An Activist against Gender Based Violence. “A community free of gender oppression is heaven to me.” Peggy Strachan is energetic and strong, she has so much love to give and has adopted so many daughters through her work, and I am one of those who call her MOM. She is empathetic and a leader of
A Social Workers work is never done. “Gender Links and Women’s Voice Leadership has opened my eyes to what the community is experiencing in silence.” “I have worked in the community of Eshowe for some years now. My focus has been in helping children reach their potential and making sure they have a safe environment
Trans on the streets “My life doesn’t end here “ I am a trans-female living in Cape Town. Sisonke has taught me many things like advocating and lobbying for decriminalisation of sex work and how to protect myself in the streets when I’m working. I learnt how Sisonke received grants that helps them to provide
Growing Collaborative Relationships Between Government and Civil Society in Kwa-Zulu Natal “I believe such sisterhood relationships must be encouraged in order to improve coordination and stakeholder relations across all sectors.” The Office on the Status of Women and Children is a directorate within the Office of the Premier is responsible for the coordination of women
“Learning to be Truthful to What I Believe in and Intentional in All I Do.” “What I love about this WVL Project with KZNVAW is that we work WITH the community and not just FOR the community. I have learnt that working in this way means that this project will not just come and go,
Rape Victim to Survivor to Leader “At first I was overwhelmed by Cookie’s high standards. But now I am used to her, and I am glad she sets high standards, because it has made me grow and be able to even teach my own community organisation to create local community rapid response teams.” Nompilo Gcwensa
GBV Activist to Survivor Leader “Changing Scars to Stars, from being a victim to Victors! Our work will only be done when there is Zero GBV against women, girls and LGBTQI community in our INK Township” From advocating for women and girls access to strengthen violence prevention mechanism and creating a protective safe environment for
A young women continues to be inspired, against all odds. It is unusual, that authentic and genuine organizations come and stay in our community, other organizations give up after their first try, but not ‘The Great People of South Africa” I am happy to be a part of change makers”. When a young woman from
Learn “Getting on with it means learning.” I have attended most of the workshops that were hosted by Sasopsbiz Foundation, I must say I have learnt a lot from this programme. I have learnt how to interact with other young women, how to work with different people. I have also improved on my listening skills
