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Sonke Newsletter – June 2017

SILICOSIS [VIDEO] Deadly Gold: a Special Assignment investigation The human toll of South Africa’s gold mining industry is laid bare in this heart-wrenching Special Assignment documentary which aired recently on SABC 3 in South Africa. Thousands of former mineworkers return from the goldfields – penniless and broken. Sick with an incurable lung disease, the former […]

Sonke Newsletter – March 2017

XENOPHOBIA [VIDEO] “We were treated like animals being slaughtered” In the wake of the recent wave of xenophobic violence in South Africa, Sonke’s Gadeeja Abbas tells the story of Lionnel Drench who fled the conflict in Congo Brazzaville, only to find his suffering continue in Cape Town. In this video published by TimesLive, he opens […]

MenEngage Africa Newsletter 2017/1

March 2017 Involving men as active parents contributes to gender equality James Itana, MenEngage Namibia’s co-ordinator, participated in a unique event hosted by the Office of the First Lady, Monica Geingos and daily newspaper, Southern Times, with the theme “Fathers in today’s context”. The main aim of the event was to sensitise Namibian men on […]

Sonke Newsletter – December 2016

TRANSFORMATION OF JUDICIARY Women continue to be underrepresented in the judiciary says new report More than four years after Sonke and the Democratic Governance and Rights Unit filed a complaint on the slow transformation of the judiciary, the Commission for Gender Equality has published a response acknowledging that not enough is being done to foster […]

MenEngage Africa Newsletter 2016/4

November 2016 MenEngage Africa manager makes submission at SADC parliamentary round-table Congratulations to MenEngage Africa manager, Itumeleng Komanyane, for managing to ensure that the role of men and boys in promoting gender equality and justice in the southern Africa region is not overlooked! Komanyane made a submission in this regard at the SADC Parliamentary round-table, […]

Sonke Newsletter – October 2016

SILICOSIS Major setback to goldminers’ silicosis claims The recent news that gold mining companies have been granted leave to appeal all aspects of the historic Johannesburg High Court decision in May to allow sick mineworkers to bring a class action against them, is hugely concerning. Where does that leave mineworkers and their families? [Photo by […]

MenEngage Africa Newsletter 2016/3

August 2016 Read this rare and candid conversation between donors and activists Sixteen years ago HIV was real. We were all committed. But now things have changed. This is mostly because funding for AIDS has dwindled. To what extent can civil society organisations make donors listen and recommit to funding the AIDS response? That was […]

MenEngage Africa Newsletter 2016/2

May 2016 Workshop addressing violence against women and girls in conflict and post-conflict settings in Africa In April, MenEngage Africa (MEA) partners in East Africa and faith-based community organisations held a two-day workshop in Kigali, Rwanda, on addressing sexual and gender-based violence against women and girls in conflict and post-conflict settings on the African continent. […]

MenEngage Africa Newsletter 2016/1

March 2016 Sport in the equation to challenge GBV Recognising the power of sport to unite communities around an agenda or a cause, MenEngage Botswana, used soccer to spread the message denouncing gender-based violence and to promote gender justice during last year’s 16 Days of Activism for No Violence against Women and Children. “This […]

MenEngage Africa Newsletter 2015/1

November 2015 Women’s health, masculinities & empowerment training – What is it about? In September, 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 […]

Sonke Newsletter – June 2015

Issue 17 – June, 2015 Articles & Opinion I hate my breasts, but I love my vagina. By Demelza Bush | Read More Sonke’s Demelza Bush explores their own gender journey and unpacks the danger of society’s gender constructions and the difficulties they create for people like Demelza who identify outside of the man-woman gender […]

Sonke Newsletter – November 2014

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MenEngage Africa Newsletter 2014/5

June 2014 MenEngage and the post-2015 development agenda Since 2013, MenEngage has engaged in the global process of developing a Post-2015 Development Agenda, advocating for the inclusion of men and boys as partners and allies under a stand-alone gender equality and women’s empowerment (GEWE) goal. /// Read More MenEngage Africa Training Initiative: the […]

Sonke Newsletter – April 2014

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Sonke Newsletter – September 2013

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MenEngage Africa Newsletter 2013/4

June 2013 Scorecard on GBV Laws and Policy in Africa In preparation for the 57th Commission on the Status of Women held in New York – March 2013, Sonke Gender Justice, with support from UNFPA, SIDA and UN Women, developed a scorecard of GBV Laws and Policies in Africa in order to address the priority […]

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