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The UN Interagency Working Group on Women, Girls, Gender Equality and HIV, (represented by UNDP, UNFPA, UNAIDS, UN Women and WHO), in collaboration with the MenEngage Alliance, Sonke Gender Justice and ATHENA Network, has convened two global consultations on Integrating …
Remarks made November 23rd on panel to celebrate International Day to End Violence Against Women by Dean Peacock, Executive Director at Sonke Gender Justice and Co-Chair of the MenEngage Alliance. Panel convened by WHO, UNFPA, Permanent Mission of Canada and …
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Sonke Gender Justice and Promundo-US have released the Preliminary Results from the International Men and Gender Equality Survey (IMAGES) along with a Press Release about the study. » Download the preliminary results in English or French. » Download the press …
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Sonke’s Director addresses male leaders within the OSCE, including the Secretary General, at a Permanent Council meeting and reception on 29 November to launch the creation of an OSCE men’s network on gender equality.
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An article by Sonke Director Dean Peacock has been featured on the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom’s 16 Days blog. The blog features one article every day in the 16 Days of Activism for No Violence Against Women and …
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Publicity update published a report on a successful brunch in support of 16 Days of Activism for No Violence against Women and Children. Mbuyiselo Botha, Media and Government Liaison at Sonke, was a keynote speaker at the event. “Nhlanhla Mokoena, …
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The event seeks to strengthen partnership between UNFPA, Sonke, the RECs and partners organisations in order to support a scaling-up and widening in scope of gender equality programmes, strategies and models already known to be effective, particularly on engaging men, …
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We have published our 2012 calendar for the international campaign of 16 Days of Activism for No Violence Against Women and Children. The campaign takes place every year from 25 November to 10 December (International Human Rights Day) Download the Sonke …
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This year for the 16 Days of Activism of No Violence Against Women and children, Brothers for Life is shining the spotlight on the cycle of Gender Based Violence. Children learn through what they see their parents or the guardians …
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Sonke’s Geneva office joins the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) to Celebrate International Human Rights Day, mark the closure of the campaign 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence & pay tribute to Edith Ballantyne. Sonke will …
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Join the International Campaign to Stop Rape & Gender Violence in Conflict now. More than ever, this campaign is vitally important – with war in Syria and Gaza, and in the DRC, where the rebel forces now in control of Goma are …
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With the intention of obtaining a comprehensive analysis of the work of the CGE during the 100 Days Campaign, the CGE Monitor kindly asks civil society organisations and individuals to fill out the attached questionnaire, which contains questions regarding their …
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Sonke Executive Director Dean Peacock presented a paper at the UN Expert Group Meeting on prevention of violence against women and girls, in Bangkok, Thailand. The meeting was convened in preparation for the fifty-seventh session of the Commission of the …
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From an article on the Forum, published by Daily Maverick: “After a rolling a series of comments, the audience began to fidget. Edging towards 21:00 on a weekday, the speakers had shown us parts of the engine of violence, but …
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Dear colleagues, We are very happy to report that we had successful meetings in Johannesburg October 1-5, 2012 on “Gender transformative norms” and “UNAIDS Agenda for accelerated action on HIV for Women and Girls”. UNFPA staff members from ESA countries …
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Sonke’s interest in the Bill is linked to its mission to prevent gender-based violence (GBV) on the basis that we are of the view that alcohol consumption facilitates and exacerbates GBV. This submission explores the intersection between alcohol consumption and …
Sonke staff Bafana Khumalo and Micheline Muzaneza attended the Disarmament, Demobilisation, and Reintegration (DDR) Gender course in Oslo from the 16th to the 22nd of September 2012. The purpose of the course was for participants to acquire skills and learn how to …
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“The South African-based Sonke Gender Justice and the Brazilian nonprofit Promundo asked more than 1,400 men and women around Goma, in Congo’s North Kivu province, about their attitudes on rape, gender, why they commit sexualized violence, and what the fallout …
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