Journal articles
– Abrahams N, Mhlongo S, Chirwa E, Mathews S, Dekel B, et al (In press) Tracking the epidemiology of femicide over 18 years in South Africa. Lancet Public Health.
– Doherty T, Coutsoudis A, McCoy D, Lake L, Pereira-Kotze C, Goldhagen J & Kroon M (2022) Is the infant formula shortage in the US an avoidable crisis? Lancet, 400(10346): 83-84.
– Jamieson L, Collins TM, Rizzini I & Wright LHV (2022) International perspectives on the participation of children and young people in the Global South. Third World Thematics, special issue.
– Martens N, Crone MR, Hindori‑Mohangoo A, Hindori M, Reis R, Hoxha I, Abanga J, Mathews S, Berry L, van der Kleij RMJJ, van den Akker‑van Marle ME, van Damme A, Talrich F, Beeckman K, McCourt C, Schindler Rising S, Billings DL & Rijnders M (2022) Group care in the first 1000 days: Implementation and process evaluation of contextually adapted antenatal and postnatal group care targeting diverse vulnerable populations in high‑, middle‑ and low‑resource settings. Implementation Science Communications 3:125.
– Mathews S & Berry L (In press) Developing an understanding of complex trauma among child sexual assault survivors in South Africa: implications for practice. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse.
– McNair L, Ravenscroft J, Rizzini I, Tisdall K, Biersteker L, Shabalala FS, Thwala SK, Dlamini CN, Bush M, Gwele M & Berry L (2022) The impact of the COVID-19 global health pandemic in early childhood education within four countries. Social Inclusion, 10(2): 160–171.
– Pereira-Kotze C, Jeffery B, Badham J, Swart R, Du Plessis L, Goga A, Lake L et al. (2022) Conflicts of interest are harming maternal and child health: Time for scientific journals to end relationships with manufacturers of breast-milk substitutes. BMJ Global Health, 7: e008002.
– Schneider H, Olivier J, Orgill M, Brady L, Whyle E, Zulu, J, San Sebastian M, George A & Collective TC (2022) The multiple lenses on the community health system: Implications for policy, practice and research. International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 11(1), p.9.
Books and book chapters
– Almeida L, Collins TM, Heynes DL, Jamieson L, Rizzini I & Walsh S (In press) Affecting change in different contexts: Children’s participation in social and public policy dialogues in Brazil, Canada, and South Africa. In: Percy-Smith B, Thomas N, O’Kane C & Twum-Danso Imoh A (eds) A New Handbook of Children and Young People’s Participation: Conversations for Transformational Change. New York: Routledge.
– Gilson L, Nzinga J, Orgill M & Behlriti Z (Accepted) Health system leadership development in selected African countries: challenges and opportunities. In: Research Handbook in Leadership in Healthcare.
– Kleintjes S, Abrahams T, Yako JP, Lake L & Tomlinson M (2022) Shifting perspectives: Towards a holistic understanding of child and adolescent mental health. In: Tomlinson M, Kleintjes S & Lake L (eds) South African Child Gauge 2021/22. Cape Town: Children’s Institute, University of Cape Town.
– Naicker S, Berry L, Drysdale R, Makusha T & Richter L (2022) Families: Foundations for child and adolescent mental health and well-being. In: Tomlinson M, Kleintjes, S & Lake L (eds) South African Child Gauge 2021/2022. Cape Town: Children’s Institute, University of Cape Town.
– Proudlock P, Nyathi M, Lake L, Harding M & Hansungule-Nefale Z (2022) Legislative and policy developments affecting children. In: Tomlinson M, Kleintjes S & Lake L (eds) South African Child Gauge 2021/2022. Cape Town: Children’s Institute, University of Cape Town
– Shung-King M, Lake L, Hendricks M, Delany A, Baker Y, Berry L, Biersteker L, Goeiman H, Mathews S, Mordon E, Murray J, Scott C, Shand L, van Stormbroek B & Wessels T (2022) The impact of COVID-19 on children: Insights from a Western Cape perspective. In: Govender K, George G, Padarath A & Moeti T (eds) South African Health Review 2021. Durban: Health Systems Trust.
– Titi N, Tomlinson M, Mathews S, Jamieson L, Kaminer D, Seedat S, Lake L & van der Merwe A (2022) Violence and child and adolescent mental health: A whole-of-society response. In: Kleintjies S, Tomlinson M & Lake L (eds) South African Child Gauge 2022. Cape Town: Children’s Institute, University of Cape Town.
