Issue 1 Articles
My story, my voice: digital stories
Crucial to the success of Sonke's work is ensuring a central role for those most directly affected by violence and HIV. Digital storytelling offers a platform for their voices and images to inform our efforts and be represented across Sonke activities.
Using street soccer for reintegration after the xenophobic attacks
Sonke's One Man Can project recently hosted a street soccer festival at Manyanani Peace Park in Khayelitsha to challenge xenophobia and facilitate the reintegration of people affected by the xenophobic violence into their communities. The festival was also filmed.
Using the 2010 Football World Cup to engage boys and men to achieve gender equality
Sport has emerged recently as a way to tackle a range of development-related issues such as peace building, post-disaster relief and health promotion. Sonke co-hosted a meeting in Cape Town in July to look at the use of sport to promote social change.
Sonke's 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence
We’re involved in a range of exciting activities in this year’s national 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence. We hope that the activities will encourage men both to look at their own behaviours and attitudes, and to get actively involved in ending gender-based violence and abuse.
Case study: One Man Can campaign
Many men are socialised to believe that being a man means that they should be aggressive, never back down from conflict, have multiple sexual partners, drink lots of alcohol and call the shots in their relationships with women. In addition, many men are taught to believe that seeking health care services is a sign of weakness. These beliefs about manhood are a recipe for disaster and contribute to high levels of domestic and sexual violence and they also dramatically increase the spread and impact of HIV and AIDS.
Children speak out: a case study of the PhotoVoice project
In June 2008, the Sonke Gender Justice Network, with support from UNICEF, launched its PhotoVoice project with 20 children at Mphathesitha High School in Nkandla, KwaZulu-Natal.
In a four-day workshop, the children were taught how to take photographs and write stories illustrating the challenges and experiences of their daily lives. The resulting posters have been collated into a compelling exhibition which powerfully illustrates the hopes and dreams of these young people.
