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Sonke’s Policy & Advocacy Director, Vuyiseka Dubula; MenCare Government & Media Manager, Patrick Godana; Senior MenCare trainer, Leo Mbobi; and One Man Can Trainer, Mzwakhe Khumalo, are in the Eastern Cape again, following up on a murder case that we’ve …
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Sonke Gender Justice’s Executive Director, Dean Peacock, will be speaking on a panel, together with Sikhumbuzo Mngadi and Thando Mgqolozana at the University of Cape Town (UCT) on Tuesday, August 19th from 1pm-2:30pm. The discussion, “Undoing Masculinity”, hosted by UCT’s …
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Evidence from armed conflict settings points to high levels of intimate partner violence (IPV) against women. Current knowledge on how to prevent IPV is limited – especially within war-affected settings. To inform prevention programming on gender-based violence in settings affected by …
Across the country tomorrow, there will be hundreds of speeches, marches and advertisements celebrating women. Women’s Day is indeed an important time for us to recognise the contributions of women living in South Africa, past and present. From high-profile leaders …
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“August 9, 1995 is the 39th anniversary of the 1956 women’s march to the Union Buildings in opposition to the pass laws … We have declared this day a national holiday. This is in celebration of the struggles of the …
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28 to 30 July, Emperors Palace, Johannesburg The Sexual Offences Indaba is organised on an annual basis by the Sexual Offences and Community Affairs (SOCA) Unit at the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA). The overarching objectives of the 2014 Indaba are …
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Sonke Gender Justice (“Sonke”) welcomes the creation of the new Ministry of Women and its location in the Office of the Presidency. We support Minister Susan Shabangu’s commitment, as stated in her 16 July speech on the budget vote,to improving …
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Sonke Gender Justice is pleased to announce that Itumeleng Komanyane, Sonke’s International Programmes Network (IPN) Manager, has been selected as a member of the Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Civil Society Advisory Group to UN Women – the branch of …
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Sonke’s International Programmes Manager appeared on “Talking Africa”, a show on London’s Resonance FM, to bring attention to the importance of addressing sexual violence in conflict. Last week, she was in London at the Summit to End Sexual Violence in …
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Sonke Gender Justice, the Gender Unit at the Centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria, and the Centre for the Study of AIDS at the University of Pretoria – with the support of Irish Aid – are pleased …
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This is the largest global gathering on this subject. Sonke is coordinating a number of events at the summit, and today we release our IMAGES survey from the DRC. See our full programme at the summit, below.
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Sonke and Promundo have released the complete results from the International Men and Gender Equality Survey (IMAGES) in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which reveal high levels of gender-based violence and the continuing effects of conflict on couple …
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Sonke Gender Justice commends those Member State representatives of the Open Working Group (OWG) of the General Assembly who have made statements or taken actions to support gender equality. MenEngage is a global alliance of NGOs and UN agencies that …
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Premiers Sonke Gender Justice is very disappointed that seven out of nine of our premieres are men. This is a dramatic reversal from the previous administration where four of the ANC’s eight premiers were women. Western Cape being the DA …
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MenEngage announces the second MenEngage Global Symposium which will be held In New Delhi, India from November 10-13th, 2014. The symposium will bring together researchers, practitioners, advocates, activists, government representatives and the donor community to share experiences, evidence and insights, …
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On December 10, 2013, Sandiswa Mhlawuli, a 27-year-old unmarried mother of two, was murdered. Several eye-witnesses say her ex-boyfriend Nkosinam Xabadiya (then 29-years-old) pulled her out of a stationary commuter van and stabbed her multiple times. Months before her lifeless …
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This article, by Sonke’s Bongani Kona, was published in yesterday’s the Sunday Times. Kona writes about Sonke’s work with the mother of murdered Sandiswa Mhlawuli, who seeks justice for her daughter who was allegedly killed by an ex-boyfriend. » Read the …
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Sonke is proud to present and support two dialogues for Jodi Bieber’s Quiet at Johannesburg’s Goodman Gallery. The topics of the dialogues are Masculinity, Power, Equality and Justice, and The Performance of Masculinity in Art and the Media. Attendance is …
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