The 2nd Men Engage Global Symposium kicks off in New Delhi
The 2nd Men Engage Global Symposium kicked off in New Delhi on November 10. Over 1000 delegates from 94 countries are attending the symposium where speakers and activists from across the globe have come to share their experience and knowledge on ways in which men can be engaged in changing social norms. Sonke, the Co-Chair […]
Alarming anti-feminist rhetoric at Ministry of Women
Yesterday the Ministry of Women in the Presidency held a meeting in Lakefield to announce their plans for the international 16 Days of Activism for No Violence against Women and Children campaign. While civil society was invited to a “consultation,” we arrived to find a plan for 16 Days that was already finalised and approved […]
2nd Global MenEngage Symposium in Delhi
Sonke Gender Justice, Co-Chair of the MenEngage Alliance, presents a robust schedule of workshops, presentations, panels and conferences at the 2nd Global MenEngage Symposium in Delhi from November 10-14, 2014. #MenEngageDelhi
2nd MenEngage Global Symposium calls for men and boys’ involvement in gender equality process
New Delhi: Global efforts to attain gender equality will remain unfulfilled unless men and boys become more fully engaged in the process, is one of the key messages emerging from a major international conference being held in New Delhi this week. The Symposium is timely, as it concerns a number of issues that have recently […]
Patriarchy must be defrocked
Sonke’s Mbuyiselo Botha writes in the Mail & Guardian about women priests who are defying Catholic doctrine and demanding equality.
Nokhwezi Hoboyi plans for unwanted pregnancy
Sonke’s Nokhwezi Hoboyi is on Kasi FM now discussing Mmoho – Planning Teens Bright Futures campaign on preventing unintended teenage pregnancies. You can listen online: http://streema.com/radios/Kasi_FM
Sonke’s Itumeleng Komanyane presents at 6th Annual Women In Politics Africa
Today Sonke Gender Justice’s International Programmes & Network Manager, Itumeleng Komanyane, will be presenting at the 6th Annual Women In Politics Africa event happening in Johannesburg. Itumeleng will be presenting on closing the gender gap in Africa through the African Union Agenda 2063. The event is aimed at advancing and empowering more women to lead […]
Father’s Day: a reminder that a model of manhood that encourages emotional engagement is already here
June 15 marks the fourth Father’s Day I’ll spend without my dad. He died in January 2011, which means that, for me, the day most people get together to celebrate their fathers has become a poignant reminder that he is no longer with us. The first few years after his death were incredibly hard. But, […]
Sonke celebrates World Refugee Day
Today, on June 20th, the world celebrates World Refugee Day. In Cape Town, civil society organisations and artists from all over the world gathered to honour the courage and strength of the millions of men, women and children who fled their homes under threat of persecution. About a hundred people attended the event which was […]
Sonke, Promundo and MenEngage at the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict
Sonke is at the “Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict” in London – it is described as the largest ever gathering on this subject. Today, together with Promundo-US, we launch or new IMAGES study in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which reveals high levels of gender-based violence, as well as […]
Sonke and Sex Workers Education and Advocacy write letter to President about the wellbeing of sex workers
Sonke’s Nomonde Nyembe, together with Cherith Sanger and Sally-Jean Shackleton from Sex Workers Education and Advocacy (SWEAT), write an open letter to President Jacob Zuma about the well-being of all sex workers in South Africa. This letter was published in City Press.
Sonke’s Carol Bower and Wessel van den Berg write about violence in our homes and society
South Africa has just gone to the polls for the fifth time since 1994. In the build-up to what many have described as the most important election since, significant attention was paid to the kind of country South Africans want to live in. There was talk of better education, more focus on employment creation, better […]
Sonke’s Kopano Ratele on Jodi Bieber’s solo exhibition QUIET
Sonke’s Board Chair Kopano Ratele in front of an image photographer Jodi Bieber took of him as part of a series of work examining masculinities. The photograph is part of a solo exhibition QUIET, currently on show at the Goodman Gallery. Kopano told an audience at a dialogue on “Masculinity, Power, Equality and Justice” at […]
Sonke staff at Daily Maverick gathering
Sisonke Msimang and Vuyiseka Dubula, members of Sonke’s advocacy and accountability team in action at today’s #DMGathering.
As the murder case of David Olyn continues in Ceres, activists ask if police are responding properly to LGBTI crimes
Sonke Gender Justice, the Witzenburg Rural Development Centre, other civil society organisations, and the gay and lesbian community in Ceres will once again make themselves seen and heard outside the Ceres Magistrate Court this Thursday, October 16, 2014 when the case of David Olyn, who was brutally raped and murdered on the 22nd March 2014, […]
Oscar Pistorius’ conviction is the exception with regard to female homicides in SA
Considering only 37% of intimate partner female homicides in South Africa lead to conviction, Oscar Pistorius facing sentencing today is in the minority of killers of women in SA. A 2004 MRC study showed the average sentence for perpetrators of intimate partner femicide was 10.7 years. Since Pistorius was only found guilty of culpable homicide, […]
Jody Williams and other Laureates refuse to attend the Nobel Summit
Jody Williams of Nobel Women’s Initiative – one of Sonke Gender Justice’s partners – told the Cape Argus that her and other Laureates’ refusal to attend the Nobel Prize Summit in Cape Town if the Dalai Lama was not given a visa to attend would “send a message that the South African government’s appalling treatment […]
Sonke staff meet in response to complaints by Isikhalo Samadoda and Social Imbalance Movement
Today, staff from Sonke Gender Justice are at a meeting organised by the Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) in response to complaints lodged by the men’s organisations Isikhalo Samadoda and the Social Imbalance Movement. The organisations sent letters of complaint to both the CGE and the Department of Justice and Correctional Services claiming that women’s […]
The youngest Nobel Prize winner in history
Sonke celebrates the winners of the Nobel Peace Prize: the youngest recipient ever, Malala Yousafzai, who championed the right for girls to be educated in Pakistan and continues to have threats made against her from the Taliban who shot her in the head for her activism on behalf of girl students, and Kailash Satyarthi of […]
Dean Peacock, Sonke’s Founding Director and Ashoka Fellow chronicles Sonke’s work
Watch the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEXyzYjphdM
TV channel looking for women who are or were unable to earn a living because of domestic or gender-based violence
This comes from a financial news TV channel which is looking for women who are or were unable to earn a living because of domestic or gender-based violence, or women who were not given support in the workplace to deal with a violent partner (e.g. time off of work to go to court etc). A […]
Community social dialogue in Ventersdorp, North West Province on the case of Disebo Makau
Sunday 5 October at Tshing location, Ext 2 Community Hall, from 12pm-5pm. Disebo Gift Owen Makau, a 24 year-old lesbian was found half naked and strangled on 18 September, 2014 in Ventersdorp. She had a wire around her neck with an open house pipe pushed down her throat. In response to this heinous hate crime, […]
MenCare Magazine – October 2014
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African civil society celebrates continued recognition of sexual orientation and gender identity at UN Human Rights Council
African Men for Sexual Health and Rights [AMSHeR], the Coalition of African Lesbians [CAL], and the Demand Accountability SA Campaign recognise and celebrate the adoption of a resolution, led by Chile, Uruguay, Colombia and Brazil – on “Human Rights, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity” resolution [A/HRC/27/L27 Rev.1] by the United Nations Human Rights Council in […]
