In preparation for the 30th anniversary of the 2024 International Year of the Family, Elena joined colleagues at The University of Pretoria in collaboration with…
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Expert Group Meeting in preparation for the 30th anniversary of the International Year of the Family, 2024
Elena will be moderating a session at the Demographic Changes and Family Wellbeing in Africa Expert Group Meeting hosted by The University of Pretoria. The…
Families and Societies Working Group: December Writing Retreat
Elena recently hosted the Families and Societies Working Group for the final writing retreat of 2022. The group brings together a cohort of young academics…
Wellcome Career Award: A Research Programme on Family Caregiving of Older Persons in Southern Africa
Elena was recently awarded a Wellcome Career Award to start a five year research programme entitled : Family Caregiving of Older Persons in Southern Africa….
Book Launch at AGI, UCT, 20 October, 2022
In October, Elena, held a book launch at AGI. Together with four of the authors of the edited book, Generation, Gender and Negotiating Custom in…
UN Talk: Policies addressing older persons, the family and intergenerational relations in sub-Saharan Africa
Very excited to be asked to present a paper on Family Care of Older Persons at a UN workshop in Kenya at the end of…
Negotiating Families and Personal Lives in the 21st Century
I am excited to see the new volume on Negotiating Families and Personal Lives in 21st century. In this edited volume, i have a book…