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Thu, 13 Aug 2020 - 15:30
Given what we know about the inequalities in paid and unpaid work both before and during the Covid-19 pandemic, Elena Moore, in the article highlights the degree to which one key area of the Covid-19 emergency packages, the eligibility requirements to apply for the Covid-19 grant, fails to integrate gender rights into the redistribution of resources.
Thu, 06 Aug 2020 - 08:45
The coming crime catastrophe? A blog is written by Guy Lamb
04 Aug 2020 | Safety and Violence Initiative
Wed, 05 Aug 2020 - 09:15
Every year on 9 August we celebrate Women’s Day in commemoration of the 1956 Women’s March, when thousands of women marched to Pretoria to protest against apartheid pass laws. Researchers at the University of Cape Town (UCT) are working to better understand the ongoing challenges that women face as well as the ways where the COVID-19 crisis has disproportionately affected women’s lives.
Thu, 16 Jul 2020 - 12:00
Jill Samukimba and Vayda Megannon were both awarded a distinction for their theses.
Fri, 10 Jul 2020 - 13:45
In May, the South African Journal of Science published a 2-page commentary by Nicoli Nattrass on subject and career choice among UCT students.
Mon, 06 Jul 2020 - 06:00
Who is responsible for government’s failure to deliver?
Fri, 03 Jul 2020 - 09:30
There are three new exciting working papers by FaSRU researchers. Lwando Scott, a FaSRU doctoral graduate
Fri, 03 Jul 2020 - 09:15
Jeremy Seekings participated on the topic of 'Social Science and Racialised Inequalities
Mon, 22 Jun 2020 - 11:00
PhD student Lena Gronbach has published on GroundUp a stinging commentary on social grant payments through the Post Office.
Mon, 22 Jun 2020 - 10:45
Jeremy Seekings, the director of the CSSR, convened a series of five sessions on social protection policy at the annual conference of the UK’s Development Studies Association.
Mon, 15 Jun 2020 - 09:45
Joint statement: Education activists and schools take Department of Basic Education (DBE) and provincial education departments to court over backtracking on National School Nutrition Programme
Mon, 15 Jun 2020 - 09:15
In her latest publication, and as part of a Special Issue on Care and Inequalities in the Global South, Elena Moore examines how low-middle-income, employed black South