Writing workshop – Kenya
DiSoCo Team members attended a writing workshop in February hosted by our partner AMREF in Kenya. The workshop was co-facilitated by ARQ.
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16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence Campaign
The DiSoCo project contributed to an annual 16-day blogathon featuring writers and activists reporting on #GenderBasedViolence worldwide as part of the global #16DaysOfActivism against Gender-Based Violence Campaign.
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Pathways to care: IDPs seeking health support and justice for sexual and gender-based violence through social connections in Garowe and Kismayo, Somalia and South Kivu, DRC
Journal article published in the Journal Migration and Health by DiSoCo team members from the University of Edinburgh, the Université Evangélique en Afrique (DRC) and the Somali Institute for Development and Research (Somalia).
Scapegoating migrants in SA undermines progress on healthcare for all
Op-Ed by DiSoCO Co-Investigator Jo Vearey and Research Fellows Rebecca Walker, Dustin Lakika and Tackson Makandwa based at the University of the Witwatersrand, along with Diego Iturralde at Stats SA, co-chair of the South African Migration and Urbanisation Forum and former chair of the UN expert group on international migration statistics.
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“Let’s manage the stressor today” exploring the mental health response to forced migrants in Johannesburg, South Africa
Journal Article published in the International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care by DiSoCO Research Fellow Rebecca Walker and Co-Investigator Jo Vearey and based at the African Centre for Migration and Society (ACMS), The University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Somalia Research Locations (IDP Camps)
Drone footage from DiSoCo research partner SDIRA of our research locations in Somalia. Research was undertake in formal and informal Internally Displaced Person (IDP) Camps
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Drones, dinghies and an army helicopter – why the state’s new toys won’t help South Africa’s response to Covid-19
Op-Ed by DiSoCO Co-Investigator Jo Vearey and Research Fellow Rebecca Walker based at the University of the Witwatersrand, along with Sally Ganda at the Scalabrini Centre of Cape Town and Francois Venter head of Ezintsha at the University of the Witwatersrand.
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