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Sonke has responded to the arrest of Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius for allegedly shooting dead his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. You can listen to the two radio clips: » Sonke on Lotus FM News: Violence Against Women Must be Condemned Regardless of …
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Focus on Cape Town Events: Sonke Gender Justice Calls on Men to Join One Billion Rising Campaign to Stop Violence Against Women and Girls on 14 February 2013. Download the press release
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On February 14, Sonke took part in the ONE BILLION RISING, the largest day of action in the history of V-Day, the global activist movement to end violence against women and girls. Sonke Gender Justice and partners hosted events around …
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Sonke’s Lisa Vetten and Mbuyiselo Botha, and Tiny Moloko from POWA, discuss the appalling rape and mutilation of a Bredasdorp teen, who died on Saturday 2 February 2013. Listen to the clip
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7 February 2012; South Africa. Sonke Gender Justice joins the growing number of South Africans expressing shock and outrage over the horrific gang rape, mutilation, and murder of 17-year old Anene Booysen. “We send our condolences to her family and to …
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Sonke’s Mbuyiselo Botha speaks on Radio 702 about our Sonke’s “Ring the Bell” campaign, curbing violence against women. Mbuyiselo speaks about the campaign to raise awareness against violence towards women and to get men to be involved in the campaign. …
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Dumisani appeared on SABC3’s Special Assignment, talking about Sonke’s work with men and boys in South Africa’s townships. » Download the video
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Sonke’s Bafana Khumalo called Redi Tlhabi of Radio 702 to comment on the story of a 13-year-old girl who was illegally married to a 57-year-old sangoma. Bafana says he is seething with anger listening to the story, and that it …
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The Women’s Legal Centre, who jointly leads the CGE Monitor Campaign with Sonke, has created a CGE Monitor Facebook page. Liking the group will allow you to be kept up to date on CGE Monitor activities, which track and report …
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The Herald newspaper ran an article on the The One Billion Rising Campaign to demand an end to violence against women and girls. The campaign is coming to town: check the Sonke website for updates on events in Johannesburg and …
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The Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), the Beijing Platform of Action and the Agreed Conclusions of the 48th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) all make explicit calls for prevention to …
This scorecard provides an assessment of whether national policies and laws in the African region attempt to engage men and boys in the prevention and elimination of gender-based violence (GBV). This report analyses policies and laws from eleven African countries: …
Sonke’s Mbuyiselo Botha was interviewed by BBC News Radio, giving his perspective on Sonke’s work with men and boys in South Africa. » Download the interview
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Sonke’s work to encourage young men to embody constructive masculinities in South Africa is insightfully covered by Kimberley Burge, writing in The Atlantic. » Read the article
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The work of the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women is driven by a commitment to deliver on the promise to prevent and end human rights violations against women and girls. Every day, UN Trust Fund grantees make …
Today over forty people gathered in Cape Town for the launch of the preliminary report on the 100 Days Monitor of the Commission for Gender Equality (CGE). The report was published by the CGE Monitor, a collective of organisations concerned …
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The last two decades have seen growing recognition of and attention to gender inequality – including gender-based violence (GBV) and harmful gender norms – as a cause and consequence of HIV. Recently, an expanding evidence-base confirms the linkages between HIV, …
Two global consultations – one in Nairobi and the other in Istanbul – were convened in 2010 and 2011 respectively, and aimed to review current National Strategic Plans on HIV and AIDS (NSPs), to assess the strengths and weaknesses of these …
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