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The media has an important role to play in changing perceptions and reshaping the conversations around migration. Sensationalist or over-simplified stories on migration or xenophobia can perpetuate or even encourage violence. It is therefore important to write about cross-border migration …
This case study provides a detailed account of the pathway to achieving two key outcomes in the “Together: Addressing the Gender Dimensions of Migration and Health” project implemented by Sonke Gender Justice in collaboration with their civil society partners. The …
The #TeachYourself Series are condensed articles on current and planned changes in South African migration law. Our articles and infographics aim to spread awareness on South Africa’s migration landscape, and our standpoints on these issues. This booklet contains information on …
The right to basic education is a fundamental human right. This right applies also to refugees, asylum seekers, and undocumented or stateless individuals. In practice, such individuals may face barriers to access their education.
This report captures a two-day programme of presentations, panel discussions and group discussions at the regional symposium on gender, migration, health and public policy. The aim of day one was to discuss a number of migration-related topics including: health and …
This article was originally written for The Conversation By Rebecca Walker and Jo Vearey Women are on the move throughout southern Africa. They move within the countries they were born in, or cross borders in the region. Although more men …
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The closure of Cape Town’s Refugee Reception Office has had a huge impact on asylum seekers in Cape Town. Watch Sifa’s story. Sonke Gender Justice, the Scalabrini Centre and partners are calling on the Department of Home Affairs to #OpenTheRRO. …
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The South African Human Rights Commission’s (SAHRC) two-day national investigative hearings on migration, xenophobia and social cohesion held on 7 and 8 February 2018 calls on relevant government departments, regulatory bodies, civil society organisations, researchers, academics, media entities, and social …
This report describes Sonke Gender Justice Project’s (“Sonke”) recommendations for addressing the nexus of gender, mobility and HIV/AIDS issues within the second phase of the Partnership on HIV and Mobility in Southern Africa (“PHAMSA II”).
CSOs and concerned citizens address letter to the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights asking them to take measures against xenophobia.
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More and more people are travelling abroad or within their own country to join family, find work or simply go on holiday. The 2011 census shows that South Africa is similar to other parts of the world, with foreign nationals …
Sonke intern Marike Keller laments on society’s gradual desensitisation to the horrors of xenophobia.
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Produced in 2013 and released for radio broadcast in November of that year – just in time for the 16 Days of Activism – the three-part radio drama series, Change the Story: Refugees and Migrants Speak Against GBV, highlights factors that make refugees and …
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Sonke, Sapes Trust, Amnesty International, Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, Southern Africa Litigation Centre, Consortium for Refugees and Migrants South Africa (CoRMSA), Lawyers For Human Rights, HURISA, The Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, South African Institute …
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Sonke’s Marlise Richter warns against the stigmatising language government is using and its targeting of South Africa’s most marginalised groups.
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Over the last few weeks, the South African government has deployed large numbers of police and the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) to conduct a series of raids in various parts of South Africa, most notably in the Johannesburg …
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Recent outbreaks of xenophobic violence threaten to undermine the important values South Africa fought for.
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The Detention Justice Forum, which Sonke co-coordinates, hosted a panel on “Preventing Torture and Abuse through Oversight” at the 4th Annual ISS Conference on Criminal Justice on the 21st August 2013. As emphasized by the U.N. Special Rapporteur on the …
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