Mandisa Monakali

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Mandisa Monakali is a public speaker, educator, social worker, researcher, lobbyist, advocate, project manager, strategic planner, workshop and community organizer. She is the founder and Executive Director of Ilitha Labantu.^[1][2][3]

Ilitha is a South Africa social service and educational organization, a Nonprofit organization/Non-governmental organization (NGO). It is an organization that works and provides services for disadvantaged Gugulethu, Township (South Africa) communities throughout the Western Cape Town. Mandisa participates globally in conferences and events representing Ilitha and South Africa.^[4][5] Ilitha Labantu was founded in 1989. It was registered as a Not for Profit in South Africa with the Department of Social Development in 2003. It is an organization that promotes peace and development with a focus on economic empowerment, and to eradicate violence against women.^[6][7]

Ilitha focuses on community mobilization, outreach, and program initiatives for women to participate in programs that are economically and socially beneficial. An NGO operating in disadvantaged Township (South Africa) communities throughout the Western Cape. The organization was created to deal with violence against women and children which was seen as an obstacle to development in the township communities. ^[8][9][10] Mandisa is acknowledged for her work for violence against women and children, human rights, equality, rural development, HIV/AIDS, Millennium Development Goals, Sustainable Development Goals, and her participation in world conferences and women issues; World Conference on Women, 1995 that was held in Beijing, China. Ilitha's main focus is the UN Sustainable Development Goal 5: Which is to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.^[11] She is a survivor of violence against women.