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.
20 Years of the Maputo Protocol: Towards a Feminist Africa
This year marks 20 years since the adoption of The Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa, popularly known as the Maputo Protocol.
SAAIDS2023: Disrupting patriarchy is at the centre of ending HIV
Soul City Institute for Social Justice calls on South Africans to speak out, stand up and act against patriarchy – the real culprit behind the ever so high rates of HIV infections amongst young women and statutory rape, often referred to as teenage pregnancy.
STATUS OF THE YOUTH ADDRESS: Amplifying voices and influencing change
June in South Africa is a month dedicated to remembrance, where we pay tribute to the brave youth of 1976 and their unwavering determination to dismantle the oppressive Apartheid system. Wearing school uniforms during this time symbolises their courage and commitment to fighting injustice.
May the Feminist Forces Be With Us
As we enter the second quarter of our financial year, we are rolling up our sleeves and working towards our vision of a safe and healthy society for all.
There is a War on Children in our Country
The protection and safeguarding of children is key to ensuring that children live safely in our country. While we don't have a shortage of laws and policies to do so, we find ourselves faced with horrific cases of child abuse, rape and sexual exploitation of teenage boys and girls, trafficking, mutilation and many more terrible things being done to children.
SONA2023: We Have Heard Enough Promises, Now We Want Action
As President Cyril Ramaphosa sets out to deliver his 7th State of the Nation Address (SONA), we are holding our breaths in anticipation of less promises and more action to address gender inequity health care, economic security, gender-based violence (GBV) and femicide, that has claimed the lives of one too many South Africans.
