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The Children's Institute is made up of a multi-disciplinary team of research and support staff. Experience is wide-ranging, with staff members having qualifications in anthropology, education, information sciences, journalism, law, public policy and development, political science, social welfare; and experience in statistical, social and legal research.
Director:
Associate Prof. Shanaaz Mathews
[email protected]
+27 21 650 1473
Expertise: Children & violence, child protection, child abuse, gender policy, gender-based violence, evidence-based programming
Research assistant:
Zulfah Albertyn
+27 21 650 1141
Expertise: Sexual & reproductive health, health services, sustainable development, poverty mapping, health rights
Senior researcher:
Lizette Berry
+27 21 650 1462
Expertise: Social policy, early childhood development, child protection; child poverty
Senior researcher:
Aislinn Delaney
+27 21 650 5237
Expertise: Poverty & inequality, social protection, research methodologies
Senior researcher:
Katharine Hall
+27 21 650 1441
Expertise: Social policy; child poverty & inequality; social grants; households & mobility; indicators
Senior researcher:
Lucy Jamieson
[email protected]
+27 21 650 1466
Expertise: Child rights; participatory democracy; governance; law reform & policy development; child protection
Research Officer:
Jenna-Lee Marco
+27 21 650 5435
Expertise: Community & social advocacy; gender identity; youth development
Child rights programme manager:
Paula Proudlock
+27 21 650 1442
Expertise: Child rights; legislative review; law reform; democracy & governance; socio-economic rights for children
Honorary Professor:
Prof Ria Reis
Medical University of Leiden and University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Expertise: Transgenerational transmission of inequality; participatory approaches; parenting
Senior researcher:
Stefanie Röhrs
+27 21 650 5391
Expertise: child rights; law reform & policy development; gender-based violence; sexual & reproductive rights
Researcher:
Winnie Sambu
+27 21 650 1464
Expertise: Food & nutrition security, child nutritional outcomes, living conditions, urban environments; poverty
Honorary Research Associate:
Birgit Weyss
+27 21 650 1473
Expertise: Child rights; international human rights law; democracy & governance; budget & expenditure analysis; monitoring & evaluation
Children's Institute, University of Cape Town, 46 Sawkins Road, Rondebosch, 7700, South Africa | DIRECTIONS E-MAIL | Tel: +27 (21) 650 1473 | Fax: +27 (21) 650 1460 |