Book: The Story of Letsema
This book comes out of a participatory research process with Letsema and tells part of the story of how they have contributed and continue to contribute to reducing GBV in the area. It can only tell part of the story because the work of Letsema is rich with many connected threads. This paper looks at how Letsema contributes to changing norms in the Vaal that reproduce GBV and how the group of people who are Letsema have worked the soil from which violence emanates.
Case Studies
The writings in this book tell the story of community members joining together to answer the question: “How can we create a Vaal with zero % gender-based violence?”
The writers are fifteen Letsema community members from townships and informal settlements across the Vaal, and six Gender at Work/ Labour Research Service team members and coaches who supported the Letsema process.
In their writings Letsema community members give a sense of who they are, how they came to be a part of Letsema, how being in Letsema touched them personally, helped them connect with each other and their communities, and what they have been able to achieve
The writers are fifteen Letsema community members from townships and informal settlements across the Vaal, and six Gender at Work/ Labour Research Service team members and coaches who supported the Letsema process.
In their writings Letsema community members give a sense of who they are, how they came to be a part of Letsema, how being in Letsema touched them personally, helped them connect with each other and their communities, and what they have been able to achieve