by TheConversationAfrica | Oct 19, 2020 | Uncategorized
Gita Ramjee dedicated her professional life to HIV prevention research for women and adolescents from the 1980s when the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) was first detected among South Africans. Gita was a renowned scientist both in South Africa and globally. Apart...
by TheConversationAfrica | Sep 28, 2020 | Uncategorized
Nine years into my research and academic career, one of the most common questions I hear from family and friends is, “uzoqedanini ukufunda?” (“Will she ever finish studying?”) They’re not the only ones who struggle to understand what it is that I do. My experience is...
by TheConversationAfrica | Sep 23, 2020 | Uncategorized
Each year on February 11th, the United Nations marks the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. It’s a chance to reflect on how the situation has improved for women working in the fields of science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM), and how...