Jill Hanass-Hancock joined HEARD on a Post-Doc fellowship in February 2008. She graduated (BA/MA in education) at the Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany. Her work experiences include special education and educational psychology.

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In the last three years she built an integration project for a local school in Durban. In addition to that she completed her dissertation (PHD) on “The notions of disability in the context of HIV/AIDS in KwaZulu-Natal”. Her fields of expertise are concepts of disease and disability in Zulu cosmology, mainstreaming and inclusion, gender relations, abuse and sexual harassment as well as the socio-cultural aspects of HIV/AIDS. Her current study looks into sexual decision making of young people in KwaZulu-Natal.

To download Jill's latest literature review on The Disability in the Context of HIV/AIDS click on the following link provided Systematic Litereature Review - Jill Hanass-Hancock

Please click on the following link to download Jill's PhD on Disability and HIV 2008