About

The Social Justice, Gender and Health Reading group is an open academic seminar comprised of social science and public health researchers based in the greater New York area whose research is focused on Southern Africa. Group membership has been comprised of doctoral students and professors from Columbia University, the New School, Hunter College and the CUNY Graduate Center. The research interests of group are diverse, but focus on the intersections between race, gender, sexuality, health, civil society, social inequality and political economy. The group has developed in conjunction with South Africa’s Civil Society Organizations and AIDS Treatment Access, a research project led by Dr. Ida Susser and funded through the National Science Foundation.