Encounters Screening Times - Can't Just Fold Your Arms

Can’t Just Fold Your Arms - 52 mins

(+ a very short film, of 2 or 3 minutes)     

Please do join us at one of the following screenings in June.

 
Cape Town Screenings  
10 June, Sunday, at the Fugard Theatre - 5.45pm Film and Q&A with director William Nessen
 
13 June, Wednesday, at NuMetro Waterfront - 6.30pm Film and Panel Discussion
                                                                                

Johannesburg  Screenings
18 June, Monday, at NuMetro Hyde Park - 6.30pm Film and Panel Discussion
   
22 June, Friday, at NuMetro Hyde Park - 6.45pm Film
 

Invitation to MenEngage Africa Training Course

Sonke Gender Justice is offering, as part of its MenEngage Africa programme, a training course to support the development, launch and operation of a new MenEngage Africa Training Initiative. Call for applications coming soon!

For more information, download the invitation.

MEDIA ALERT: Traditional Courts Bill public hearings in the North West (16 & 18 May)

The Traditional Courts Bill sparked an outcry in 2008 when tabled in the National Assembly (NA). The Bill was reintroduced in the National Council of Provinces this January. As part of the legislative process, public hearings on the Bill will take place in the North West province as follows:

• 16 May: 09h00 at Ratshidi Hall, Mafikeng
• 16 May: 09h00 at Potchefstroom Banquet Hall, Potchefstroom 18 May: 09h00 at Tlhabane Community Hall, Rustenburg
• 18 May: 09h00 at Batlhaping Tribal Hall, Taung

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MEDIA ALERT: Traditional Courts Bill public hearings continue in the Eastern Cape (17 May)

The Traditional Courts Bill sparked an outcry in 2008 when tabled in the National Assembly (NA). The Bill was reintroduced in the National Council of Provinces this January. As part of the legislative process, public hearings on the Bill will take place in the Eastern Cape as follows:

• 17 May: 10am at Matatiele Town Hall, Matatiele

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MEDIA ALERT: Traditional Courts Bill public hearings continue in KwaZulu-Natal (16 & 17 May)

The Traditional Courts Bill sparked an outcry in 2008 when tabled in the National Assembly (NA). The Bill was reintroduced in the National Council of Provinces this January. As part of the legislative process, public hearings on the Bill will take place in KwaZulu-Natal as follows:

• 16 May: 10am at Inkosi Gumede Hall, uMkhanyakude
• 17 May: 10am at uLundi Chamber, LA Complex

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Sonke at Albert Schweitzer Hall on Panel "When Men Stop to Fight: Masculinities in Post-Conflict Societies", Vienna, Austria

MEDIA ALERT: Traditional Courts Bill public hearings in Limpopo (16 & 18 May)

The Traditional Courts Bill sparked an outcry in 2008 when tabled in the National Assembly (NA). The Bill was reintroduced in the National Council of Provinces this January. As part of the legislative process, public hearings on the Bill will take place in Limpopo province as follows:

• 16 May: 09h00 Thulamela, Porche Village Lodge, Vhembe District
• 16 May: 09h00 Tzaneen Country Lodge, Mopani District
• 18 May: 09h00 Fetakgomo Civic Hall, Sekhukhune District
• 18 May: 09h00 Polokwane, Bolivia Lodge (Waterberg and Capricorn Districts' stakeholders will attend)

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MEDIA ALERT: Traditional Courts Bill public hearings in the Free State (14, 16 & 17 May)

The Traditional Courts Bill sparked an outcry in 2008 when tabled in the National Assembly (NA). The Bill was reintroduced in the National Council of Provinces this January. As part of the legislative process, public hearings on the Bill will take place in the Free State province as follows:

• 14 May: 09h00 at Tshiya Education Resources Centre, Qwa qwa 16 May: 09h00 at Elksa Church, Oppermansgronde
• 17 May: 09h00 at Refentse Primary School, Thaba Nchu

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Sonke shares a panel at the 2012 UN CSW with Ministers Xingwana (Dept Women, Children and People with Disabilities), Mapisa-Nqakula (Dept Correctional Services) and Sotyu (Police Services)

Press statement celebrating the launch of Nobel Women’s Initiative Campaign to Stop Rape and Gender Violence in Conflict

May 9th, 2012: Press Statement by members of the UN Secretary General’s Network of Men Leaders for immediate release to celebrate launch of Nobel Women’s Initiative International Campaign to Stop Rape and Gender Violence in Conflict.
 
