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Sonke and partner organisations submitted a letter to the Parliamentary committee interviewing candidates for the new Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) commissioners, pledging our support for the CGE, proposing interview questions, and stating our intention to hold the Commission accountable …
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“The wind is part and parcel of the city, so today Worcester welcomes you all.” The wind, always a sign of change, swept through the veld of the Breede valley, a reminder to keep shaking things up, to refuse stagnation …
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Good news just in from the French Embassy. We were selected as one of six organisations globally to be distinguished by the French National Consultative Commission on Human Rights. It’s an enormous honour — and really nice to receive at …
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KABWE, Zambia, 18 October 2011 – The National HIV/AIDS/STI/TB Council has distributed more than 30,000 Brothers for Life posters and brochures to its provincial and district officials nationwide. “It is critically important that Brothers for Life reaches the community level, …
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It was two years ago when the late Dr. Molefi Sefularo, then Deputy Minister of Health, launched the Brothers For Life Campaign in front of 10 000 people in KwaMashu, Durban. Dr. Sefularo challenged this initiative to address issues that go …
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Sonke is privileged to have been nominated as a beneficiary of the Sisters with Blisters fundraising walk taking place on 26 Nov 2011 in Bryanston. For more information on the walk, visit www.sisterswithblisters.co.za.
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On 14 and 15 Nov 2011, Justice and I spent two days with the Masisukumeni Women’s Crisis Centre developing skills and strategies for using the media to further the aims of the organisation. The training took place in Tonga, a …
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Many studies show that men are under-represented in health services, including HIV services. Men get tested less than women. For instance, results from South Africa’s recent national HIV testing campaign reveal that men made up only 30% of the nearly …
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The South African MenCare campaign was launched in early August at the Nike Football for Hope Centre in Soweto. MenCare – A Global Fatherhood Campaign – is coordinated by Instituto Promundo, based in Rio de Janeiro and Washington DC, Sonke …
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The world is changing. Many of us lead parallel lives, one in our physical bodies, and one or more as digital entities. As resistant as many are to this phenomenon, it is very real and here to stay. Although we …
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For the next three years, Dumisani Rebombo, Sonke’s One Man Can National Manager, will run a new One Man Can (OMC) project in Bushbuckridge, Limpopo. Bushbuckridge Local Municipality (LM), in the central lowveld, plays host to Wits Rural Facility (WRF), …
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We oppose the nomination of Judge Mogoeng as South Africa’s next Chief Justice. On behalf of survivors of sexual violence and their communities, we call on the Judicial Services Commission, to reject Justice Mogoeng’s nomination.
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The July/August issue of The New Internationalist focuses on the changing face of masculinity, asking men and women around the world about why it is important for men to be involved in work on gender equality. >> Find out more
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Sonke, The Department of Social Development, Grassroot Soccer and Instituto Promundo invite you to the South African launch of the Global MenCare Campaign. Speakers include the Minister of Social Development, Bathabile Dlamini, Gary Barker, Founding Director of Instituto Promundo, and …
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It is widely accepted that taxi drivers and rank marshals in many South African communities – who are mostly men – don’t have the best reputation when it comes to dignified treatment of women. They are, to some, notorious for sexual harassment …
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In March 2010, the Equality Court found Julius Malema guilty of hate speech and discrimination in a case brought by Sonke and ordered Mr Malema to apologise for statements he had made regarding Jacob Zuma’s rape accuser (and rape survivors …
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Community radio stations (CRSs) are local radio stations that are run by and serve their communities. For many South Africans, CRSs are vital media for accessing information and news, particularly about their local and surrounding areas. People in rural areas …
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