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MenCare is a multi-pronged initiative and global campaign, run in partnership by Sonke and Equimundo . The campaign to promote men’s involvement as equitable, responsive and non-violent fathers and caregivers. It provides high quality community and mass media messages, technical assistance …
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Equimundo and Sonke Gender Justice, in conjunction with RWAMREC and the World Policy Centre, organised a side event at the 68th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women on the 11th of March 2024. This event highlighted the …
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The State of the World’s Fathers report (www.stateoftheworldsfathers.org) is rooted firmly in a feminist analysis of care and the belief that unpaid care work must be valued equally with paid work and shared equally between men and women. Fatherhood marks …
Positive parenting in sub-Saharan Africa is undeveloped and fundamentally inadequate. Few countries have policies that focus specifically on positive parenting or a framework for parenting into which this is integrated and defined as a priority. Given the significance of enabling …
Exposure to violence in childhood can have severe physical, emotional, and mental health consequences and is intimately linked with the likelihood of perpetrating or experiencing intimate partner violence in adulthood. This process whereby violence in childhood is linked to violence …
Spend time with your child. That’s the answer that I have to the current frequently raised questions about the “alternatives to corporal punishment”. The constitutional court judgment that has cancelled the defence of reasonable chastisement and effectively outlawed any form …
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This report has a big ambition: we are calling for nothing less than full equality between women and men, in the workplace and in the home. The third State of the World’s Fathers is rooted firmly in a feminist analysis …
This report has a big ambition: we are calling for nothing less than full equality between women and men, in the workplace and in the home. The third State of the World’s Fathers is rooted firmly in a feminist analysis …
President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed into law the final draft of the Labour Laws Amendment Bill that will initiate new parental leave provisions, and from which fathers and adoptive parents will qualify for ten days of paid leave. The new provisions …
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Joint press release by respondents and interested parties in the case of YG v State
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Sonke’s submissions focus on corporal punishment and its relation to ending violence of all forms against children.
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Sonke welcomes the opportunity to make submissions on the amendments to the children’s bill. Sonke’s submissions will focus primarily on the aspects of corporal punishment and its relation to ending violence of all forms against children.
It is time to get a clearer picture of how fatherhood actually occurs in the daily lives of children in SA and acknowledge what is working.
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Amid plans to help fathers be more involved in parenting, a photo exhibition helps drive the message home.
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Sonke welcomes the acceptance of the Labour Laws Amendment Bill by the National Assembly on Tuesday 28 November 2017
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Children face confusing and often inaccurate information about sex and sexuality. Despite the need for clarity and guidance, there is still a resounding silence on sexuality in homes, schools and communities. Reasons for this include different beliefs and social expectations, …
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