Sonke Gender Justice
Bafana G. Khumalo is a dedicated professional with extensive experience in gender justice and public health. Currently serving as Co Executive Director and Director for Strategic Partnerships at Sonke Gender Justice since September 2013, Bafana has previously held a role at EngenderHealth from February 2011 to August 2013, focusing on communication strategies to alter harmful gender norms and enhancing HIV prevention services. Bafana's earlier experience includes serving as a Reverend at the Sonke Gender Justice Network from July 2006 to January 2011. Academic qualifications include an MTh and BTh in Theology from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, and a Bachelor’s degree in Theology from the University of Natal - Pietermaritzburg. Bafana's work emphasizes the connection between gender inequality, violence, and health disparities within South Africa.
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Sonke Gender Justice
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Established in 2006, Sonke Gender Justice (Sonke) works in all of South Africa’s nine provinces and in more than twenty countries across Southern, East, Central and West Africa to prevent domestic and sexual violence, reduce the spread and impact of HIV and AIDS and promote gender equality and human rights. Sonke’s work has been featured as an example of global best practice by many UN agencies, including the World Health Organisation, UNAIDS, UNDP, and by key women’s rights organisations such as the International Women’s Health Coalition and Action AID. In a 2011 survey conducted by Philanthropedia, Sonke was selected by 80 experts as one of the top performing NGOs working globally to end violence against women. Sonke was also selected as a runner up to the 2011 French Human Rights Prize. In 2012 Sonke was selected for the Mail and Guardian’s Investing in Change Award and featured in the official South Africa progress report to UNAIDS as an example of best practice. With an annual budget of about ZAR70 million/$4 million US dollars, Sonke’s nearly 100 staff work out of offices in Cape Town, Johannesburg, Bushbuckridge and Gugulethu and use a broad range of social change strategies to achieve the organisations goals, including: 1) community education and mobilisation; 2) media advocacy and communication for social change; 3) legal and policy advocacy; 4) alliance building; and 5) capacity building and training for government and UN agencies.