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This week, Sonke’s Executive Director, Dean Peacock, Refugee Health & Rights Coordinator, Micheline Muzaneza, and MenCare Government & Media Liaison, Patrick Godana are in the Netherlands, participating in the 100th anniversary of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom. …
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A year on the attack on the Chibok Secondary School in Nigeria remains the largest abduction by Boko Haram since it increasingly started targeting schools and students in early 2012, worsening already dire education levels in the north-eastern part of …
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Sonke and MenEngage stand united in commemoration of the tragic abduction of 200 Nigerian schoolgirls by Boko Haram.
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The 59th Commission on the Status of Women took place from 9-20 March 2015. It was a historical one as we commemorated the 20th anniversary of the 4th World Conference on Women in Beijing, which marked the adoption of the …
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What happened to feminism in South Africa? Sisonke Msimang, a Policy Development and Advocacy consultant for Sonke Gender Justice speaks on the issue in this article in this week’s Mail & Guardian. The bokkie stops here: Let’s make feminism fashionable …
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In post-conflict settings men often experience a loss of power coupled with unemployment. To reinstate their power, some become abusive to their partners and families. It is against this backdrop that the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Sudan, together …
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On Friday, Sonke’s Dumisani Rebombo participated in an Alliance Francaise Pretoria and High Commission of Canada film screening of POLYTECHNIQUE and a discussion “Violence Against Women Knows No Boundaries… How do we stop it?) Here is Dumisani with fellow discussion …
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Today and tomorrow, Sonke’s International Programmes and Networks Manager, Itumeleng Komanyane joins the United Nations Trust Fund (UNTF) in Washington DC at the United States Congress to meet with Congressional and Senate staffers and talk about UNTF’s “Engaging Men to …
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Nombasa is a teenage girl growing up in the rural Eastern Cape who aspires to become a gynaecologist. She dreams that one day her village will be safe for girls and women, but she wonders whether such dreams can come …
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Sonke’s delegation in NYC at the March for Gender Equality (going on right now) on International Women’s Day with UN Women – We’re calling on the South African government to fund a national plan to end gender-based violence NOW! #NSPNOW …
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If you’re in or near New York City, join Sonke Gender Justice at The March for Gender Equality! We’ll be calling on the South African Government to finally develop, fund and implement a long overdue National Plan to End GBV. …
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Tomorrow is International Women’s Day. If you’re in or near New York City, join Sonke at The March for Gender Equality! We’ll be calling on the South African Government to finally develop, fund and implement a long overdue National Plan …
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Twenty years after the adoption of Beijing, this version of the Political Declaration is not what women need.
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A Sonke delegation is in New York now to engage on important issues related to gender, gender equality, gender-based violence and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) at both the 59th United Nations Commission on the Status of Women …
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Gender-based violence (GBV) takes centre-stage in this project review, which draws on project activities for GBV prevention conducted by Sonke and MenEngage Africa’s partner organizations in Kenya, Rwanda and Sierra Leone, namely the Men Engage Kenya Network (MenKen), the Rwanda …
UN Commission’s enquiry reveals disturbing discrepancies in gender equality and development statistics.
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The Civilian Secretariat for Police is consulting on the Draft White Paper on the Police and the Draft White Paper on Safety and Security with a view to submitting it to Cabinet for approval for its introduction in Parliament. The …
Sonke supports United Front’s call to the South African government that the 2015/2016 budget should reflect the needs of the people, and that the budget also funds a National Strategic Plan to end gender-based violence. Here is their memorandum of …
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