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The One Man Can Campaign promotes the idea that each one of us has a role to play, that each one of us can create a better, more equitable and more just world. At the same time, the campaign encourages …
This manual is intended to be a resource for those working with men and boys on issues of citizenship, human rights, gender, health, sexuality and violence. The content of the activities is informed by a commitment to social justice, gender …
This mini-manual is intended to be a resource for those working with men and boys on issues of citizenship, human rights, gender, health, sexuality and violence. The content of the activities are informed by a commitment to social justice, gender …
Morapedi is a young South African man who is eager to continue his education. He mourns the loss of his sister-in-law and regrets that he was unable to challenge is older brother who abused and beat her. Eventually, Morapedi’s brother …
Sonke co-director recently participated in a panel discussion on the “The equal sharing of responsibilities between women and men, including caregiving in the context of HIV/AIDS” held during the 52nd session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women. …
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This Desk Review consequently aims to provide an overview of the status of men’s reproductive health, especially as it relates to HIV, in South Africa. The role which gender plays in impacting on both women’s and men’s health is a …
This policy is intended to offer guidance to clinicians, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and governments on the provision of ART among displaced populations, including prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT), post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) and long term ART. They are not …
The JCSMF which represents and is supported by over 20 civil society, health and research institutions and organisations in South Africa strongly condemn the dismissal of Ms Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge from her position as Deputy Minister of Health. At the 10th …
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This report draws on conversations and inspirations from the Politicising Masculinities symposium which took place 15-18 October 2007 in Dakar, Senegal. The symposium was borne out of a realisation that much of the most innovative work on men and masculinities …
Sonke Gender Justice co-Director, Dean Peacock, will be addressing the Global Coalition on Women and AIDS Leadership Council Meeting on 3 July 2007 in Nairobi. The meeting is aimed at imparting new information on strengthening HIV programming for women and …
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In partnership with the Hoedspruit Training Trust (HTT), IOM set up the Commercial Farm workers HIV Prevention and Care project in mid-2005. Operating on 18 commercial farms in the Hoedspruit area, the project provides a holistic approach to tackling HIV …
HIV and AIDS is one of the main challenges facing South Africa today. It is estimated that of the 39.5 million people living with HIV worldwide in 2006, and that more than 63% are from sub-Saharan Africa. About 5.54 million …
Sonke Gender Justice launches the South Africa Country Report entitled “Working with men and boys to achieve gender equality” for the 2007 United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. At the 48th session of the Commission on the Status …
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At the 48th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in 2004, the South Africa government and the governments of other participating countries made formal commitments to implementing a range of recommendations aimed at “involving men and …
Read the Irin Plus article “Farmworkers Challenged to Curb Risky Behaviour”.
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Read the Lancet editorial “Male circumcision and HIV/AIDS: challenges and opportunities”.
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In Johannesburg’s notoriously rough inner city community of Hillbrow refugee men have come together despite ethnic differences that have elsewhere led to genocide to provide each other with support and to challenge the gender stereotypes that threaten men and women’s …
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