Welcoming our New Remote Intern and Upcoming Publications in April
New and exciting things are happening at SIHMA! Towards the end of March we received a new remote volunteer, Christine Oberts, who will collaborate with SIHMA for three months. Christine will support the SIHMA CPT office through research and by providing all of our social media content and managing the communications portfolio. She will also assist with some data clarification on research projects that are currently in the pipeline. Christine will be joining the team in a fully remote capacity,...
SIHMA's Collaborations in the Academic Field
At SIHMA, the vision and the line that guides our work is based on the defence of the human rights of people on the move. With the idea of ensuring their dignity and access to the fundamental resources to develop their life projects, SIHMA focuses part of its activity on research. OUR OBJECTIVE IN ESTABLISHING COLLABORATIVE NETWORKS: Knowing the different contexts of the people, delving into the different perspectives of each migratory process and identifying...
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Beginning of a new experience for SIHMA and volunteers from Italy
Renato and Mariacristina, the two volunteers finally arrived from Italy! It was a long trip and they were so tired but all Scalabrini staff have warmly welcomed them. Father Jorge and Father Eduardo picked them up from the airport and they came home together. In addition, the SIHMA administrator Dhano was there to welcome them and to show them the new apartment that they are really pleased with. They said that the apartment is wonderful: there...
South Africa – Sweden University Forum (SASUF): Migration and Mobilities
On 7 May, 2019, the University of the Western Cape’s (UWC) Research Niche in Migration and Mobilities hosted a special satellite event for the South Africa-Sweden Research and Innovation Week, with the South Africa-Sweden University Forum (SASUF). SASUF is a collaboration between 36 universities in Sweden and South Africa with goals to “strengthen ties between South Africa and Sweden in research, education, and innovation” and to “connect universities with funding agencies, industry, ministries, and society in working towards...
