Empowering Rural Women and Youth
Build a World Where All WoMEN and Youth Are Safe, Strong & Valued
Who We Are
Ubuntu‘s work is at the heart of grassroots transformation. The organization has consistently worked among those who have been excluded and exploited, such as farm women, the unemployed, fisher communities, rural and youth who are deprived of their voice being heard and are unfairly discriminated against. At the core of Ubuntu’s work is a people-centered approach.
Ubuntu works in an intersectional way across four themes: Land, Food, Environment, and Gender Based Violence. Our work spans the Western Cape, Northern Cape, and Eastern Cape, facilitated
through partnerships with various National and International networks.
About us
01.
— We Find & Fund
Two years ago, the organisation, in partnership with Sisterhood Movement has launched a grassroots-led, gender-based violence alliance.
02.
— We Build Networks
With the relevant departments and stakeholders by linking up with the relevant Local, Provincial, and National government officials.
03.
— We Strengthen
Ubuntu Rural Women is amplifying the voices of women and ensuring women have the tools to improve their lives.
04.
— We Educate
Supports victims and survivors of gender-based violence by providing court support, which includes help with protection orders and assistance with preparing impact statements.
05.
— We Provide Care
The victims and survivors are mostly women, and therefore, we have a feminist and community-centred approach.
06.
— We Consult
In Civil Society G20, Ubuntu was instrumental in shaping the policy brief of Working Group 14, which focused on Just Energy Transition, Environmental Sustainability, and Climate Change.
Impact Stories
Bouncing Back and Developing Elasticity During the COVID-19 Pandemic
By Vainola Makan, Wendy Pekeur
The work of our partners Ubuntu Women and Sisterhood Movement was recently featured in Feminist Africa’s latest journal, African Women’s Lives in the Time of a Pandemic. Here they document their tireless work addressing the many challenges that the pandemic presented in the lives of rural communities of the Western Cape. We are proud to have supported some of this work.
Ubuntu Rural Women and Youth Movement
By Martin Slabbert
When the lockdown was announced in 2020, there was lots of anxiety among the people of Klapmuts (outside Cape Town). Thanks to the support from our shareholder the Social Change Assistance Trust, the team at the Ubuntu Rural Women and Youth Movement was able to come to the aid of the people of Klapmuts. You can read their story here below, and please share it with your friends.
Partners
