1 August 2024 Re-imagining Reproduction team attends the Wellcome Trust Symposium in Bristol On 15 – 19 July 2024, five members of the Re-imagining Reproduction team attended the Best Practice in Engagement and Culture Symposium hosted at the Watershed Arts Centre in Bristol. The symposium brought together the eight projects that received the Wellcome Trust Research Development Award (RDA).
3 July 2024 The Reimagining Reproduction project hosts the Conceiving Change conference in Harare Between 27th and 28th June 2024, the Reimagining Reproduction project held a conference at the Bronte Garden Hotel in Harare, Zimbabwe. The conference dubbed “Conceiving Change” brought together academics and activists to explore the different ways in which reproduction is conceived, and to interrogate and understand
14 June 2024 Dr. Lilian Owoko at JIAS Dr Lilian Owoko has been invited to contribute as an author for a supplement of the Journal of the International AIDS Society (JIAS), titled “PEP in Africa: Prospects, Opportunities and Challenges” to be launched in July 2025. As part of this, she attended the South-South Learning Network (SSLN), Insight 2 Implementation
22 May 2024 Dr Tariro Moyana’s Visit to Sweden Dr. Tariro Moyana, a post-doctoral fellow in the Reimagining Reproduction project, participated in an Erasmus-funded Staff and Teacher Exchange Programme at Uppsala University in Sweden from 13-20 May 2024. The visit which was hosted by the Sociology Department centred on medical humanities, focusing on research methodologies and integrating research in teaching
23 November 2023 The Reimagining Reproduction project hosts a conference in Kisumu City, Kenya. On the 13th of November 2023, the Reimagining Reproduction project convened a one-day conference entitled “ Family Matters: Reproduction and Care in Africa” at the Sovereign Hotel in Kisumu City. New questions about the relationship between family, care and reproduction in Africa came to the fore
20 November 2023 The Re-imagining Reproduction project hosts an interactive writing workshop at Maseno University, Kenya. On the 9th of November, the Reimagining Reproduction team hosted an interactive workshop at Maseno University that addressed issues relating to writing articles and the challenges of publishing. The workshop was attended by staff and students representing various levels of academic trajectories, including Undergraduate
19 October 2023 An open letter to Minister of Health, Joe Phaahla Young people already feel disconnected from the formal sexuality education messages and alienated from reproductive healthcare. A crass ‘teenage pregnancy = statutory rape’ cry will simply exacerbate this. An open letter to Minister of Health Joe Phaahla. By Catriona Ida Macleod, Deevia Bhana, Nolwazi Mkhwanazi, Sisa Ngabaza, Jess Rucell
28 July 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bivocKKVIqs&t=7s Dr Stephen Ombere talks maternal healthcare on the Ethnographic Imagination Basel podcast Stephen talked to host George Paul Meiu, Professor of Anthropology and Chair of the Institute of Social Anthropology at the University of Basel, about maternal healthcare and global health agenda debates.
11 April 2023 Book Review: The Conditions of Cancer Treatment in Postcolonial Uganda – “Africanizing Oncology: Creativity, Crisis, and Cancer in Uganda” By Marissa Mika Prof. Benson Mulemi, a research associate and advisory board member of the project, has published a review of Dr Marissa Mika’s publication, “Africanizing Oncology: Creativity, Crisis, and Cancer in Uganda”. The review appeared in
12 January 2023 Dr Pillay Publishes in The Conversation Nirvana Pillay, an affiliated researcher to the Re-imagining Reproduction project, published an article in The Conversation, titled; Pregnant learners in South Africa need creches and compassion to keep them in school. Read More