As members of the United Nations Secretary General’s Network of Men Leaders we pledge our support to the Nobel Women’s Initiative International Campaign to Stop Rape & Gender Violence in Conflict. We congratulate the Nobel Women Peace Laureates on their leadership on this issue and join with them and the hundreds of organisations across the world who have joined it to celebrate the launch of the campaign during the week of May 6th-May 13th.

The Nobel Women’s Initiative International Campaign to Stop Rape and Gender Violence in Conflict is the first ever global collaboration between Nobel Peace Laureates, international advocacy organizations, and groups working at the regional and community levels in conflict areas.

The Campaign is led by the women Peace Laureates of the Nobel Women’s Initiative-- Mairead Maguire, Rigoberta Menchu Tam, Jody Williams, Shirin Ebadi, Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkol Karman-- and an Advisory Committee comprised of 25 organizations. These groups have worked tirelessly on the frontlines to defend women’s rights, amplify voices of rape survivors, and stop rape. They include organizations working at the international, regional, and community levels.

As members of the UN Secretary General’s Network of Men Leaders, we are honoured to join them in calling for urgent international action to stop all forms of rape, including rape in conflict.

The Campaign will demand urgent and bold political leadership to prevent rape in conflict, to protect civilians and rape survivors, and call for justice for all—including effective prosecution of those responsible.  We support the campaign’s broad focus on prevention, protection, and prosecution and believe this signals a comprehensive effort to stop rape in conflict. We need the political will and resources to prevent and protect, while also ensuring that those who are survivors of rape find the justice and support they deserve.

We are glad that the Campaign brings men and women together. Rape is not just a woman’s issue—men also have both a responsibility and a deep personal investment in ensuring that women are able to access their human rights to safety, dignity and respect. Men, after all, are also affected when women they love and care about face the threat or reality of endemic sexual violence. Men, too, are also increasingly victims of sexual violence in conflict. The only way we will achieve our goal is by engaging both men and women and encouraging everyone to speak out forcefully and frequently to demand justice.

As members of the UN Secretary General’s Network of Men Leaders we call for:
    •    Powerful and urgent leadership on the local, national, regional and international levels to prevent and stop rape and gender violence in war and conflict situations;
    •    A dramatic increase in resources for prevention and protection and for psychosocial and physical healing for survivors, their families and communities including concerted efforts to end stigma of survivors;
    •    Justice for victims, including prosecution of perpetrators at national, regional and international levels, and comprehensive reparation for survivors.
 
Statement Issued by the following members of the United Nations Secretary General’s Network of Men Leaders:
    •    Juan Carlos Arean, Executive Director, Casa Esperanza, United States of America
    •    Gary Barker, Executive Director, Instituto Promundo, Brazil
    •    Ted Bunch, A Call to Men, United States of America
    •    Andrew Levack, EngenderHealth, United States of America
    •    Todd Minerson, White Ribbon Campaign, Canada
    •    Dean Peacock, Executive Director, Sonke Gender Justice Network, South Africa
    •    Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, South Africa
    •    Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Muhammad Yunus, Pakistan.
 
Take the Pledge: you can join the Campaign online at www.stoprapeinconflict.org by signing a pledge of support. You can also make a “personal pledge” to take an action in your community in support of the Campaign. Everyone is an active member of this Campaign and every action counts—whether it’s committing to blog and raise awareness, volunteering at a local organization, organizing a film screening or simply lending your voice if you are a public figure. Every action and every person counts.