#InTheSpotlight REVEREND BAFANA KHUMALO - CO-FOUNDER OF SONKE GENDER JUSTICE

Bafana Khumalo is Senior Programmes Specialist at Sonke and one of the organizations’ co-founders. He served as co-director of the organisation from 2006-2010 and as manager of Sonke’s International Programmes Unit and the Policy, Advocacy and Research Unit from 2010-2011.Bafana has a long and accomplished track record in the NGO sector. He was senior gender technical advisory for EngenderHealth South Africa. In that capacity, he worked with the South African National AIDS Council, the National Department of Health, provincial and district AIDS Councils, and the Department of Basic Education to integrate gender into all HIV-related public health strategies and activities, incorporate comprehensive HIV prevention strategies and information into all education-related policies and programs for schools and communities, and support the South African government and community organizations in quality assessment and improvement of HIV prevention services