Developing an understanding of Filicide in South Africa
Shanaaz Mathews
University of Cape Town, Children's Institute
Prof Mathews is the director of the Children’s Institute, University of Cape Town. She has a PhD in Public Health with 25 years’ experience in the women’s and children’s sectors and has worked within civil society organisations and in academia. She was previously with the South African Medical Research Council’s, Gender & Health Research Unit. 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 in the DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in Human Development, at Wits University. She also serves on the board of Childwatch International. Her research interests include violence against women and children, as well as pathways to violent masculinities using both qualitative and quantitative approaches. Her current research is focussed on understanding gaps in the child protection system with a focus on alternative models of care. In addition she has engaged in various policy processes in South Africa such as the drafting of the Domestic Violence Act of 1999 and the alternate civil society reporting process to the African Union and United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child.
Abstract
The first national child homicide study showed high rates of fatal child abuse in South Africa. Yet, very little is known about filicide in Low and Middle Income Countries and other African settings. Filicide, the killing... [ view full abstract ]
Authors
- Shanaaz Mathews (University of Cape Town, Children's Institute)
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Session
Oral 28 » Session 3-Emerging Issues (16:15 - Tuesday, 3rd October, North America Room)
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