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| Masimanyane Women's Support Centre is a non-profit international women's organisation based in East London, South Africa. With a specific focus on gender-based violence, sexual and reproductive health and rights and the gendered nature of HIV and Aids, we aim to build the capacity of women and human rights advocates to claim and realise women's human rights. This is done through the development of new knowledge and the utilisation of a rights-based approach. |
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Masimanyane Women's Support Centre was given the opportunity by Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Health to comment on the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Amendment Bill last year. Read Masimanyane's Written Comment on the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Amendment Bill [B21-2007].
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52nd Commission on the Status of Women
Report back document by advocacy officer Monique Davidson (April 2007)
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Masimanyane 2008-2010 Strategic Plan
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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON TRAFFICING AND PROSTITUTION
Prostitution and trafficking around the 2010 Soccer World Cup will be the topic of debate at an international conference to be held in East London in August.
The conference is a joint effort between Masimanyane Women's Support Centre and The Women's Shelter in Oslo, who together focus on the rising worldwide problem of the trafficking and prostitution of young girls, women and also boys, especially from poorer African countries.
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18 June 2008
Team Dew Point tackle
The Bull for Masimanyane
Masimanyane is benefiting from this year's 570km Bull of Africa Adventure Race thanks to the KwaZulu-Natal-based all-ladies Team Dew Point.
The tough race, which starts on 9 August and continues for five to seven days, will begin either at Inkwenkwezi Private Game Reserve or Balugha Inn in the East Coast Resorts area. The route is unknown until the night before the race, which begins on National Women's Day.
Team Dew Point captain Lauren Greeff says the team chose Masimanyane as their “cause” because they'd wanted to make the race about more than just the team members themselves and their own personal journeys. MORE |
16 May 2008
International Oxfam delegation visits East London
Five Oxfam International directors visited East London on Friday, 16 May as part of an international fact-finding tour to gain insight into the work being done by women's rights organisations in South Africa.
The directors – from Canada, Quebec, Germany, Holland and America – chose Masimanyane Women's Support Centre as an example of an active South African women's rights organisation, and spent the day exploring some of the centre's sites in and around East London.
The tour culminated in a working dinner at The Haven Wellness Centre in Parkside, where representatives from each of Masimanyane's centres presented information on the work they do. MORE |
Victim Support/Empowerment Centre launched
A much-needed victim support centre was launched in East London on Wednesday, April 23.
The centre, based at the Fleet Street police station, is a joint project between Masimanyane Women's Support Centre and the South African Police Services. It offers women and girl children who have been traumatised by gender-based violence (GBV) a safe, comfortable refuge where they can receive paralegal, physical, mental and emotional support.
Masimanyane director Lesley Ann Foster said initiatives such as the new Fleet Street Victim Support Centre were an essential advance in the global arena of human rights, development and democracy.
“This Victim Support Centre becomes much larger within the global context,” she said, pointing to a growing international focus on GBV through agreements such as the multi-governmental Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the global campaign to end violence against women recently launched by the United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon. READ FULL REPORT |
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| Masimanyane Women's Support Centre is a Section 18A-status or public benefit organisation (PBO). Donations by or to this PBO are exempt from donations tax in terms of Section 56(1)(h) of the Act. Masimanyane's PBO number is 930011582. |
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