WORLD AIDS DAY: Let’s Work Together To Break HIV Stigma
As we commemorate World AIDS Day, we should emphasise the significance of raising awareness and taking action to combat HIV/AIDS.
Tender Number: ICT 03
Tender brief for the provision of ICT Support & Maintenance to Soul City Institute for Social Justice
#KgalemelangGBV365: The Soul City Institute Calls on Political Parties to Commit to Ending GBVF
Despite voter apathy, the 2024 elections have been touted as a significant election in South Africa’s young democracy. Instead of distracting us with food parcels, dances and kissing babies, we urge political parties to take this opportunity to demonstrate their dedication to creating a safe and equal society for all.
The Soul City Institute Calls for the Gauteng Premier to be Accountable
Once again, economic development comes at the cost of women’s safety.
The Soul City Institute Launches its Annual Report
Our 2022/2023 financial year started on a high note, as the Soul City Institute for Social Justice received an award in April 2022 for being ranked as one of South Africa’s Top Gender Empowered Companies in our sector. As a Top Gender Empowered Company, we are seen as actively creating initiatives to sustainably celebrate and uplift women, as well as contributing to gender empowerment.
#PrideMonth2023: There is no need to ‘come out’ when you are born free
In 1996, South Africa repealed its laws criminalising homosexuality; therefore, I was born free, writes Makhosemvelo Mthembu.
The Soul City Institute Celebrates 28 Years of Social Impact
The absence from the TV screens of South Africans doesn’t mean that the Soul City they love and trust no longer exists. Our 28 years of existence is testament to that
International Safe Abortion Day: Inclusive and Affirming Language About Abortion Is Essential
South Africa legalised abortion in 1996, through the Choice in Termination of Pregnancy Act, which gives women and girls, regardless of age or marital status, the right to access abortion services within the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. The act can also extend access to 20 weeks of pregnancy in specific cases.
20 Years or Maputo Protocol: Limited Podcast Series
Welcome to our limited podcast series, unpacking the Maputo Protocol. Co-hosts Phinah Kodisang and Pontsho Pilane connect with other African feminists to track the progress made by various African countries in implementing the provisions of the Maputo Protocol.
Women’s Month: A TIME TO COLLECTIVELY TACKLE OUR CHALLENGES
Our Social Justice agenda for the past 28 years has been a corrective approach that seeks to lobby and advocate with relevant key stakeholders on behalf of those who cannot advocate for themselves, to undo the damages caused by systems such as patriarchy, that entrench the unequal treatment and marginalisation of women.
SCI Joins the MMC’s Efforts to Improve Health Services for Youth in Ekurhuleni
As we remember the women of 1956, who marched against oppression, we reflect worryingly on the multiple barriers that still hold women and girls back from accessing their rights.
Soul City Institute Celebrates the First Anniversary of the Feminist Leadership and Activism Centre (FLAC)
Soul City Institute of Social Justice celebrates the first anniversary of the Feminist Leadership and Activism Centre (FLAC), a revolutionary learning and co-creation space promoting decolonial feminist consciousness.
