$3,500 provide support for Thandiwe Langa, the leader of the care givers at UthandoLoMama to attend and participate in the 16th International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA), scheduled to be held in Addis Abbaba from 4th – 8th December, 2011.
$1,000 to create awareness around the issue of abduction and rape and forced marriages which are very rampant in some rural communities in South Africa. This gender based violence committed against young women and girls in the name of “culture” i.e. ukuthwala (abduction and rape) usually affects girls aged between 12 – 17 years who […]
$80,000 sur deux ans pour soutenir les programmes et le développement institutionnel du PWN. La subvention renforcera la participation et le leadership des femmes vivant avec le VIH&Le SIDA dans la riposte nationale au VIH&Le SIDA en Afrique du Sud.
$10,000 pour aider à lutter contre le cancer du col de l'utérus chez les femmes vivant avec le VIH/sida. On estime qu'environ 7000 femmes développent un cancer du col de l'utérus chaque année en Afrique du Sud, dont 3000 mourir chaque année. Ces sombres statistiques soulignent l'urgence avec laquelle les problèmes liés au cancer du col de l'utérus doivent être traités.
$20,000 to strengthen the capacity of women farmers to enable them defend their rights and also to actively participate in the minimum wage consultations with the government of South Africa.Women farm workers do not largely understand their labor rights and support systems are currently not in place to give them a unified voice in advocating […]
$20,000 to plan and hold a girls’ capacity building Technology Camp (Tech-Camp) in Johannesburg for 25 selected girls as well as to design an electronic newsletter from the content that the girls develop after the Tech-Camp.
$20,000 to provide grants for grassroots women led community based organizations in South Africa.
$12,000 to support the organisation of the first meeting of the working group of the South African Feminist forum to deliberate on issues of feminists organizing in South Africa.
$10,000 renforcer le leadership des groupes de travailleuses du sexe menant à un activisme dirigé par les travailleuses du sexe.
$15,000 to support the airing of selected pre-packaged radio programmes (Change the Tune) on gender and gender based violence on selected community radio stations in countries of the SADC region.