Posts In: civil society
“We Need to Sustain Migrant Health Forums to Infinity and Beyond”
This IOM review by ACMS found that the sustainability of MHFs is feasible if they are government-led, issue-specific and embedded within coordination structures at all levels of policy implementation.
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OP-ED: Leave No One Behind: We must urgently address vaccination of undocumented migrants and asylum seekers
South Africa’s civil society and the research community call on Acting Health Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi to do the right thing and follow international guidelines to ensure the Covid-19 vaccination programme is inclusive.
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Virtual Engagement and Knowledge in Context: Migration Health Research Communications in South Africa during Covid-19
UoE student and maHp intern Rachel Benavides gives a synopsis of her MSc International Development research project titled ‘Virtual Engagement and Knowledge in Context: Migration Health Research Communications in South Africa during Covid-19’, which she conducted as part of her internship at the ACMS.
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‘We have the research but where is the influence?’ Constraints and opportunities for evidence-based policy impact in South Africa
This paper explores the research uptake and advocacy experiences of researchers and activists working on three unpopular and politically contentious causes; immigration, human trafficking and sex work – in a post-colonial context of South Africa.
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Repoliticizing international migration narratives? Critical reflections on the Civil Society Days of the Global Forum on Migration and Development
This paper draws on Pécoud’s international migration narratives (IMN) as an analytical framework to examine the Global Forum on Migration and Development’s Civil Society Days (GFMD-CSD).
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A Vibrant Civil Society, a Free Press, and an Independent Judiciary – last remaining bastions of democratic South Africa
The obligation to uphold the constitution and advance the realisation of rights for people living in South Africa has fallen on a combination of three pillars: the press, the courts and NGOs.
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