Director, University of Cape Town
Shanaaz is the director of the Children’s Institute, University of Cape Town and and lead investigator for the DST/NRF Centre in Human Development and a contributor to the South African Child Gauge 2018. She has a PhD and Masters in Public Health. Prior to this appointment she was a specialist scientist with the Gender and Health Research Unit at the South African Medical Research Council. She has 30 years’ experience in the women’s and children’s sectors and have worked within civil society organisations, as an academic, technical advisor to government programmes specializing in violence against women and children. She currently serves as International Advisory Board member for the UNICEF Innocenti Research Office Florence, on the Multi Country Study on the Drivers of Violence and is a member of the Lead Investigator Group for the DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in Human Development, at Wits University. Her research interests include violence against women and children, as well as pathways to violent masculinities using both qualitative and quantitative approaches.
Why South Africa's children are vulnerable to violence and injuries
Jan 18, 2020 11:57 am UTC| Life
South African children are vulnerable to injuries, not just those that are accidental but also those inflicted intentionally. This is according to the 2019 Child Gauge report, an annual publication that explores how...
The link between violence against women and children matters. Here's why
Nov 26, 2018 16:49 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
Nearly half of women across South Africa are subjected to violence by an intimate partner. This in turn negatively affects about one in four children. A child who is exposed to violence in the home also risks being abused...
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