WEBINAR RESPONDING TO COVID-19
On the 29th of July, SIHMA hosted a webinar organized by The Future of Work, Labour after Laudato Si (FOWLS) global initiative and the International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC) and the Scalabrini Institute for Human Mobility in Africa (SIHMA). The organisers partnered with the East Cape Agricultural Research Project (ECARP), the Centre for Research and Action for Peace (CERAP) and UNIAPAC AFRICA The webinar was addressed to religious leaders and organizations, NGOs, civil society organizations, and...
Remote internship experiences
In responding to this peculiar moment during the Covid-19 pandemic, SIHMA’s team has been working remotely since the lockdown started in South Africa. SIHMA managed to face the quarantine time by starting virtual collaborations and giving the opportunity to students to be part of SIHMA though remote internships and volunteering experiences. In the last few months Felipa Schmidt joined the team, working from Germany from May for three months, Jeremiah Masaya started in August and is currently working...
Webinar - Building SOLIDARITY in the time of Covid-19
A new webinar: 'Building Solidarity in the time of COVID-19', is taking place on the 14th of August 2020. From 9:00-11:30, organized by Lawyers for Human Rights, Liliesleaf, Rosa Luxemburg Foundation and Maverick citizen. Durign the webinar will be discussed the following topics: movement of People, Global Communicable Disease & Climate Crisis. SIHMA will also be present at the webinar with its Project Manager, James and its new intern Jeremiah.
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Female Migrants and Refugees Leaving a Positive Mark within their Communities
Over the past 60 years, there has been an increase in the number of females migrants migrating for work, education, and as the heads of the households (1). Currently, 47.9%, around 130 million of the international migrant stock are females (1). In Africa, 48% of migrants are females, with male migrants experiencing more growth in the recent years. Many news stories have warned about the possibilities of female migrants facing stronger discrimination, often having to face double discrimination...
Press Review July 2020
NATIONAL COVERAGE Covid-19 moves refugees and asylum seekers to the bottom of priorities. Maverick Citizen - 28 July 2020 In the past, South Africa was well respected for its strong rights-based legislation for refugees as well as for asylum seekers. This generosity has vanished due to the policies that seem to be parallel from the constitution. Currently, asylum seekers and refugees are facing tough moments that are arising from the...
Webinar - Economic Migration on the African Continent
A webinar about Economic Migration on the African Continent takes place on Tuesday 4th of August 2020 at 15:00 - presenting Scalabrini Centre's new research. Scalabirni centre of Cape Town is hosting a presentation on Africa's approach, through traties and policies, to continental economic migration, with a South African Perspective. The webinar will be by Shannon Guerra, a Yale University Human Rights Scholar who has been working full-time for the last two months on this research. A deeper understanding of South Africa's...
