Transforming research funding for gender equity in Africa

Dr Dikabo Mogopodi (centre) from the Botswana Academy of Science Dirce Madeira right and Manecas Alferes left from the NRF in Mozambique at the HSRC’s GEI Workshop in July 2023

Decisions about what gets funded, who receives grants, and which questions are considered worth asking shape the very nature of knowledge. And for too long, those decisions have reflected and reinforced deep inequalities, particularly for women, who make up only 30 per cent of researchers across Africa and remain underrepresented in leadership roles. But a…

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