Genderworks transforms and heals gender relations and violence in South Africa and Africa through experiential processes to create safe spaces for dialogue and storytelling between genders.
About us
The object of Genderworks is to promote, encourage and make accessible to our members and interested groups and individuals appropriate programmes, events, projects and resources aimed at enabling the following:
-the transformation of gender relations in South Africa;
– the promotion and fostering of reconciliation, healing, respect, dialogue and understanding amongst people of all genders;
– to train facilitators for the above-mentioned work.
Upcoming Events
Join us for a seven week online journey!
July 3-Aug 14 2024
Watch the video trailer to learn more about the Human Sexuality Workshops. We suggest the trailer as a tool to start a conversation for example in your church or faith community about LGBTIQA+ belonging. You’ll find the full video on the Human Sexuality Programmes page below.
Our Programmes
MeToo to WeTogether
The signature three-day Gender Equity & Reconciliation (GERI) workshop, named MeToo to WeTogether
The Human Sexuality Workshop
The Human Sexuality Workshop under the GenderWorks umbrella provides a unique two-and-a-half-day encounter around sexual diversity
Imbadu Men’s Project
The Imbadu Men’s Project was conceptualized in 2009 as an entry-level programme
GERI-LGBTQIA+ Healing Across the Gender Spectrum
A specialised application of the GERI methodology, structured to embrace the full dynamic gender spectrum.
Specialist and Customised workshops
We also offer programme design expertise to customize the above-mentioned content for specific contexts
What people say about us
“We cannot only talk, write about and perhaps analyse the challenges we sit with endlessly; we need to get our bodies into doing the work, write Laurie Gaum and Desireé English” – Article News24