The good bold days – Rethinking the fight for gender equality and human rights The world of 2026 is marked by overlapping crises that continue to expose the fragility of our systems and the persistence of inequality. FIND OUT MORE Call For Applications: Postdoctoral Fellowships 2026: Food Environments (Two Positions) The Food Environment Research group (a collective from Department of Dietetics and Nutrition, School of Public Health and the DSI/NRF Center of Excellence in Food Security) at the University of the Western Cape under the leadership of Prof Rina Swart... FIND OUT MORE Shape the Future of Public Health Applications for 2027 opening soon Are you ready to lead change in the health and social development sectors? At the School of Public Health, University of the Western Cape, our flexible, modular Postgraduate Diploma in Public Health (PGD) and Master of Public Health (MPH) programmes... FIND OUT MORE CEPSA delivered two podium presentations at the 2026 International Society of Pharmacovigilance (ISoP) Africa Chapter Meeting At the 2026 ISoP Africa Chapter Meeting, held in Windhoek, Namibia, from 18 – 21 May 2026, Dr Nicolas Praet and Dr Ebenezer Wiafe delivered two podium presentations on strengthening the pharmacovigilance ecosystem in Africa through CEPSA’s initiatives. FIND OUT MORE
4 June 2025

GT4Africa Cohort Writing Workshop Report

The Gender Transformation for Africa (GT4Africa) Cohort Writing Workshop was held from 9-13 September 2024 in Cape Town, South Africa with 21 participants across the 6 projects and 13 organisations.
9 December 2024

GT4Africa Cohort Workshop (9-13 September 2024)

The first in-person GT4Africa cohort workshop deliberated on Research Publications, Knowledge Translation, and Sustainability and collaborated on a forthcoming journal supplement and commentaries.
26 May 2023

Shifting unequal gender​​ norms and practices: what does it take?

Despite growing recognition, calls for gender transformation are not matched with corresponding rigorous research and learning on what it entails at scale and over time. It is common to come across published papers that merely mention the need for more gender responsive / transformative interventions/approaches but often fall short of articulating, why, how and what is needed to move the needle forward.