MATI 2014
From the 24th of February to the 5th of March 2014, Sonke Gender Justice (Sonke), the MenEngage Africa Network (MEA), the Women’s Health and Research Unit at the University of Cape Town, Steps and Witness hosted the third MenEngage Africa Training Initiative (MATI) training entitled ‘Media, Film and Gender Advocacy Workshop’ in Cape Town, South […]
MATI 2015
Intensive Course on Women’s Health, Empowerment and Masculinities: Advocacy and Leadership Training In September 2015, MenEngage Africa, Sonke Gender Justice and the University of California’s Centre of Expertise on Women’s Health Empowerment partnered together to offer the 2015 Women’s Health, Masculinities and Empowerment: Advocacy and Leadership Training course. The short course took place over two […]
MATI 2016
While the importance of engaging men and boys in gender justice work has been widely recognised, most initiatives to engage them tend to be small-scale and short-term. In order to transform pervasive gender inequalities within Africa, a scaling-up and widening in scope of the programmes and models already known to be effective is imperative. The […]
Parental Leave
Sonke’s MenCare campaign advocates for men’s involvement in unpaid care work and promotes gender equitable and non-violent fatherhood.
MATI 2022
MenEngage Africa Training Institute (MATI2022) Transformative Feminist Leadership for Gender Equality for Social and Structural Drivers In collaboration with Akina Mama wa Afrika (AMwA) and Makerere University’s School of Women and Gender Studies, MenEngage Africa and Sonke Gender Justice organised the MenEngage Africa Training Institute (MATI) on Transformative Feminist Leadership for Women’s Rights. The training […]
MenEngage Africa
Work undertaken by the 17 African representatives of the MenEngage Global Alliance, collectively chaired by Sonke.
African Union & Regional Economic Communities
Conducting engagements with the AU and various RECs for the strengthening of policies to address gender inequalities.
Call for Action for the Post-2015 Development Agenda
Furthering the implementation of the UN’s Millennium Development Goals to improve quality of life in the world’s most impoverished countries.
Power to You(th)
Power to You(th) is a 5-year international partnership between consortium partners Amref Flying Doctors Netherlands (in collaboration with AMREF Health Africa), Rutgers and Sonke Gender Justice, technical partners Choice for Youth and Sexuality and the Dutch Royal Tropical Institute (KIT) and Country Management Teams in Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, Malawi, Ghana, Senegal, and Indonesia. The programme […]
MenEngage Africa Symposium
Delegates from 25 African countries participated in workshops, panel discussions and regional planning sessions at MenEngage and partners’ symposium.
UN Trust Fund Project
Partnering with the United Nations to strengthen policies and laws to mitigate gender-based violence in Kenya, Rwanda and Sierra Leone.
International Men and Gender Equality Study (IMAGES) in Zambia and Eastern DRC
Sociological investigation into the attitudes and practices of men, and how these inform gender inequality at a structural level.
UNFPA Study on Involving Men and Boys in GBV Prevention
A regional scan of Africa in search of best practices and positive influences serving to further gender equality, for the purposes of future policymaking.
MenEngage Policy Advocacy
MenEngage takes part in high-level dialogues with policymakers in order to shape policies for the benefit of those whose voices go unheard.
Sonke and MenEngage Africa Policy Advocacy Tools
Download Sonke’s national policy reports for various African countries, as well as the Policy Advocacy Toolkit to assist in your own advocacy work.
MenEngage Global Alliance
An international alliance of over 400 NGOs with the common goal of achieving gender equality by critically questioning structural perceptions.
MenEngage South Africa
Implementing the MenEngage programme in South Africa, the twelfth country in Africa to join the MenEngage network.
Learning Centres Initiative
Sonke and the Swedish Association of Sexuality Education teach young Zambian and Ugandan men the importance of sexual health and family planning.
MenEngage Global Alliance – Conferences and Symposiums
Gatherings attended by Sonke provide platforms for international deliberation on issues that hinder gender inclusivity and equality.
MenEngage Global Alliance – Declarations
Observations, affirmations and organisational commitments resulting from the MenEngage Global Symposium in New Delhi, India.
EMERGE Evidence Review
Two year project undertaken by Sonke and partners analysing how best to support work with boys and men promoting gender equality.
Research Monitoring & Evaluation
Sonke is committed to knowledge creation and evidence-based research. It is our aim to continually strengthen gender justice organisations around the African continent and more widely around the globe. We collaborate with reputable research partners to undertake critical research projects, contributing to an evidence and knowledge base of transforming gender relations for gender justice. In […]
Social and Structural Drivers
Sonke’s Social and Structural Drivers (SSD) Portfolio addresses the social and structural drivers of inequality and ill-health to better address the deep linkages between gender inequalities and violence, poverty and economic inequalities, racism, xenophobia, harmful religious and cultural practices, and other socioeconomic factors. Given that faith communities are catalysts in shaping social norms, it is […]
Sexual and Reproductive Health & Rights
Established in January 2013 and as a cross-cutting portfolio, the SRHR portfolio mainstreams SRHR into all of Sonke’s work to ensure that women and men, girls and boys are able to access their rights to sexual and reproductive health education and services, including comprehensive sexuality education. The portfolio builds on Sonke’s internal capacity to do […]
