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Promoting Gender EqualityPreventing gender based violence is one of our main goals. Through mentoring in the community and forming alliances with like-minded organizations, we foster positive qualities such as integrity, change, respect, passion and leadership in young men. Gender power inequities play a key role in the rapid spread of HIV through their effects on sexual relationships. In South Africa, existing gender related norms all too often encourage men to engage in high-risk behaviors. Multiple partners are condoned and encouraged for men, while women are expected to be monogamous and unquestioning of their partner’s behavior. The existing machismo and patriarchal practices offer men the power to initiate and dictate the terms of sex, while women’s refusal or negotiation often results in violence. ResourcesThe following reports are provided by Sonke Gender Justice: Engaging Men and Boys in Refugee Settings to Address Sexual and Gender Based Violence The 2010 World Cup: Opportunities to Engage Men and Boys in Advancing Gender Equality South Africa Country Report to the UN Commission on the Status of Women Time for Action on Violence Against Women Enlisting Men for Women’s Equality Tackling South Africa’s Rape Culture What Can One Man Do to Stop HIV, AIDS and Violence against Women? |
"drinks are expensive"South African men often think of gang rape like a game. The leader is called the “marhasimani”. Other men hide under the bed until the first man is finished and has left the room, then they take turns having sex with the woman while pretending to be the first man.
"It's not about her, we bought her drinks, you know how drinks are expensive," one man told BBC, disputing the notion of gang rape. sample videos
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1 in 4 South African men admit to rape, 75% of whom claim to have carried out their first assault before age 20. In addition, half of those men admit to having raped more than once.