– Tomlinson M, Lake L & Kleintjes S (2022) Conclusion: Putting children at the centre. In: Tomlinson M, Kleintjes S & Lake L (eds) South African Child Gauge 2021/22. Cape Town: Children’s Institute, University of Cape Town.
– Tomlinson M, Kleintjes S & Lake L (eds) South African Child Gauge 2021/22. Cape Town: Children’s Institute, University of Cape Town.
Research reports
– Titi N, Jamieson L & Vutu S (2022) Closing the gaps in services that respond to violence against women and children. Cape Town: Children's Institute, University of Cape Town.
– Mathews S, Delany A, Makola L, October L, Titi N, Hendricks N & Rehse K (2022). Understanding the intersections of violence against women and violence against children in two communities in the Western Cape, South Africa. Cape Town: Children’s Institute, University of Cape Town.
Research, evidence, policy and advocacy briefs
– Abrahams N, Mhlongo S, Dekel B, Chirwa E, Ketelo A, Lombard C, Mathews S, Labuschagne G, Martin LJ, Manganyi T, Gounden T, Majola T, Mabhida M, Variava T, Ramsoomar L, Shai N, Matzopoulos R, Prinsloo M & Jewkes R (2022) Decrease In deaths from child abuse and neglect in South Africa: Two national surveys show decline over 8 years. [Evidence brief] Pretoria: South African Medical Research Council.
– Abrahams N, Mhlongo S, Dekel B, Chirwa E, Ketelo A, Lombard C, Mathews S, et al (2022) Decrease in femicide in South Africa: Three national studies across 18 years. [Evidence brief] Pretoria: South African Medical Research Council.
– Hall K & Proudlock P (2022) Children’s Institute commentary on children’s grants and Budget 2022. [Policy commentary] Cape Town: Children’s Institute, University of Cape Town.
– Mathews S, Delany A & October L (2022) Bridging the divide: Unpacking the intersections of violence against women and violence against children in two communities in the Western Cape, South Africa. [Research brief] Cape Town: Children’s Institute, University of Cape Town.
– Proudlock P, Ozah K & Clulow S (2022) The Child Support Grant Top-Up for orphans: Frequently asked questions. Children’s Institute, University of Cape Town; Centre for Child Law, University of Pretoria; and the Children in Distress Network.
– Tomlinson M, Lake L & Kleintjes S (2022) Child and adolescent mental health is everyone’s business. [Policy brief] Cape Town: Children’s Institute, University of Cape Town.
Policy and law submissions
– Hall K & Proudlock P (2022) Children’s Institute submission to National Treasury on the 2023 Medium Term Expenditure Framework.
– Hall K & Proudlock P (2022) Child poverty and malnutrition: A statistical and legal overview. Submission presented on request to the South African Human Rights Commission Provincial inquiry into the right to food and child malnutrition. East London and online. 8-12 August 2022.
– Proudlock P (2022) Children’s Institute’s submission on the Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill. South African Parliament Portfolio Committee on Basic Education.
– Proudlock P & Nyathi M (2022) Children’s Institute’s submission on the 2022/23 Draft Regulations for the Extension of the COVID Social Relief of Distress (SRD) Grant. Department of Social Development. 13 March 2022.
– Proudlock P, Nyathi M, Ozah K & Clulow S (2022) Joint Children’s Institute, Centre for Child Law and Children in Distress Network submission to the Select Committee on Social Services, National Council of Provinces, on the Children’s Amendment Bill [B18B of 2020].
– Nyathi M & Proudlock P (2022) Submission to the Department of Social Development on the Social Relief of Distress Procedure Manual. March 2022.
Opinion editorials and press statements
– Hall K & Proudlock P (2022) Treasury is pushing SA’s poorest and youngest over the edge in a cruel trade-off. Daily Maverick. 31 October 2022.
– Hall K & Proudlock P (2022) Doing the impossible: Taking from the mouths of babes. Joint press statement on the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement 2022. Children’s Institute, University of Cape Town; Centre for Child Law, University of Pretoria; Children in Distress Network; HEALA; Southern African Food Lab; and the Child Health Priorities Association. 27 October 2022.
– Maistry A, Proudlock P, van Schalkwyk C & Muller L (2022) Education bill could hamper access to schools for more than half a million vulnerable children. Daily Maverick. 26 August 2022.
– Mathews S & October L (2022) Child Protection Week: Schools are key to ending violence against children. Cape Argus. 3 June 2022.
