Dr Deliwe Menyuko, a professional Social Worker, joined Sonke in 2021 as the Regional Coordinator for the MenCare Eastern and Southern Africa programme supported by Save the Children. Her work focused on supporting the Save the Children(SC) offices and partners in Tanzania, Zanzibar, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Zambia and Ethiopia to adapt and implement the MenCare programme within SC programmes. She completed her Phd studies in 2022 and is a qualified Doctor of Social Work. Subsequantly, with the new SCI project, Dr Deliwe works with Civil Society Organisations in Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Botswana and South Africa to promote the mainstreaming of gender transformative approaches and the Mencare programme in their work with children and parents.
Dr Deliwe hails from Pretoria and comes with over 40 years working experience in the government sector from generic social work to policy and programme development for families.