28 September 2024: Access to safe abortion is a fundamental human right and essential for women’s empowerment, equality and dignity. While abortion is a quick and safe medical procedure, women continue to die in large numbers because of unsafe practices. To mark International Safe Abortion Day, celebrated annually on 28th September, members of the Safe Abortion Alliance of
Johannesburg, 2 September: Gender Links (GL) has emerged stronger and full of resolve after an action-packed Women’s Month that included welcoming three new country boards, and a newly invigorated regional Board. “In November 2023, we embarked on an ambitious decentralisation plan that included registering country Boards in Zimbabwe, Lesotho and Mauritius,” noted GL Regional Board Chair Emily Brown. “We
APPLICATIONS ARE CLOSED South African Women’s Rights organisations are invited to apply for funding under the Government of Canada’s Renewed Women's Voice and Leadership - South Africa Fund (WVL SA). All applications must be done online using this link: https://wvl.grantplatform.com/ The initiative arises from Canada’s Feminist International Assistance Policy (FIAP). The grant call is managed by Gender Links through its GL Services portfolio. For
Kwanele – Bringing Women Justice is the winner of a #GrandChallengesgrant – an initiative fostering innovation to solve pressing global health and development problems and funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation! Leonora Tima, CEO of Kwanele – Bringing Women Justice will pursue an innovative global health and development research project focused on Catalyzing Equitable Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Cape Town, 2023 – Kwanele - Bringing Women Justice, a leading non-governmental organization dedicated to supporting survivors of gender-based violence, won 2nd Prize (and $30,000 in prize money) in The Mozilla Foundation’s Ethical AI Challenge in San Francisco on Wednesday 31st May. There were over 240 entries for this challenge from 46 countries. The prize
Johannesburg, 14 March 2023: South African women from 31 organisations across six provinces walked away with awards in seven categories at an emotional ceremony on International Women’s Day. “You made the choice to be a voice,” said Canadian High Commissioner Christopher Cooter as he officiated at awards marking the end of the first phase of this
The Women’s Voice and Leadership project in South Africa is coming to an end in March 2023. Gender Links would like to invite you to complete one additional survey from the rapid response grantees on additional income generated as a result of the WVL-SA grant. Please could you take 5 minutes to complete this important survey?
Friday 22 July, Gender Links (GL) in partnership with Amplify Change, today announces the launch of the Voice and Choice Fund targeting Women’s Rights Organisations (WROs) in Southern Africa focusing on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR). The fund is part of GL’s vision of an inclusive, equal and just society in which women and girls in all their diversities
Gender Links in partnership with the Southern Africa Gender Protocol Alliance and the Women Voice and Leadership South Africa programme are hosting a series of online dialogues which started in August and will run until December 2022 as women across SADC dialogue. All events will take place from 13.00 to 14.30 SA time. Login in through
