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A large number of men from villages around the Chris Hani District, especially in Cala in the Eastern Cape, know their HIV statuses following the province’s recent Men’s Sector HIV Counselling and Testing Campaign at the Cala Indoor Sports Centre. …
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The battle to stop violence against women can be won when men respect the dignity of themselves and others, said Deputy Minister Hendrietta Bogopane Zulu, Deputy Minister for Women, Children and Persons with Disabilities, on Friday 23rd November 2012, at …
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When Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe launched the new South African National AIDS Council (SANAC) governance structures during an epoch-making plenary held in KwaZulu-Natal in September 2012, it was made clear that the whole country is united in the response to …
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This is the first edition of South African National AIDS Council Men’s Sector Newsletter for 2013. It is also the first edition to be published since my election as National Chairperson of the SANAC Men’s Sector. I would like firstly …
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Sonke’s International Programmes and Network Unit, on behalf of MenEngage Africa, have launched a set of national policy reports across the Africa region examining policies, laws and plans in the areas of HIV and AIDS, gender-based violence, sexual and reproductive …
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NewVision.co.ug has reported on the launch of the MenEngage Uganda in-country network in Kampala on 24 January, in which men were urged to engage in the prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) initiatives in a bid to reduce the …
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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 …
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 …
Sonke Gender Justice (Sonke) was invited to attend the Malmesbury prison World AIDS Day event on 27 November 2012. Sonke was represented by Sikhangele Mabulu, Wessel van den Berg, Mzamo Sidelo and Hanna Jansson. The event started at 10 am, …
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Sonke Gender Justice (Sonke), Virgin Active (Soweto), Johns Hopkins Health and Education in South Africa (JHHESA), Brothers For Life hereby invite you to join the us at World Aids Day Commemoration on the 1st of December 2012 at the Virgin …
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Sonke was listed as a runner-up in the 2012 Africomnet Awards. The shortlist we were placed on “represents examples of good, effective and innovative HIV communication initiatives/campaigns which have the potential for replication.” » View the past winners
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While small-scale interventions exist to engage men in HIV prevention and treatment, a shared policy agenda on this issue among civil society, and national and regional policy makers is central to scaling-up this work and achieving large-scale change in gender …
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 Gender Justice, the MenEngage Africa Network and the Women’s Health Research Unit of the University of Cape Town facilitated a groundbreaking ten day training course on Masculinities, Leadership and Gender Justice in Sub-Saharan Africa from 20-30 August 2012. The …
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On Tuesday the 30th October, Sonke’s Cape Town prisons team organised an event at Goodwood Correctional Centre that brought together school learners and inmates to discuss issues facing the youth and HIV. Sonke staff and the Refugee Health and Rights …
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Sonke’s work to integrate a focus on gender into the 2012-2016 National Strategic Plan has been featured as example of best practice in Global AIDS Response Progress Report 2012, submitted by South Africa to UNAIDS (see page 83).
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A large part of Sonke’s work is community education and workshops, which give people the opportunity to engage on a personal level with the various issues we work on. However, there are only so many people that one organisation can reach …
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