1、coverSONKE GENDER JUSTICEHUMAN SCIENCESRESEARCH COUNCILSTELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITYSTATE OF SOUTH AFRICAS FATHERS 2021THE MENCARE GLOBAL FATHERHOOD CAMPAIGNMenCare is a global campaign to promote mens and boys involvement as equitable,non-violent caregivers.With activities in more than 45 countries,MenCa

2、re partners carry out joint advocacy initiatives,research,and programming to engage men in positive parenting;in equitable caregiving;in violence prevention;and in maternal,newborn,and child health.The campaign is co-coordinated by Sonke Gender Justice and Promundo,with Save the Children,Plan Intern

3、ational,Oxfam GB and MenEngage Alliance serving as Steering Committee members.For more information about the campaign and its partners,visit www.men-care.org.Sonke Gender Justice has been implementing MenCare-related interventions in South Africa since 2011,including the MenCare 50:50 intervention i

4、n partnership with the Department of Social Development and UNICEF South Africa.This State of South Africas Fathers 2021 report is produced as a MenCare Global Fatherhood Campaign affiliated resource.The report forms part of a set of country-and region-focused reports on mens involvement as caregive

5、rs around the world,inspired by the State of the Worlds Fathers reports.The first-ever State of the Worlds Fathers report was published in 2015,and followed by a new report every two years.The reports are available in multiple languages,and regional and country reports in the same series.STATE OF SO

6、UTH AFRICAS FATHERS 2021ISBN:978-0-620-97354-0AcknowledgementsWe gratefully acknowledge Professor Mzikazi Nduna,who was based at the University of the Witwatersrand at the time,for her contribution to the project.Excellent service was provided by Amien Ahmed and the Kantar development team who condu