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Sonke Gender Justice Network is governed by a board of well-known civil society leaders. The board has a commitment to 25% youth representation and includes standing positions for the following sectors:
- Women's advocacy organisations
- People living with HIV and AIDS
- Youth and children, and
- Faith based organisations.
Current Board Members
| Gary Barker |
Founding Executive Director of Instituto Promundo |
| Thokozile Budaza |
Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA), Youth Representative |
| Tom Fry |
Grassroots Soccer |
| Rachel Jewkes |
Director, Gender and Health Unit, Medical Research Council |
| Rev. Teboho Klaas |
Director, HIV / AIDS Unit, South African Council of Churches |
| Sisonke Msimang |
Executive Director of the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA) |
| Neo Muyanga |
Musician and Playwright |
| Kumi Naidoo |
Secretary General of CIVICUS |
| Jayshree Pather |
Director, the Media Development and Diversity Agency |
| Cherith Sanger |
Women's Legal Centre |
| Shamillah Wilson |
Young Women and Global Leadership Coordinator for the Association of Women's Rights in Development and co-founder of Sonke Gender Justice |
Ex Officio Members
| Bafana Khumalo |
Sonke Gender Justice Network, Co-Director |
| Dean Peacock |
Sonke Gender Justice Network, Co-Director |
Staff Representative
Jean-Pierre Kalala
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Sonke Gender Justice Network, Programme Coordinator, Refugees and Migrants Programme |
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