Nkosikhona Swaartbooi
Community building and organizing curator, Bertha House
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“We can end gender-based violence through community programs that address men’s systemic and intergenerational trauma and create positive male role models.”
Nkosikhona is a human rights activist who is passionate about collaborative, inclusive and adaptive approaches to movement building. He is an experienced socio-economic rights-based activist and a strategist, with nine years of experience in movement building and community organizing in both black and colored communities and five years of managerial experience including project management and evaluation. His focus is on the strategic governance of systemic change, specifically around the equal access to basic services and facilitation of the relationships between communities and the state organs responsible for the realization of these constitutional rights. He strongly believes that joint problem solving and joint action result in addressing complex challenges.
Vision: To advance constitutional rights and safety for all people and fight for a just and equal society where the rights of all are promoted and protected. To achieve this, we need a platform that’s geared towards dealing with issues affecting young people, specifically young boys, with the aim of creating positive male role models in townships to lead the fight against gender-based violence, femicide, patriarchy and misogyny whilst also dealing with mental health issues. It is men that perpetuate crimes against women, and it should be the collective responsibility of all men to lead the fight against these crimes.