– Tomlinson M, Lake L & Kleintjes S (2022) Agency and hope in a time of crisis. Sunday Times. 26 June 2022.
Presentations at conferences, symposiums, congresses and meetings (international)
– Berry L, Biersteker L & Gwele M (2022) The rights of children in early childhood: Opportunities and challenges for research with children and advocacy in a South African case study community. International Society for Childhood Indicators Conference. Gramado, Brazil.
– Biersteker L, Berry L, Gwele M & Orgill M (2022) The rights of children in early childhood: opportunities and challenges for research with children and advocacy in a South African case study community. European Early Childhood Education Research Association Conference, Glasgow.
– Coll C, Bermudez Currea C, Madrid B, Jamieson L, Maternowska C, Bovarnick S, Claire Cody C & Third A (2022) Young people & participatory methods. Sexual Violence Research Initiative Forum. Cancun, Mexico. 19 September 2022.
– Hendricks L, Dierckx C, Carolus G, Vrebos H, Tolmos L, Williams-Bruinders L, Taliep N, Titi N, Julies R, Segers R, Idrees S & Hannes K (2022) Doing fieldwork in challenging circumstances: Summoning participatory methods. 6th European Congress of Qualitative Inquiry. Online. 18 November 2022.
– Jamieson L (2022) Insights into alternative care in South Africa. School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work, Queen’s University Belfast. 22 November 2022.
– Jamieson L & Titi N (2022) Responding to violence against women and children in two rural communities in South Africa. Institute for Social Science Research, University of Dundee. 9 December 2022.
– Mathews S (2022) Key findings of interim leading minds conference paper on child identity. Leading Minds Conference on the Vital Importance of Child Identity. UNICEF Innocenti – Global Office of Research. Florence, Italy. 2 November 2022.
– Mathews S (2022) School-based interventions to reduce violence against women and children. Webinar on violence against adolescent girls: At the SDG mid-point, what priority actions do the evidence point to? hosted by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, London. 13 October 2022.
– Mathews S & October L (2022) Bridging the divide: Understanding the intersections of violence against women and children. Sexual Violence Research Initiative Forum. Cancun, Mexico. 20-22 September 2022.
– Ellsberg M & Mathews S (2022) The role of women’s movements on policies to end violence against women and girls: A cross country comparative study. Sexual Violence Research Initiative Forum. Cancun, Mexico. 20–22 September 2022.
– Mathews S & Kalage J (2022) Voices of practitioners working to prevent VAC at schools in the Global South. Sexual Violence Research Initiative Forum. Cancun, Mexico. 20–22 September 2022.
– Mathews S (2022) Evidence review: Prevention of violence against children in and through schools in the Global South. Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office learning event on addressing violence against children in and around schools. London. 12 July 2022.
– Mathews S (2022) Scaling up programming on VAW and VAC intersections – where to from here? Sexual Violence Research Initiative and International Rescue Committee learning series: Building bridges and advancing learning on VAW and VAC intersections. Webinar. 5 July 2022.
– Mathews S (2022) Moving forward together: What needs to happen and who should lead the work? Webinar series on the prevention of violence against children in and through schools in the Global South, hosted by the Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Hub of the Global Coalition for Good Schools, in collaboration with the Children’s Institute at the University of Cape Town, the International Centre for Research on Women, and Raising Voices. 5 May 2022.
– Mathews S (2022) The characteristics of successful interventions to prevent violence against children at school. Webinar series on the prevention of violence against children in and through schools in the Global South, hosted by the Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Hub of the Global Coalition for Good Schools, in collaboration with the Children’s Institute at the University of Cape Town, the International Centre for Research on Women, and Raising Voices. 15 July 2022.
– Mathews S (2022) Women’s movements and their contribution to gender-based violence policy in South Africa. Gender Justice and Human Rights Symposium. University of Miami, USA. 21-22 April 2022.
– Posel D, Hall K & Gaogoses L (2022) Going beyond female-headed households: Household composition and gender differences in poverty in South Africa. Presented by Posel at the 30th annual conference of the International Association for Feminist Economics. Geneva and online. 29 June-1 July 2022.
– Titi N (2022) Decolonising child psychology praxis. Expert panel: Decolonisation and human rights. Annual International Council of Psychologists Conference. Online. 9-11 December.
Presentations at conferences, symposiums, congresses and meetings (national)
– Biersteker L, Gwele M & Orgill, M (2022) Child perceptions of safety, inclusion and participation. Sesame workshop curriculum seminar. Cape Town. 28 October 2022.
