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The video features the women of Toboyi and nearby villages in Ngqamakhwe (Ward 17), in the Eastern Cape, who are faced with the challenges of water scarcity. The presence or absence of a safe and adequate water supply, as well …
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Sonke Gender Justice (Sonke) is deeply concerned by the ongoing water crisis in the Eastern Cape, which directly affects communities which Sonke works with in the Amathole District Municipality. This crisis infringes the fundamental rights of these community members, including …
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On 8 March 2018, Sonke Gender Justice (Sonke) hosted a panel discussion and community dialogue to explore the relationship between gender and water in the context of Cape Town’s water crisis. The focus was placed on the gendered burden of …
At the time of writing, Day Zero has been pushed back to July 2018. At Sonke, we’ve been supporting on-going measures to mitigate the drought and its social effects, and we are actively playing our part to assist in this …
Access to water, or lack thereof, tends to disproportionately affects women. So why has this narrative been missing from discussions around the current water crisis?
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Sonke is holding a panel discussion and community dialogue to explore the relationship between gender and water in the context of Cape Town.
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Sonke Gender Justice notes the ongoing engagement of the City of Cape Town (CoCT) on the current water crisis, and is relieved to learn that Day Zero has been pushed back to July 2018 at the time of writing. We …
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