Ubuntu Now and South Africa Project team up with TVEP
In November of 2008, Ubuntu Now announced a partnership with Sonke Gender Justice– a South African organization that promotes social awareness of gender issues relating to the local HIV/AIDS epidemic. Today, we are pleased to introduce a new member of the Ubuntu Now / South Africa Project network: the Thohoyandou Victim Empowerment Program [TVEP]. Like Sonke Gender Justice, TVEP focuses on raising awareness for social issues surrounding HIV/AIDS in South Africa. Whereas Sonke Gender Justice’s ‘One Man Can‘ initiative places its attention on male education and Rape...
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Doing research on South Africa in support of my wonderful husband, Klaus’ vision, I came across the following: In the United States, women have led most efforts to prevent domestic violence, this despite men playing a critical role in setting social norms for other men and thereby being in a unique position to influence subsequent generations. They have researched men’s views, feelings and experiences about gender based violence and while most had been affected by it in some way, men only showed a real willingness to intervene when it came to communicating with children – perhaps...
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