– Gwele M, Biersteker L, Berry L & Orgill M (2022) Participation in early learning (0-5 years): Learning from local communities to inform Early Childhood Development policy. Department of Paediatrics and Child Health Research Day, University of Cape Town. Cape Town.
– Hall K, Proudlock P & Budlender D (2022) Child poverty and the CSG: A review with scenarios for increasing the grant and its impacts. Inter-departmental workshop convened by the Department of Social Development. Pretoria. 21 July 2022.
– Jamieson L (2022) Children’s participation in sexual violence research: An overview of the field. Sexual Violence Research Initiative. Online. 23 February 2022.
– Jamieson L & Mathews S (2022) Children and the National Strategic Plan on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide. National Association of Child Care Workers mini-conference. Online. 26 October 2022.
– Juta S, Nyathi M & Proudlock P (2022) Experiences of caregivers in applying for the CSG Top-Up. Presented to the South African Social Security Agency and the Department of Social Development. Pretoria. August 2022.
– Lake L (2022) Child and adolescent mental health – a catalyst for development. UNICEF, National Department of Health & Foundation for Professional Development Roundtable on Mental Health and Psycho-Social Support Services for Children, Adolescents Young People in South Africa. 16 October 2022.
– Lake L (2022) Child and adolescent mental health – a catalyst for development. Child Trauma Conference. Keynote address. 5 October 2022.
– Lake L (2022) Child and adolescent mental health – a catalyst for development. National Child Rights Intersectoral Coordinating Committee. 8 September 2022.
– Lake L (2022) Children and COVID-19 Advocacy Briefs: Prioritising children in response and recovery. Presentation to the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Cape Town. 29 April 2022
– Lake L (2022) Children and COVID-19 Advocacy Briefs: Prioritising children in response and recovery. Presentation to Western Cape Ad-hoc Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on COVID-19. 1 March 2022.
– Mathews S (2022) Respondent to Centre for Child Law’s research study: An assessment of the National Strategic Plan on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide – a child rights perspective. Launch of Centre for Child Law's research reports on addressing violence against children. Pretoria. 28 March 2022.
– Mathews S (2022) The impact of violence on children: “What does school-based violence prevention look like?” Violence Prevention Forum workshop. Cape Town. 11 April 2022.
– Mathews S (2022) Intersections of violence against women and children – what does this mean for practice? Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry seminar series. 3 June 2022.
– Mathews S, Delany A & October L (2022) Bridging the divide: Understanding the intersections of violence against women and children. Roundtable discussion. Cape Town. 23 August 2022.
– Mathews S (2022) Children’s experience and exposure to violence: What are we learning about prevention? Bt30: Exposure to violence and adverse childhood experiences webinar series. University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. 25 October 2022.
– Mathews S (2022) Violence against women and children: What are we learning about prevention? British Consulate, Pretoria. 31 October 2022.
– Mathews S (2022) Exposure of violence in childhood and its pathways to both victimisation and perpetration. Presidential Summit on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide. 1 November 2022.
– Mathews S (2022) Violence against children: a situational analysis. UNICEF SA year-end review and reflection. 30 November 2022. Pretoria.
– Titi N (2022) Closing the gap in services that respond to violence against women and children. Fieldwork training: protocol and data collection. Online.14-16 March 2022.
– Titi N (2022) Power, trust, and community – Feminist perspectives and participatory arts-based research in challenging environments. A collaborative, co-creative, participatory workshop. Stellenbosch University. 4-8 April 2022.
– Titi N (2022) A readdress to the challenges of absent fatherhood: Beyond social justice work to decolonisation. African Studies Association of Africa 4th Biennial Conference. Cape Town. 11-16 April 2022.
– Titi N (2022) Presentation of preliminary findings: Closing the gaps in services that respond to violence against women and children. East London and Butterworth, Eastern Cape. 29-30 June 2022.
– Titi N (2022) Accessing higher education in marginalised communities. Ndlambe Municipality, Port Alfred. July 2022.
– Titi N (2022) Child sexual violence and trauma: Towards decolonised African-centred child-centric psychological interventions. 13th Child Trauma Conference. Cape Town. 5-6 October 2022.
– Titi N (2022) Findings: Closing the gaps in services that respond to violence against women and children. Presentation at launch of report. East London, Eastern Cape. 29 November 2022.
Factsheets
– Children’s Institute, Centre for Child Law, and Children in Distress Network factsheet: Frequently Asked Questions on the Child Support Grant Top-Up. August 2022.