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Fri, 16 Oct 2020 - 09:30
ASRU's director, Rebecca Hodes, in collaboration with the International Treatment Preparedness Coalition, has co-authored the first-known programming and advocacy report to capture the impacts of COVID-19 from the perspectives of women living with HIV and using drugs.
Mon, 12 Oct 2020 - 00:15
The AIDS and Society Research Unit (ASRU) was awarded the Social Responsiveness Award this year, in recognition of the social impacts of the Mzantsi Wakho study
Mon, 07 Sep 2020 - 05:30
Professor James Jackson, formerly of the University of Michigan in the USA. James was director of the Institute for Social Research at Michigan from 2005 to 2015. Like his predecessor, David Featherman, James was a strong supporter of and friend to the CSSR. In 2010, James flew from the USA to Cape Town to participate in the second institutional review of the CSSR. James himself was a pioneer in quantitative research into the lives of black Americans, including on their migration within the USA or from other parts of the world (including the Caribbean) to the USA. For more on James’ remarkable life and career, see this 2014 conversation.
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.