ACMS Wits University

📢REMINDER: Don't forget to join us today for this panel discussion by Prof. Jane Freedman (Université Paris 8) and Dr @Aribanob Tesfai (Independent Researcher) about the Growing Up Across Borders (GRABS) project. tinyurl.com/37h6krs9 @ERC_Research #borders #wellbeing #youth

Dudula in Alex: born from deprivation, fueled by xenophobia, serving its own interests. @ACMSWits @WitsUniversity #Xenowatch #Alexandra #FromDataToAction

📅EVENT: Join us next week (Wed. 20 May, 12:30 GMT+2) for this panel discussion by Prof. Jane Freedman (Université Paris 8) & Dr @Aron Tesfai (@UKZN) on the @ERC_Research funded Growing Up Across Borders (GRABS) project. tinyurl.com/37h6krs9 #borders #wellbeing #young #health

📰OP-ED: 'When good writing becomes bad ethics'. In this opinion piece ACMS associate researchers Dr Rebecca Walker and Dr Marlise Richter challenge the voyeuristic framing often used in reporting on sex workers: tinyurl.com/4tamcw2t #SexWork #MediaEthics #Labour #HumanRights

📢 REMINDER: Don't forget to join us tomorrow for this hybrid seminar on, 'The Adversity Grid: Beyond Epistemological Traps in the Gendered Liminality of Unaccompanied Migrant Boys', by our doctoral researcher Tanatswa Chineka. tinyurl.com/ms3uz43w #boy #health @GEMMS_research

85% of Alex says services are failing. 71% distrust the police. Read the report: xenowatch.ac.za/deprivation-go… #Xenowatch #Alexandra #FromDataToAction

🚨 FEATURE: The ACMS based at @WitsUniversity is one of the co-leads of the Cluster of Research Excellence (CoRE) in Migration & Health. Find out more about this cluster on this week's feature: tinyurl.com/2p9zy23b #InternationalCollaboration #HigherEducation #PositiveAgenda

📅EVENT: Join us for this hybrid public seminar titled, 'The Adversity Grid: Beyond Epistemological Traps in the Gendered Liminality of Unaccompanied Migrant Boys', by ACMS's doctoral researcher Tanatswa Chineka. For more info & Zoom link: tinyurl.com/ms3uz43w @GEMMS_research

PRESS RELEASE: #Xenophobic discrimination in #SouthAfrica is not a series of isolated incidents; it is a regular, ongoing reality. 406 verified incidents recorded between 2022 and 2025. 151 in 2025 alone. xenowatch.ac.za/press-release-… @ACMSWits @WitsUniversity #Xenowatch

📢 FELLOWSHIPS: Want to visit us at the ACMS, here at the @WitsUniversity (South Africa), as a research fellow? The second round of the African Research Universities Alliance @ARUA_News Early Career Research Fellowships is currently open. More info: tinyurl.com/3pm8h8ea #ARUA

VIDEO: ACMS postdoc Dr John Marnell talks about his chapter, titled: '"I sucked a lot of dicks to get this place!" Homemaking and care practices among East African LGBTQ refugees' at the recent 'East African Queer and Trans Displacements' book launch: tinyurl.com/55ydaume

Prof. Loren Landau on @Radio702 explained that SA's unemployment crisis is not caused by foreign nationals. Politicians, having failed to deliver on housing and other promises, instead scapegoat immigrants. LISTEN: #description" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">omny.fm/shows/the-brea… #Unemployment #Xenowatch

🗣️ JOB: The @MobGovLab seeks a data-driven scholar to join our multidisciplinary team as a Post-Doctoral Fellow in Data Management, Migration & Spatial Analysis. Deadline: 18 May 2026. Duration: 2-years. More info: tinyurl.com/48cdebt2 @UniofOxford @WitsUniversity @Xenowatch1

Final touches before it all begins. One day to go. See you tomorrow. RSVP: info@atlasofuncertainty.com Free entry on 18 April! 📍 @OriginsCentre, @WitsUniversity 18 Apr – 3 Jul 2026 🔗atlasofuncertainty.com Image credits: 1. @lorenlandau 2. @naadirapatel_ 3. @naadirapatel_

📅 REMINDER: Don't forget to join us today for this hybrid public seminar titled, 'Fixed Systems, Mobile Lives: Structural Misalignment & the Negotiation of Sexual & Reproductive Health Care among Mobile Adolescents & Young People in Johannesburg', by ACMS's Dr @LucyPearl_khofi.

The exhibition is taking shape, one piece at a time. This is @billie_mack's 'A Map of Dreams and Realities' See you on the 18th! RSVP: info@atlasofuncertainty.com 📍 @OriginsCentre, @WitsUniversity 18 Apr – 3 Jul 2026 🔗 atlasofuncertainty.com Image credits: @lorenlandau

📢 REMINDER: Don't forget to join us for the 'East African Queer & Trans Displacement' book launch today. This #openaccess collection offers the first in-depth examination of #queer and #trans #displacement in the region. Download the e-book for free here: tinyurl.com/43cjmpbd

📅 EVENT: Join us for this hybrid public seminar titled, 'Fixed Systems, Mobile Lives: Structural Misalignment & the Negotiation of Sexual & Reproductive Health Care among Mobile Adolescents & Young People in Johannesburg', by ACMS's Dr @LucyPearl_khofi. tinyurl.com/57anh45b

📢 EVENT: Join us for the 'East African Queer & Trans Displacement' upcoming book launch. This #openaccess collection offers the first in-depth examination of #queer and #trans #displacement in the region. Download the book for free here: tinyurl.com/43cjmpbd #migration

📑ARTICLE: Our co-director Ass. Prof. @jovearey & senior researcher Dr @mlotshwal1 discuss 'Strengthening the health of African populations on the move within the continent' in this inaugural issue of @TheLancet Regional Health - Africa #openaccess journal tinyurl.com/ypmufesw