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World TB Day: Join the fight to end TB and HIV

World TB Day: Join the fight to end TB and HIV

Johannesburg, 24 March: On World TB Day, whose theme this year is “Yes! We Can End TB: Commit, Invest, Deliver”, we consider the impressive progress that the SADC region has made […]

March 24, 2025 Themes: HIV/AIDS Programs: SADC Gender Protocol & Alliance

Barometer 2024: HIV and AIDS

Barometer 2024: HIV and AIDS

SADC is still the most heavily HIV affected region in the world.  Even as prevalence of HIV is falling slowly, six countries still have prevalence rates that are over 10% […]

March 23, 2025 Themes: Feminism | HIV/AIDS Programs: SADC Gender Protocol & Alliance

Southern Africa: We are the ones we are waiting for!

Southern Africa: We are the ones we are waiting for!

Johannesburg, 21 March: Today is Human Rights Day, the commemoration of the Sharpeville Massacre in which apartheid police in South Africa gunned down 69 defenceless civilians, many of them children. Today, Ndemupelila Netumbo […]

March 21, 2025 Themes: Feminism | Gender equality | Politics Programs: Gender Justice

Barometer 2024: Introduction

Barometer 2024: Introduction

The 15th Barometer tracks the region’s progress in meeting the commitments made by governments in the SADC Gender and Development Protocol. It is also the fifth Voice and Choice Barometer, […]

Linking & Learning Summit showcases best practices

Linking & Learning Summit showcases best practices

Johannesburg, 05 March 2025: The 2025 Voice and Choice Linking and Learning Summit brought together activists, partners, and grantees from across Southern Africa for two days of knowledge sharing, networking, […]

Linking and Learning Summit Winners

Linking and Learning Summit Winners

The Voice and Choice Southern Africa Fund (VCSAF) and the Renewed Women’s Voice and Leadership Fund (WVL) – Multi-Year Core (MYC) hosted a joint Linking and Learning Summit from 5-6 March 2025. This […]

Southern Africa: Pushing forward on V&C amid global crisis

Southern Africa: Pushing forward on V&C amid global crisis

Johannesburg, 05 March 2025: Activists from around Southern Africa kick off a two day Summit that will feature the launch of the 15th edition of the #VoiceandChoice Barometer at a […]

March 10, 2025 Themes: GBV | Health | HIV/AIDS | LGBTI | Reproductive health Programs: Advocacy

Botswana: Sober findings in gender and elections report

Botswana: Sober findings in gender and elections report

Gaborone – February 17, 2025: A comprehensive assessment of Botswana’s October 2024 general elections has uncovered a continued decline in women’s representation in positions of leadership in the two tiers […]

March 9, 2025 Themes: Governance Programs: Gender & Governance | Women in Politics

Global: The power of allies in these times

Global: The power of allies in these times

Some moments don’t just pass through our lives—they tattoo themselves onto our souls, inked in emotion, purpose, and the undeniable weight of history, the present moment and our destiny. Moments […]

March 8, 2025 Themes: Gender equality Programs: Gender Justice

GL Vacancy: Finance Assistant Madagascar LGBTQI Fund

GL Vacancy: Finance Assistant Madagascar LGBTQI Fund

Gender Links, (GL) a dynamic Southern African NGO based in Johannesburg, promoting gender equality and justice, seeks the services of an experienced, skilled, highly motivated and committed Finance Assistant to […]

March 3, 2025 Themes: Gender equality | LGBTI Programs: GL Services

GL Vacancy: Finance Assistant Namibia LGBTQI Fund

GL Vacancy: Finance Assistant Namibia LGBTQI Fund

Gender Links, (GL) a dynamic Southern African NGO based in Johannesburg, promoting gender equality and justice, seeks the services of an experienced, skilled, highly motivated and committed Finance Assistant to […]

March 3, 2025 Themes: Gender equality | LGBTI Programs: GL Services

GL Vacancy: Finance Assistant Mauritius LGBTQI Fund

GL Vacancy: Finance Assistant Mauritius LGBTQI Fund

Gender Links, (GL) a dynamic Southern African NGO based in Johannesburg, promoting gender equality and justice, seeks the services of an experienced, skilled, highly motivated and committed Finance Assistant to […]

March 3, 2025 Themes: Gender equality | LGBTI Programs: GL Services