Engender Unclaimed

Engender's staff and Directors have devoted their lives to strategic interventions about the issues of genders and sexualities, human rights and conflict resolution in order to bring about a better future in South Africa, and a model for other parts of the world Engender was established as an NGO with its Board of Directors in 2003 Les Directeurs et personnel de Engender ont dédié leurs vies pour des interventions stratégiques concernant les questions liées aux genres et la sexualité, les droits humains et la résolution des conflits pour un future meilleur en Afrique du Sud et un modèle pour les autres parties du monde Genre: Engender renvoie à la notion de genre, une tentative pour nous permettre de faire plus attention au genre, a la discrimination liée au genre, la violence du genre Gender: Engender alludes to the notion of gender, an attempt to have us pay more attention to the issues of gender, gender discrimination, gender violence

Engender is focused on changing patterns of violence (including gender-based violence) and inequality in South African society and the necessary transformation from victimhood to agency. We are doing this through a combination of research into the root causes of these patterns, participating in international conferences and forums relating to these issues, and conducting local workshops that give individuals and service providers practical perspectives and tools that can used to break past patterns and forge new relationships based on equality and respect. Because patterns of conflict and abuse are inter-connected and interdependent, our work helps people and communities to change rigid ideas into cooperative behaviours in a wide range of areas, including: