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Advocacy
Sixteen Days: Make it 365. Push back on backlash!
The pushback by anti-human rights groups is not just a challenge; it is an outright injustice. Itâs a deliberate, calculated assault on the dignity, safety, and freedom of countless individuals […]
December 10, 2024
Themes:
Gender equality
| Human Rights
Programs:
16 Days of Activism Campaigns
| Gender Justice
South Africa: Celebrating diversity through art
December 10, 2024: Today is Human Rights Day â the commemoration of the anniversary of one of the world’s most ground breaking global pledges: the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). This landmark […]
December 10, 2024
Themes:
Arts
| Culture and Tradition
| Gender equality
Programs:
16 Days of Activism Campaigns
| Gender Justice
Sixteen Days: Shout out for positive masculinity
Bindura, Zimbabwe 6 December: Today we commemorate the Montreal Massacre, a day to reflect on femicide and conversely to commit to positive masculinity. On December 6, 1989, Mark Lepine entered […]
December 6, 2024
Themes:
Gender based violence
| Gender equality
Programs:
16 Days of Activism Campaigns
| Advocacy
| Gender Justice
Zimbabwe: Join the She is a child. Not a Mother Campaign!
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, 5 December: Two years ago this month, l received a desperate call from community gender champions from Matobo district alerting me of a planned wedding in their village […]
December 4, 2024
Themes:
Gender equality
| Young Women
Programs:
16 Days of Activism Campaigns
| Advocacy
| Gender Justice
South Africa: Striving for disability inclusion
Johannesburg. 3 December: On World Disability Day, South Africa celebrates notable strides toward disability inclusion, marked by significant policy advancements and milestones. But the ârainbow nationâ of the late Archbishop […]
December 1, 2024
Themes:
Disability
Programs:
16 Days of Activism Campaigns
| Advocacy
| Gender Justice
Southern Africa: Uniting to end Gender Violence
Johannesburg, November 24, 2024: Gender Links (GL) and partners join the global community in saying ânoâ to gender violence with a concerted, multi-faceted campaign that moves from evidence to action […]
Sixteen Days: Get this â no means no!
Johannesburg, 25 November: The recent Gisele Pelicot rape case in France has once again thrust the issues of consent, sexual violence, and societal accountability into the spotlight. The case that […]
November 24, 2024
Themes:
Gender based violence
| Intimate partner violence
| Sexual violence
Programs:
16 Days of Activism Campaigns
| Gender Justice
Zambia passes landmark Marriage Amendment Act 2023
By Equality Now LUSAKA â Zambia, January 18, 2024 â In a momentous stride towards safeguarding childrenâs rights, Zambiaâs parliament passed the Marriage (Amendment) Act of 2023 on December 22, […]
January 29, 2024
Themes:
Child Abuse
| Children
| Reproductive health
Programs:
Advocacy
| Gender Justice
| SADC Gender Protocol & Alliance
African feminists support SA ICJ case
We, the undersigned African Feminists, commend South Africa and express our support for this noble and just initiative of bringing Israel to the International Court of Justice (ICJ). We are […]
âI am a MANâ: Amplifying Voices, Inspiring Action
Written by Thenjiwe Ngcobo: Executive Director & The Founder of INCEMA Introduction:Â In the heart of Plessislaer, Pietermaritzburg, the echoes of change reverberated during the launch of the âI am a […]
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