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Celebrating our 2022-2024 HSRC interns at our annual graduation ceremony in their honour! 🎓🎉

Our last recommendation of the year: 'Rethinking Reconciliation.' This edited volume uses a decade of public opinion survey data to answer key questions about the extent of progress in South African reconciliation.

More here: https://loom.ly/u7ViHTM

The HSRC will officially close its offices on 13 December 2024 for the festive break and resume work on 6 January 2025.

Wishing our community a prosperous holiday season and a solid start to 2025 ✨

: The Sixth South African National HIV Prevalence, Incidence, Behaviour and Communication Survey (SABSSM VI) found that in Gauteng, men and youth were less likely to engage in healthcare services and more likely to engage in risky sexual behaviours.

Read more: https://loom.ly/Hw6tZ28

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: Between 2017 and 2022, HIV prevalence among young people in the Free State increased. This was a worrying caveat to the overall gains made in tackling the HIV epidemic in the province, as reported in the ​HSRC’s 2022 national household HIV survey.

Read more: https://loom.ly/0iu5-O4

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An excellent piece by the Bhekisisa Centre for Health Journalism team on the value of data in the trajectory of HIV/AIDS in South Africa.

https://loom.ly/klNRFPw

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To mark the end of , the HSRC and its partners have released the full report on the First South African National Gender-Based Violence Study.

View and download here: https://loom.ly/IG99cnI

📣 Today, the HSRC is releasing the findings of its multi-year study entitled, ‘Corruption and Behaviour Change: Tracking Social Norms and Values in South Africa’.

As South Africa commemorates International Anti-Corruption Day, we are reminded of the importance of engaging citizens, institutions and policymakers in a shared commitment to combat corruption.

Read more: https://loom.ly/WJc0Wmg

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The Future of Democracy project seeks to explore societal attitudes not just to the outcomes of the Zondo Commission, but to democracy itself.

View the full colloqium report: https://loom.ly/Nw4IySY

'Gendered and Sexual Lives of South African Youth' speaks to a gap in current work on South African youth – namely, the lack of a sustained gendered analysis of young people’s lives in the post-apartheid context.

https://loom.ly/Me7Bod4

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Come learn about exciting opportunities with the HSRC Internship Programme team at Science Forum, stand EH 33.

The full report of the First South African Public Relationship with Science (SAPRS) survey, 2022, and other key documents can be accessed here: https://loom.ly/SjqHh1M

Department of Science,Technology and Innovation SA Science Forum Dr Blade Nzimande

Results of the first South African Public Relationship with Science (SAPRS) survey being shared now at Science Forum!

WATCH: https://loom.ly/k4qeUuY

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Join us at Science Forum as we share the groundbreaking findings of the first national study on the prevalence of gender-based violence (GBV) in South Africa.

📆 Fri, 6 Dec
⏰10:30 – 11:45
📍 CSIR, Room 210, Pretoria

https://loom.ly/dqsUFiw

: With high rates of early sexual debut, low condom use and practices such as ukuthwala and traditional circumcision, the Eastern Cape faces unique health challenges.

Read more: https://loom.ly/VZ1G1JM

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The HSRC's Dr Nompumelelo Zungu will take part in this important webinar to mark 16 Days of No Violence Against Women and Children and World Aids Day.

Register now: https://loom.ly/TDwodYs

Don't miss the launch of the 'Hustling the African Dream' podcast tomorrow, which sheds light on the changing nature of work in Africa and how young people are adapting to these shifts.

📆 4 Dec 2024
⏰ 14:00 – 16:30
📍 HSRC CT Office or virtual

Registration: https://loom.ly/VrkDT_8