Co-author Wonder Agbemavi, a member of the ANU’s School of Demography, has provided details of a recent publication: Okyere et al. AIDS Research and Therapy (2023) 20:40https://doi.org/10.1186/s12981-023-00537-9Open Access ‘Utilisation of traditional healers among olderpeople living with HIV in South Africa: a WHOSAGE well-being of older people study’Joshua Okyere, Castro Ayebeng, Bernard Afriyie Owusu,Wonder Agbemavi, Joseph…

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From Anu Adeyemi, Co-Comvenor , ANUASN Dear All, Please be reminded that the ANU African Studies Network holds its July Meeting tomorrow (Friday 28 July) at 5:30pm. The venue for this meeting remains the same – RSSS Room 2.56. If you have difficulties accessing the building please phone  co-convenor Ernest Akuamoah on 0499347397. Our Agenda…

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“An International Relations expert and human rights advocate at the ANU Coral Bell School, Professor Bina D’Costa has been appointed as the United Nations Human Rights Council Special Procedures Mandate Holder in the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent (WGEPAD). ” Professor D’Costa has spent most of her career “researching post-conflict environments, fragile contexts and…

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(See also the post of May 16 about the 2023 Cherry Gertzel Bursary for women post grads researching Africa). From Professor Robert Ackland:ACSPRI’s mission is to help foster high-quality teaching and research in the social sciences and to enhance the impact of social science research. To help achieve this mission, ACSPRI is pleased to announce…

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A new publication from ANU’s School of Demography,‘Comparative evidence of years lived with reproductive-age morbidity in sub-Saharan Africa (2010‒2019)’Audrey Kalindi, Brian Houle, Vladimir Canudas-Romo From the Abstract in Demographic Research, Volume49 (6):109-142, ‘This study provides comparative evidence of the excess disease burden on the healthy lives of SSA women due to reproductive-age morbidities and quantifies…

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Greetings from the AFSAAP Secretary We look forward to connecting with all of you at the symposium on Wednesday and Thursday (May 24-25th). Below are the Zoom details for those joining us online: https://uws.zoom.us/j/83766759216?pwd=aTVpTms3aVM3bHp1clhWMkdETHhvUT09 Meeting ID: 837 6675 9216Password: 441891 You can also find a summary of the program at the link below (including linked…

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From Rachel Gross Hi everyone, I’ve been asked to spread the word that the 2023 Cherry Gertzel Bursary Award applications are now open. Audrey, Kirsty and I have all been lucky recipients! It is $10,000 (AUD) to help women in African studies at Australian universities, specifically to do fieldwork, and honours the work and legacy…

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This is a reminder that the African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific (AFSAAP) <afsaapaustralia@gmail.com> is organising the  upcoming AFSAAP Symposium, ‘Locating African Studies in the Global South: Fostering New Directions and Global Solidarities’, to be held at Western Sydney University in the heart of the Parramatta CBD from 24-25 May 2023.  To get…

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Honorary Professor Robyn Alders, Development Policy Centre, ANU, is involved in this three-year project in West Africa. ‘One Health is an integrated approach that “recognizes the health of humans, domestic and wild animals, plants, and the wider environment (including ecosystems) are closely linked and interdependent”.’https://devpolicy.org/infectious-diseases-and-one-health-a-new-research-project-20230417/ 

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Handbook of Feminist Governance: book launch  date: 5:30pm, 27 March 2023Location: RSSS Auditorium, Level 1 146 Ellery Crescent Acton, ACT 2601 ‘Join the Gender Institute for the launch of the Handbook of Feminist Governance, edited by Marian Sawer AO, Lee Ann Banaszak, Jacqui True and Johanna Kantola. This is the first comprehensive survey of the extent to which…

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