I sit down with GBV ambassador Cynthia Dinalane, a true hero from Tembisa who turned her own home into a shelter for abused women and children. With no external funding, she has rehabilitated over 120 women, giving them skills, dignity, and a future. Cynthia shares raw, unfiltered [Read more]
In this episode, I take a brutally honest look at a fictional series that’s hit a nerve across the globe - 'Adolescence'. What unfolds in the story is tragic, but what it reveals about the world our boys are growing up in is even more alarming. This [Read more]
The #NoExcuse campaign, launched in 2017, has consistently used football's power to address one of South Africa's most urgent gender-based violence crises. Football fans and consumers are invited to take the Champions for Change course, a program accessible both online and through manual training sessions, designed to [Read more]
If SA wants to turn the tide on GBV, it must invest significantly in psycho-social support for men and boys and teaching positive, healthy masculinity.If SA wants to turn the tide on GBV, it must invest significantly in psycho-social support for men and boys and teaching positive, healthy masculinity.If SA wants to turn [Read more]
JOHANNESBURG - NGO 'Father a Nation' says men need to be healed in order to stop gender-based violence. It says the country needs a a shift in thinking. Founder Craig Wilkinson says GBV is not only a women's issue but also a men's emergency. [Read more]
Why healing men and fathers is fundamental to healing our society: live interview with Nazia Wadee and Maimoona Mabena.
Why healing men and fathers is fundamental to healing our society: live interview with Nazia Wadee and Maimoona Mabena.
Minister of Police Bheki Cele reiterated that the fight against GBVF crimes remains a priority for the South African Police Service. In the latest crime stats, police reported an overall 1.7% decline in sexual offences crimes including rape, sexual assault and contact sexual offences all registered an [Read more]
Civil society has continued to react to the State of the Nation Address and the latest crime stats. Father a Nation says authorities are making strides in the fight against gender-based violence. But it's calling on the government to consider preventive measures to make meaningful progress. [Read more]
As South Africa wraps up The 16 Days of Activism for No Violence against Women and Children Campaign tomorrow we look at the strides that this campaign has made to highlight these challenges. During this Campaign, the issue of funding has come into the spotlight as one [Read more]
As we commemorate 16 Days of Activism against gender-based violence, there's a focus on healthy masculinity, the idea that men can be emotionally expressive. Dr. Ntombifikile Mtshali CEO of Shout-It-Now and Craig Wilkinson, Founder and CEO of ‘Father A Nation’ talk more on this issue. [Read more]
16 Days of Activism: discussing the importance of promoting positive masculinity, with Graeme Richards on the Expresso Morning Show.
Excerpt taken from a talk at the ACT Africa Men's National GBV Conference in October 2021.
Craig Wilkinson, Founder & CEO of Father A Nation SA NPC for a profile and work of Father a Nation NPC a Non-Profit Organisation that runs high impact interventions to deal with the scourge of gender-based violence in South Africa.
Tonight, we wrap up our last Man Torque show for 2021 with Craig Wilkinson, Founder and CEO of Father A Nation (FAN), bestselling author, award winning social entrepreneur and motivational speaker and Charles Mpepho, Former Funder and chairperson of the Alexander men's forum now current Snr mentor of [Read more]