Today is International Day of the Girl Child themed "Digital generation. Our generation." The question we must ask ourselves is what have we done or what are we doing for the girl child?
23 000 pregnancies among 10-19-year-olds in Gauteng, 934 unattended cases of statutory rape, 1300 new cases of HIV in 10–19-year-old girls every week, is unacceptable.
SCI Joburg team attended the Code Red protest demanding a feminist, accountable and equitable government
Last Friday, Code Red staged actions in 7 locations across SA to demand a Universal Basic Income Grant, an end to fiscal austerity, an end to government and corporate looting, The resourcing and implementation of the National Strategic Plan on GBVF and the National Health Insurance and our SCI Joburg team was invited.
#SheLeadsChange: Conversations to celebrate Women’s leadership
Our country celebrates Women's Month in August. We also remember the more than 20,000 women who marched to the Union Buildings on August 9, 1956, to protest the extension of women's pass laws.
Our Limpopo office partners with Shingwedzi TVET College to promote SRHR services
Our Soul City Limpopo office has partnered with Shingwedzi TVET College for the Quarterly " First Thing First Campaign (HIV TESTING SERVICE)" on the 25th of August 2021, with the goal of increasing awareness of the importance of getting tested for HIV among college students in the province.
Joburg SCI Office Hosted a Condom Distribution activity in Duduza Informal settlement
Our SCI Gauteng office held a condom distribution activity/campaign in Duduza informal settlement to encourage the use of dual contraceptives and to educate the community about female condoms which most are still not comfortable using.
934 girls aged 10-14 years old in South Africa gave birth between April 2020 and March 2021 in Gauteng.
Women’s Day message from Soul City Institute CEO Phinah Kodisang
I reflect on today with mixed emotions because as a womxn I am not happy with the position of womxn in this country. I live in a country that is said to have the highest statistics of gender-based violence in the world, including rape and domestic violence.
5 July 2021 - The Soul City Institute (SCI) notes with concern the attempted depowerment of Judge Sisi Khampepe by the former President Jacob Zuma’s Foundation.
Soul City Institute hosts 30 girls from Nomasonto Idah Foundation on take a Girl Child to Workday
Recently, Soul City Institute hosted 30 girls from #NomasontoIdahFoundation an organisation that is working for the rights and empowerment of women across Pimville and surrounding areas in Soweto. Soweto in a take a Girl Child to Workday event.
The Soul City Institute extends its condolences to the family of Lufuno Mavhunga, the 15-year-old learner who allegedly committed suicide as a result of alleged bullying at school.
Open Letter from Phinah Kodisang to the Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities Act (CRL) and the Commission for Gender Equality (CGE)
