Gender and Inclusivity

‘Institutional change’ needed to meet gender equity goals

1.Increased funding, data collection, needed for gender equality – UN report2.2030 gender equality targets off-track across SDGs3.Extra $360 billion a year needed to achieve gender equality in all areas [CAPE TOWN] Gender researchers say urgent action is needed, including targeted...

October 23, 2023

Gender and Inclusivity

En finir avec l’inégalité des sexes dans la science en Afrique

Des efforts supplémentaires sont nécessaires pour enrayer les inégalités de traitement qui persistent entre les hommes et les femmes malgré les progrès réalisés ces dernières années. Dans son rapport 2022 sur les perspectives de la recherche nationale, le Conseil national...

July 20, 2023

Gender and Inclusivity

Owning change: Reflections on Peer Learning Workshop 3

Owning change: Reflections on Peer Learning Workshop 3 “Sharing allows one to learn from others and realise that our challenges are common and create a space to collectively address them and we can overcome them”. – Peer Learning 3 workshop...

February 3, 2023

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Can artificial intelligence help to achieve inclusivity?

Artificial intelligence can play a role in finding solutions to many of Africa’s development challenges, but it requires a sensitivity to context, not to mention a healthy scepticism towards the idea of technology as objective or unaffected by the positionality...

January 20, 2023

Gender and Inclusivity

Integrated Report-Intersectionality in Research, Grant-making and Human Capital Development

A new report by the Human Sciences Research Council offers practical recommendations for advancing intersectional gender transformation in science, technology and innovation (STI). The study was funded by the NRF South Africa and the German Research Foundation (DFG) under the...

November 21, 2022

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Gender and Inclusivity Brochure

This brochure provides an overview of the gender and inclusivity project.

November 7, 2022

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Call for proposals: Strengthening the capacities of Science Granting Councils in gender and inclusion

The Science Granting Councils Initiative in sub-Saharan Africa (SGCI) invites project proposals from organizations (including think tanks, institutes, universities, and agencies) with proven experience and track records to deepen ongoing work with councils that enhances gender, equality and inclusion. The...

July 11, 2022