A series of short radio dramas to encourage conversation and debate around sexual and gender-based violence in the taxi industry, and prompt dialogue on how we can all be part of solutions and responses to make public transport safer for everyone.
Sonke’s work in training radio personnel, creating guidelines and harnessing the medium’s broadcasting power to raise awareness of gender issues.
PhotoVoice is a school-based project that trains learners to use photography and writing to chronicle their daily lives, provides a look at the community through its children’s eyes.
Sonke and Gun Free SA team up for a campaign to remove guns from homes for women and children’s safety.
Supplying the most disenfranchised members of society with the tools and training to tell their stories from their own perspective.
A case study document on the use of digital storytelling to explore the links between gender, violence, and HIV and AIDS in South Africa.
13-part radio drama series designed to support survivors of sexual assault, provide useful information, and challenge negative attitudes and misconceptions.
The Unit works across Africa, through Sonke’s regional partners in the MenEngage Africa countries and beyond, to share the lessons Sonke has learnt from its work in South Africa. In 2017 the unit formerly known as the International Programmes and Networking Unit (IPN) changed its name to Regional Programmes & Networks Unit (RPN) to reflect […]
Sonke’s Operations and Organisational Development team focuses on the financial, sub-granting and human-resources capacity of the organisation, areas of risk and compliance, grant management, audits as well as its day-to-day running and wellbeing.
Augmenting Sonke’s training and technical assistance with operations support so that our partners can strengthen their financial, HR and resource-mobilisation systems.
International work to minimise the violence and abuse suffered by women and children in conflict-stricken countries.
Sonke’s One Man Can campaign supports peacebuilding and Gender Equality in Sudan In 2010, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Sudan learned about the OMC Campaign in South Africa. Drawing on Sonke’s extensive experience of implementing OMC, UNDP together with the Government of Sudan decided to adapt it to the Sudanese context. It has […]
Scorecard on Gender-Based Violence policies in conflict and post-conflict settings in Africa This scorecard from 2014 provides an assessment of whether national policies in conflict and post-conflict settings in the African region attempt to engage men and boys in the prevention and elimination of GBV. It analyses policies from nine African conflict or post-conflict states: […]
Sonke Gender Justice is increasing its focus on harmful gender norms that drives gender-based violence (GBV) and the spread of HIV in conflict and post-conflict settings. We do this by working with our partners to engage men and boys for gender equality. Engaging men in GBV prevention and response in conflict and post-conflict settings Globally, […]
Sonke works to abolish corporal punishment of children in all contexts, believing that it only perpetuates cycles of violence.
The same set of arguments are often used to defend the use of corporal punishment. This set of fact sheets provide children’s rights activists and practitioners with the counter arguments to these popular myths, using rigorous research evidence. These arguments are outlined by Wessel van den Berg in an article originally written for News24. Here […]
This partnership uses an innovative gender-transformative strategy to equip youth leaders and CSOs to address the root causes of gender inequality and foster sustainable change.
The Linking Policy and Implementation for Gender Equality in Malawi, Namibia, and Zimbabwe is a three-year programme that began in October 2021 and will conclude in September 2024. This three-year project will ultimately contribute to an increase in gender equality and a reduction in GBV in Southern Africa. When social and gender norms are disrupted […]
MenEngage’s training programme designed to diminish gaps in the long-term involvement of men and boys in policy initiatives.
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 […]
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 […]
