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Participants of the five-day workshop – which was organised by Sonke Gender Justice, MenEngage Africa, the Institute of Development Studies and the Wits Centre for Diversity Studies – on “Religion, Gender and Sexuality”, share their views on the importance of …
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Objective. This realistic evaluation aims to study the interventions’ effect on young men between 15 and 24 years old and to extend the knowledge of program interventions concerned with reducing risky sexual behaviour while changing gender attitudes. Findings of the …
MenCare+: Engaging men in a 4-Country Initiative – is a three-year (2013-2015), four country collaboration between Rutgers WPF and Promundo-US, working with long-term national and regional partners. Girls’ and women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights are critically hindered by rigid …
This submission is made by Sonke, but includes the perspective of the MenCare global fatherhood campaign (the “MenCare Campaign”) that is coordinated by Sonke. Sonke endorses the Bill, but has made some comments and recommendations that are featured in this submission.
2nd MenEngage Global Symposium: “Gender Equality can only be achieved if men and boys are fully involved in the process” New Delhi, 10 November, 2014: Global efforts to attain gender equality will remain unfulfilled unless men and boys become more fully …
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The 2nd Men Engage Global Symposium kicked off in New Delhi on November 10. Over 1000 delegates from 94 countries are attending the symposium where speakers and activists from across the globe have come to share their experience and knowledge …
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The purpose of this online discussion was to bring together a diverse range of perspectives and ‘on the ground’ experience on working with men and boys to promote gender equality. The discussion ran from 22 until 31 October and it was …
In African society, the sphere of influence of traditional leaders continues to be strong, especially in rural areas. As heads of their communities, traditional leaders are key decision makers and the custodians of tradition, culture and rites. Civil society organisations …
This comes from a financial news TV channel which is looking for women who are or were unable to earn a living because of domestic or gender-based violence, or women who were not given support in the workplace to deal …
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Download the October 2014 volume of the MenCare+ digital magazine
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Gugu grew up in a family that didn’t talk openly about relationships and love. As a teenager, she began seeing a man who abused her and forced her to have sex without a condom. Soon Gugu was a young mother, …
New Delhi, 10 January, 2014: Global efforts to attain gender equality will remain unfulfilled unless men and boys become more fully engaged in the process, is one of the key messages emerging from a major international conference being held in …
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Directed by William Nessen and Produced by Dean Peacock, “Can’t Just Fold Your Arms” is a film chronicling Sonke’s work to get men to promote gender equality and end rape and domestic violence in South Africa.
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This paper aims to identify the key domains of community mobilization (CM) essential to change health outcomes or behaviors, and to determine whether these hypothesized CM domains were relevant to a rural South African setting. We studied social movements and …
MenEngage is a global alliance of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) located within the global south and north and United Nations (UN) agencies that was established in 2004. MenEngage Africa (MEA) has been supported by funding by the Swedish International Development Cooperation …
Sonke’s interest in the Bill is based on its core mission to attain gender equality. The law is a fundamental avenue through which women’s and gender non-conforming persons’ human rights can be advanced to the extent that the law is …
Although girls are approximately half the youth population in developing countries, they contribute less than their potential to the economy. The objective of this paper is to quantify the opportunity cost of girls’ exclusion from productive employment with the hope that stark figures …
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