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A fond farewell to Hanzline Davids

by IAM | Dec 14, 2021 | Reflections

Our Dearest colleague, Hanzline R. Davids, is starting a new chapter at UNISA in December 2021. We are deeply thankful to have had Hanzline as part of our team over the past 5 years. Our good wishes go with him to his new post and the team that he is joining. The IAM...

Collective action in reducing the gap between health research and the community

by IAM | Dec 9, 2021 | Civil society partnerships, Impact, Reflections

Nokuthula Mjwara, Civil Society Partnerships On 4 December 2021, Inclusive and Affirming Ministries (IAM) collaborated with the Desmond Tutu Health Foundation Trials Unit at Groote Schuur Hospital in hosting a health and advocacy day. The aim of the day was to bring...

Ujamaa and IAM pilot a contextual Bible study for trans diverse inclusion

by IAM | Nov 25, 2021 | Academic partnerships, Reflections

By Hanzline R. Davids and Charlene van der Walt Transgender diverse bodies are often excluded and erased from conversations in church, academy, and society. Religious transphobia is systemic and structural, and is constantly informed by heteronormative and gender...

Counter Communities of Care

by IAM | Oct 13, 2021 | Academic partnerships, Reflections

Inclusive and Affirming Ministries (IAM), in collaboration with the Gender, Religion and Health Programme at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), hosted an Ecumenical Queer Clergy Think Tank at Devon Valley Hotel in Stellenbosch from 27 September – 01 October...

Launch of The Bible and “Homosexuality”: A Toolkit

by IAM | Oct 12, 2021 | Reflections

On 30 September 2021, at the Devon Valley Hotel in Stellenbosch, Inclusive and Affirming Ministries Launch The Bible and “Homosexuality”: A Toolkit. Why The Bible and “Homosexuality” toolkit? On the African continent, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex and...