Motshweneng Joyce

Motshweneng Joyce

South Africa

She is a 25 year old woman residing in QwaQwa, Eastern Free State. She is an active volunteer with various organizations including Southern African Association of Youth Clubs, Save the Children SA – Free State, The Unlimited Youth Academy, Lesedi Ke Lethabo Foundation, to name a few. Her endearment for young people started back in 2012 while she was in college, she had plenty of spare time and offered her volunteering services but her passion for young women empowerment and sexual, reproductive health and rights rose in 2017 when she started volunteering at Soul City Institute for Social Justice (RISE) and worked with young women between the ages of 15- 24 and she has never looked back. In January 2018 she was a speaker and representing the Save the Children SA in the Department of Basic Education, Pretoria where the reviewed Comprehensive Sexuality Education guideline was presented and minister of education from Sweden, Mr. Gustav Fridolin was a guest of honor.

She is currently an enthusiastic mentor to eight coalition members at Soul City Institute for Social Justice in the Thabo Mofutsanyane district. She works with projects related to governance, democracy and human rights, this also incorporate other social issues such as HIV & AIDS, Sexual & Reproductive Health & Rights, gender sensitivity, discrimination etcetera. They help their beneficiaries with knowing the local governing documents, and also knowing the steps to take in case where their rights are infringed with.