Sonke Gender Justice Network – HIV/Aids, Gender Equality, Human Rights

Johannesburg Office:
3rd Floor,
62 Juta Street
PO Box 31166,
Braamfontein 201
Tel: +27 (0) 11 339 3589
Fax: +27 (0) 11 339 6503
Office Hours:
Mondays: 14h00 – 16h00
Thursdays: 09h00 – 16h00

Pretoria Office:
Idasa Building
357 Visagie Street
Pretoria Central

Office Hours:
Mondays: 14h00 – 16h00
Thursdays: 09h00 – 16h00

Cape Town Office:
4th Floor
Westminster House
122 Longmarket Street,
Cape Town, 8001 South Africa
P O Box 3126, Cape Town, 8000

Tel: +27 (0) 21 423 7088
Fax: +27 (0) 21 424 5645

Office Hours:
Mondays: 14h00 – 16h00
Fridays: 09h00 – 16h00

www.genderjustice.org.za

Sonke Gender Justice Network works with refugees, asylum seekers and migrants. It focuses on addressing the specific gender and HIV vulnerabilities of refugees, asylum seekers and migrants by challenging xenophobia and the frequent violations of rights faced by refugees and migrants.

It also advocates for access to vital health and social services by providing you with the knowledge, skills and motivation needed to reduce (exposure) vulnerabilities to HIV, and improve your access to health services such as Voluntary Counselling and Testing (VCT) and Anti Retroviral Treatment (ART).

Sonke assists service providers to address attitudinal and organisational issues that prevent migrants, refugees and asylum seekers from accessing social assistance services
The organization also provides training and technical assistance to refugee-serving organisations to enable them to include male involvement through activities that change their knowledge, attitude and behaviour. The aim is to decrease violence against women and the spread and impact of HIV and AIDS, as well as to increase constructive male involvement in HIV and AIDS related prevention, care and support activities.

Currently Sonke implements the Refugee Health and Rights Programme in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Paarl in South Africa. Its services include:

Referral services in accessing social service, vital health service, counseling and advice on how to apply for refugee permits; and
Peer education training on human rights and sexual reproductive health.

5 Responses

am currently in SA for eight years am from Somalia but am still struggling this situation since I got this disease I don't know actually what to do they re Many places I try to connect but they didn't allows am still working now

Asker · 7 years ago

I'm originally from DRC. It was in 2009 that I participated to a refugee health and rights workshop which was organised by sonke gender justice trainers. The main topic was on gender based violence. And I discovered that I have been a violence perpetrator in many ways. I decided to make a change as a born again. And since then I commit myself to raise my voice and to get other men and boys involved in the matter. In several occasions I have challenged gender inequalities in my community. I know that I may not bring the whole world to a behavioral change at once, but this is not an excuse to fold my harms and zip my mouth. I will keep on challenging gender based violence, gender inequality and many other human rights violence until I get ONE MAN capable to stop violence and love passionately.

DIEU -MERCI MATALA · 8 years ago

Desta lamboro Liele 33 years old and I have been lived in South Africa for pass 9 years by position of assisting Ethiopian community in different institutions and in different purposes,such that Advising,Transferring Language and Against Ant-cream. therefor; I hope that to be membership work with Refugee social servant in KZN UNHCR. Thank you for your Faithful Assistance!

Desta Liele · 9 years ago

On radio Xhosa, Umhlobo Wenene, on the 06/04/2015, a lady was talking about the ARV,s tablets that improve the CD4 count. I did not listen to the end/full of the conversation. Please tell me what is the name.

Mzukisi Elliot Pukayi · 9 years ago

Hi there,as i'm youth in my community it very good to get information about our rigths.Because,rigths are very good in transition of our lives,it would be very good motivation to us if we can get training and social assistances,to get empowered,because i'm all the way from youth club in my community.

Tiisetso Sylvester Ntsane · 10 years ago

Sonke Gender Justice Network - HIV/Aids, Gender Equality, Human Rights