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By using the media to highlight gender and HIV/AIDS issues, the Advocacy Project is strengthening citizen participation and government accountability. |
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We all have stories to tell about our lives. Through sharing and listening to such stories, we come to know each other, our communities, our world, and ourselves. Stories can inspire us, educate us, and move us deeply. As a result of being touched by someone else’s story, we make connections between their life history and our own. When it comes to confronting complex social issues, these connections can enable us to bridge the vast differences that often divide us and instead act with wisdom, compassion, and conscience. |
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This project is demonstrating the impact of involving men in child protection and violence prevention activities in KZN and the Eastern Cape. |
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Sonke launched the One Man Can Campaign in November 2006. It is now being implemented in eight of South Africa's nine provinces, and in Burundi, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia and Uganda. |
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Sonke Gender Justice is helping to build government's capacity to implement initiatives that promote gender equality, empower women and engage men. |
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The Sonke Gender Justice Network is working in prisons in the Western Cape to reduce new HIV infections and increase positive living amongst staff and inmates both while in prison and upon release. |
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Work with refugees and migrants is one of Sonke's priorities. |
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Sonke Gender Justice is involved in a number of research initiatives examining different aspects of gender violence and HIV/AIDS, including research into the impact of PEPFAR funding on HIV/AIDS organisations in Southern Africa, South African men's perceptions around violence against women, and research into male circumcision. |
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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: |
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Sonke Gender Justice Network has been actively involved in efforts to stem the xenophobic violence and its aftermath in South Africa. |
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Current Projects