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African Men for Sexual Health and Rights [AMSHeR], the Coalition of African Lesbians [CAL], and the Demand Accountability SA Campaign recognise and celebrate the adoption of a resolution, led by Chile, Uruguay, Colombia and Brazil – on “Human Rights, Sexual …
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Sonke applauds South Africa, DIRCO Minister Nkoana-Mashabane and Ambassador Minty for standing up for equality and human rights and voting YES in support of the Resolution on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity and Expression (#SOGI) last week. This is important …
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Today (September 26, 2014) is World Contraception Day and the South African HIV Prevention Research Advocacy Expert Group (which is housed at Sonke Gender Justice) and partners have written to South African government officials to request that they strongly support …
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Important points regarding how the introduction of female condoms needs to be met with widespread attitude changes from men.
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Testimony to the female condom as a tool of both female empowerment and sexual stimulation.
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“Bring the Men and Make it Sexy!” – these were two of the main findings of a recently concluded countrywide analysis of the gender related issues that could hamper or accelerate the introduction of and access to an ARV based …
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This report represents exploratory consultative work in the area of vasectomy awareness, uptake and provision in South Africa and seeks to strengthen a regional discussion on shared contraceptive responsibility as a gender transformative approach. In response to the need to …
The following report documents the feedback generated from 28 interviewed stakeholders including funders, researchers, policy specialists, directors, program officers, communication leads, technical advisors, evaluators, and consultants from a variety of regions to inform developments of and recommendations to the MenEngage …
The following report documents the feedback generated from 28 interviewed stakeholders including funders, researchers, policy specialists, directors, program officers, communication leads, technical advisors, evaluators, and consultants from a variety of regions to inform developments of and recommendations to the MenEngage …
This is the largest global gathering on this subject. Sonke is coordinating a number of events at the summit, and today we release our IMAGES survey from the DRC. See our full programme at the summit, below.
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The port city of Merca lies in the south of Somalia and sits between the Lower Shabelle River and the Indian Ocean. It’s home to approximately 230 000 inhabitants, but for 29-year-old human rights activist, Abdillahi Ahmed Mohamed, Merca will …
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The meeting is being convened by the MenEngage Secretariat, Sonke and Promundo for the purpose of gaining a more detailed understanding of how men and boys can be engaged effectively as allies in SRHR for women and girls, and as …
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As African civil society organisations whose members live and work to improve the lives of all Africans, we condemn in the strongest terms, the disturbing increase in sexuality and gender-related rights violations and abuses, especially those aimed at women and …
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The Cape Argus wrote about UWC, Sonke, USAID & GIZ’s IATT symposium yesterday and today exploring sexual violence in the education sector. Yesterday, the Interagency Task force (including representatives from UNAIDS, UNESCO, USAID/PEFAR and others) was taken to different institutions …
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During STI and Condom week (10-14 February), the Mmoho Campaign draws attention to the high rate of unplanned teenage pregnancy, the consequences of high-risk sexual practices and related issues of unsafe abortion, maternal mortality, and health risks including the spread …
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Sonke Gender Justice welcomes the sentencing yesterday of a man convicted for the trafficking and rape of a 14-year old girl. “This is a groundbreaking moment,” says Bafana Khumalo, Sonke’s Senior Programme Specialist in response to this first conviction of …
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Sonke’s Director of International Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights Programmes, Tim Shand presented at TEDxBarcelonaWomen on Engaging Men in Sexual Rights for Everyone. Tim talks about men’s responsibility in ending violence against women and contraception. He emphasizes that empowering women is good, …
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Abdillahi Ahmed Mohamed, Peer Educator in Sonke’s One Man Can Refugee Health and Rights Project, beamed a huge smile when asked about his best moments from 2013 as he reflected on the work he did with the Somali communities in …
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