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People of faith speaking out!
We Will Speak Out South Africa is a coalition of more than 200 individuals, organisations and church groups – including faith leaders and survivors of Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) – who work together to eliminate sexual and gender-based violence in the faith sector and wider society, counter stigma against survivors and bring healing.
We are part of an international coalition founded in 2011.
Become a member
WWSOSA welcomes new individual and organisational members that share our passion to see a world without gender-based violence.
Download this form, complete it and email it to coordinator@wwsosa.org.za
Faith Leaders’ Gender Transformation Programme
A new and innovative Faith Leaders Gender Transformation Programme, fondly referred to as the FLGTP, opened its doors for the second cycle this year. In response to mandates from their churches and organisations to guide them to end gender-based violence, a diverse community of 26 faith leaders gathered at eBandla hotel in Ballito on 28 February until 2 March 2022 together with 11 mentors and facilitators for 3 foundational days.
Recent News
- Faith Action Launches Red Chair Campaign for 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence
Faith Action to End Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Collective, in partnership with We Will Speak Out South Africa (WWSOSA), is calling on communities, workplaces, and faith institutions across South Africa to participate in the Red Chair Campaign as part of the annual United Nations (UN) 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, which began in 1991… - CBS in Practice in the Context of Gender-Based Violence 2
Webinar Part 2, facilitated by Rev Sithembiso Zwane Director of Ujamaa Centre. The second CBS webinar workshop brought together 17 participants, trained and ordinary readers of the Bible, to once again practice the See, Judge/Discern, Act method. This time we explored 2 Samuel 13: verses 1 to 22: the rape of Tamar. The text was… - BS in Practice in the Context of Gender-Based Violence 1
Webinar Part 1, facilitated by Rev Sithembiso Zwane Director of Ujamaa Centre. Contextual Bible Study (CBS) was presented ultimately as a way of creating agency: our acting upon the world and in our lives; making sense of our lives by looking at the past as it is presented in the Bible, invoking sacred texts of… - Profiling Partners’ Local Red Chair Campaigns
Anglican Church of Southern Africa Anglican Church of Southern Africa Archbishop Thabo Makgoba, Archbishop of Cape Town and Metropolitan of the Anglican church of Southern Africa Archbishop Thami Ngcana Bishop Joshua Louw, Bishop of Table Bay Diocese of Eswatini Diocese of Eswatini Diocese of George Diocese of Highveld Fire Touch Ministries Frontier Church Hope Africa Hope Africa Ikhwelo… - Safeguarding
Gender and Safeguading Policy Framework The time is now to ensure that our places of worship are truly safe and inclusive, and that we are not sometimes contributing to GBV without meaning to do so. We can’t achieve this unless we are intentional and create a GENDER AND SAFEGUARDING POLICY FRAMEWORK to help ensure that…