Issue 3 Articles
Staff updates
Congratulations to staff member Thami Nkosi, and board member Thoko Budaza for being placed on the Mail and Guardians top 300 young people to take to lunch.
Welcome Desmond Lesejane, Orly Stern, Juliana Davids, Sikhangele Mabulu, Arison Mahureva & Helen Alexander .
Congratulations to board member Kumi Naidoo who is now the global director of Greenpeace.
We are proud to announce that our co-directors have been appointed to two high level UN groups:
- Bafana Khumalo on the Global Task Team (2000Working group on Advocacy, and Resource, Capacity Strengthening, Mobilisation) on operationalising the UNAIDS Action Framework addressing Women, Girls, Gender Equality and HIV
- Dean Peacock as part of the UN Secretary General's Network of Men Leaders.
Sonke's Board of Directors
Over the past three years, the Sonke Board has played a pivotal role in providing direction and oversight for the organisation. Their combined knowledge and experience has helped Sonke stay true to its objectives and grow in a sustainable manner.
Upcoming Events
On 31 August, we will be back in the Equality Court for the next appearance in the Julius Malema case. Sonke will be demonstrating outside both the Johannesburg and Cape Town Equality Courts in support of this action.
From 5th-9th October, Sonke and MenEngage will be hosting the MenEngage Africa Symposium looking at Strengthening Civil Society and Government Capacity to Work with Men and Boys to Respond to Gender-Based Violence and HIV across Africa.
>> for more information visit the symposium web pages
Pledge your commitment: Be a Brother for Life
Brothers for Life is a national initiative by Johns Hopkins Health and Education in South Africa (2000JHHESA), Sonke Gender Justice (2000Sonke), South African National Aids Council (2000SANAC) and other key stakeholders aimed at addressing the risks associated with having multiple and concurrent partnerships, men’s limited involvement in fatherhood, lack of knowledge of HIV status by many, low levels of testing and disclosure, and insufficient health seeking behaviours in general.
MRC study: 28% of men admit to rape
In early June 2009, the Medical Research Council (2000MRC) releasedresearch detailing the extraordinarily high levels of gender violencein South Africa.
Local, foreign, young, old: everyone speaks street soccer
"Sport has the power to unite people in a way little else can. Sport can create hope where there was once only despair. It breaks down racial barriers. It laughs in the face of discrimination. Sport speaks to people in a language they can understand."
Nelson Mandela
No-one is above the law: Equality Court action against Julius Malema
"No one in this country is untouchable or above the law, and that includes you, Mr Malema" – Mbuyiselo Botha
Recently, Sonke has stimulated immense media coverage around gender issues through its court action against Julius Malema, President of theANC Youth League.
Recent Publications
- Integrating Multiple Gender Strategies to Improve HIV and AIDS Interventions: A Compendium of Progra
- Youth Digital Stories now available online
- Report on OMC activities: Building capacity of traditional leaders, government and civil society
- Report on OMC activities: working with Traditional Leaders in Mabeskraal
- Gender, Empowerment, and Health: What Is It? How Does It Work?
- Men, HIV/AIDS, and Human Rights
- Masculinities and public policy in South Africa: changing masculinities and working toward gender eq
- Sonke Gender Justice Network Annual Report 2007/2008
