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Welcome

The Sonke Gender Justice Network works with men, women, youth and children in the SADC region to

  • achieve gender equality,
  • prevent gender based violence and
  • reduce the spread of HIV and the impact of AIDS.

The One Man Can campaign is Sonke's flagship project.
 

Current Projects

SADC Migration, Gender & HIV/AIDS
Sonke works closely with the International Organization for Migration to integrate a focus on gender and masculinities into the Partnership on HIV and Mobility in Southern Africa (PHAMSA) in Namibia, Swaziland, Lesotho, Mozambique, Zambia and Malawi. Partners on the PHAMSA project include:
>> Read more
 
Working Against Xenophobia
Sonke Gender Justice Network has been actively involved in efforts to stem the xenophobic violence and its aftermath in South Africa.
>> Read more
 
Advocacy and Activism

By using the media to highlight gender and HIV/AIDS issues, the Advocacy Project is strengthening citizen participation and government accountability.

>> Read more
 

Highlights

Find out how Sonke and other organisations are planning to use the 2010 World Cup Soccer to engage men and boys in advancing gender equality.
>> Download the report
 
Sonke co-director, Dean Peacock, recently presented an article on men and the care economy in the context of HIV and AIDS at the United Nations Expert Group Meeting in Geneva.
>> Download the article
 

Sonke is proud to have contributed to an exciting new book on HIV - "HIV/AIDS and society in South Africa" - which presents numerous different perspectives on the issue.
>> Get more details on this book
 

Read about the One Man Can Campaign featured in the United Nations African Renewal magazine.
>> download the case study
 
Bafana Khumalo, Sonke Co-Director, presented at the International AIDS Conference held from 2 to 8 August, 2008 in Mexico City.
>> Promoting an Ethic of Responsibility Among Men
>> Men Engage
 

Sonke Gender Justice welcomes the ruling by the Constitutional Court ordering government to address the needs of persons displaced by xenophobic violence prior to forced reintegration.
>> read the judgement