• South African University and NGO Partners

    The IDRC Women RISE Project implementation includes partnerships with Walter Sisulu University (WSU), the University of Kwa-Zulu-Natal (UKZN), and the Jika Uluntu Women’s Empowerment and Child Rights NGO in the Eastern Cape. 

  • Ukuvula Isango: “Opening the Gate” to Women’s Empowerment and post-pandemic reconstruction in rural South Africa.

    Ukuvula Isango: “Opening the Gate” to Women’s Empowerment and post-pandemic reconstruction in rural South Africa.

    WOMEN RISE Workshop 2: Innovation and Amplified Possibility The Women RISE (Research, Innovation, and Societal Empowerment) project recently held a workshop in Chintsa, Eastern Cape, focused on “Fieldwork Learnings and Ethnographic Imagination.” The workshop aimed to foster the creation of “peoples science,” a new approach that explores sociology and anthropology through everyday practices. Professor Leslie…

  • Donating School Shoes to Children

    Donating School Shoes to Children

    Jika Uluntu’s Shoe Drive Brings Hope to Underprivileged Farming Villages In an effort to uplift and support the underprivileged communities of ward 50 in the Buffalo City Municipality, Jika Uluntu embarked on a shoe drive initiative, reaching out to primary schools in the area. Recognizing the lack of access to basic necessities like shoes in…