01.12.2020
One of HEARD’s post doc fellows, Dr Marcia Mutambara, recently had the opportunity to present at an online conference hosted by the Paris Center for Sociological and Political Research (CRESPPA), titled: The Gender of Borders. The conference focused on the gendered dynamics around mobility and sought to question the implications of migration policies on the experiences of differently gendered individuals.
“It was a worthwhile and insightful online event that positively shaped my perspective on how gendered borders operate to determine the inclusion and excl...
30.11.2020
Despite the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, HEARD continues to adapt quickly to the evolving new reality with results still being achieved. HEARD is currently engaged in the final year of research for a multicountry study aimed at strengthening the legal and policy environments for reducing HIV risk and improving the sexual and reproductive health for young key populations in Southern Africa: Linking Policy to Programming Project
HEARD is delighted to share a new report presenting the research findings in Madagascar.Please click here for full r...
30.11.2020
HEARD and the AIDS & Rights Alliance for Southern Africa (ARASA) are hosting a webinar to discuss the impact of COVID-19 national measures on the community led HIV response. HEARD will present findings from a rapid assessment among 25 civil society organisations involved in the HIV response across the SADC region, followed by a panel discussion, facilitated by ARASA's executive director Felicita Hikuam, on how to sustain this response in the face of ongoing and future health crises.
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15.06.2020
HEARD is currently working with the AIDS & Rights Alliance for Southern Africa (ARASA) in hosting a five-week online course around the access to safe abortion care in the region. Sixty participants were selected out of a competitive application process and include activists, health and legal aids workers from across Eastern and Southern Africa.
Researchers working within the sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) programme at HEARD, in collaboration with ARASA, developed the course contents and materials. The course covers the latest evidence on t...
15.04.2020
Close on the heels of early concerns flagging the likelihood of increased levels of violence during the emerging COVID-19 health crisis, are the reports of high numbers of cases of domestic violence and sexual abuse being experienced by women and children, while under lockdown, across the world.
Unequal gendered norms and the ensuing power imbalances create a context where women and children are disproportionately affected by physical and sexual violence in non-emergency contexts. In emergency settings, these dynamics are compounded by a number of additional di...
30.03.2020
HEARD researchers form part of an informal gender and COVID-19 working group which is aimed at fostering discussion around the gendered impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak and responses, as well as identifying opportunities to address these.
The working group brings together a diverse array of individuals from academia, multilateral agencies and the civil society sector to share work on the diversity of gendered effects of COVID-19 across the globe and to collaborate in areas of common interest.
Topics include but are not limited to the increased vulnerability ...
30.03.2020
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25.11.2019
As part of HEARD’s commitment to advancing sexual and reproductive health and the rights (SRHR) and health equity by forging critical partnerships in Africa, HEARD researchers will be providing technical assistance to the African Population and Health Research Centre (APHRC) who are leading a multi-country project focusing on the SRHR of young people and women in Africa.
To this end, HEARD’s senior research team will work closely with core research staff at the APHRC on utilising an applied political economy analysis (PEA). This will assist the APHRC in und...
22.11.2019
A UKZN researcher based at the Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division (HEARD) in Westville campus, has been selected as a member of an international health institute. Dr Gavin George, Programme Leader for Health Systems Strengthening at HEARD, was appointed network member of the Otago Global Health Institute (OGHI).
The OGHI is a flagship institute of the Otago University in New Zealand and its purpose is to contribute to solving global health problems by fostering partnerships with research institutions and organisations in lower-resourced countries....
19.11.2019
HEARD researchers and partners from Madagascar, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique and Angola recently came together in Durban for the second annual regional research meeting for the Linking Policy to Programming Project.
This joint 4-year project is aimed at strengthening the legal and policy environments for reducing HIV risk and improving the Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) of young key populations (YKPs) in Southern Africa (2017-2020).
The participants presented their findings, explored and discussed the themes that are emerging from and across the differ...
