Equity

By Precious Bikitsha | June 2024 In June, South Africa commemorates Youth Month, with a special focus on the 16 of June, the anniversary of the 1976 Soweto Uprising. This pivotal day marked a significant [...]

Image source: DataDrive2030 DataDrive2030, Percept, and others | September 2023 The use of large datasets in an Early Childhood Development (ECD) setting has, to date, been limited. Using DataDrive2030’s first combined dataset, a Positive Deviance [...]

Image source: DataDrive2030 Dave Strugnell, Junita Henry, and Claire Gomes | September 2023 This report aims to investigate the influence that the Covid-19 pandemic had on preschool outcomes, as measured by the Early Learning Measures [...]

Image source: DataDrive2030 Dr Beth Vale, Michelle Flowers, Dr Jessica Ronaasen, and Maryke Rademeyer | September 2023 DataDrive2030’s Positive Deviance Initiative aims to identify and explore factors associated with ‘positive deviance’ in Early Childhood Development [...]

Image source: DataDrive2030 DataDrive2030, Percept, and others | July 2023 The limited availability of metadata in Early Childhood Development (ECD) settings prompted the creation and utilisation of DataDrive2030's first meta-dataset. Applying an asset-based Positive Deviance [...]

By Precious Bikitsha | August 2023 “Ndiyeke ndilale wetu No Inki/ Andilalanga pezolo kude kwasa/ Ndipetwe ngumva ndedwa/ Wani wetu? Au! We Zibuko.”[1] August marks Women’s Month in South Africa as we commemorate more than [...]

By Antonia Roth | July 2023 To me mothering is creating a space for someone from which they can set out into the world. What that space looks and feels like, what makes it comfortable, [...]

By Shivani Ranchod | July 2023 The word sutra refers to ancient texts which contain observations which point at some sort of truth (akin to a finger pointing at the moon). The word also means [...]

By Michelle Flowers | July 2023 Last week I popped out to lunch and upon returning to my desk, I suddenly realised that I was 20 minutes late for a meeting that I had organised! I was [...]

By Beth Vale | July 2023 My mother is a force. A potent mix of soft and fierce. Growing up, I watched and listened to her work – in adult education, and then in early childhood development, and [...]

By Karabo-Maya Rodwell | June 2023 As Youth Day approaches, we are reminded that two out of every three young people in South Africa is unemployed. Thus, the question that needs to be asked is [...]

Percept | May 2023 Gendered and unequal patterns of giving, receiving, and seeking care are significant features of South Africa’s inequality. Caring processes show up the uneven way financial and decision-making powers are spread across [...]