his heinous crimes.
Webcast from the UN of the State of the World’s Fathers Report launch
Watch the unveiling of the inaugural State of the World’s Fathers report online.
Sonke’s Child Rights and Positive Parenting Portfolio Manager discusses how shared responsibilities leads to decreased violence in the home
van den Berg shares finding from the SOWF report illustrating links between equality at home and a reduction in violence.
Piece in the Huffington Post on the inequality experienced by women in care work, and the necessity of the SOWF Report
State of the World’s Fathers report highlights the need for more fathers to become actively involved in childcare.
Judicial Services Commission announces all-female shortlist for constitutional court and supreme court positions
A step in the right direction for South African judiciary, but institutional gender discrepancies continue to persist.
Sonke’s Angelica Pino in sexual violence in conflict forum hosted by the British High Commission in Johannesburg
How the AU is progressing towards making Africa’s Agenda 2063 a reality.
Gender equality cannot happen without men and boys: Twitter discussion
Weigh in on our online discussion about the importance of fatherhood.
Virgin Group founder, Richard Branson announces new policy to grant male employees up to a year’s paternity leave.
Sonke and our MenCare Campaign have been advocating for parental leave for fathers – it’s all part of promoting healthier and happier families and children, and promoting parenting as something that both male and female parents do, with the goal that men should share an equitable part of the unpaid home and child care work, […]
Interrogating religion to address gender and sexuality discrimination
An article on a workshop organised by Sonke Gender Justice (Sonke), MenEngage Africa (MEA), the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) and the Wits Centre for Diversity Studies (WICDS) to question the role of religious texts in supporting gender and sexuality discrimination in Africa is published on Yahoo! News today. The article was written by Sonke’s Communications […]
