Sikhula Sonke

Sikhula Sonke joined Gender at Work in a Civil Society Organization Strengthening Program. Their change project was to build a collective leadership that ensured memebers were active in decision-making, could hold organizers to account, and were not disempowered in relation to the National Executive Committee.

An independent, women-led trade union for farm workers. Sikhula Sonke advocates for decent work and decent living conditions for members through raising awareness on social rights, fair-trade, domestic abuse, alcohol addiction and health-and-food-safety issues. They are also actively working to create new norms of relationship among themselves and with the broader society where they are treated as full human beings with dignity. Its goal is to provide a legal vehicle for its members to negotiate with farmers and to address unjust labour practices while creating the above-mentioned awareness.

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