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Practitioner – Lauren October

Lauren October – Practitioners

Mrs Lauren October
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Organisation
The Children's Institute

Provinces
Western Cape

Position
Researcher

City
Cape Town

Joined on
19 Sep 2018

My motivation to join SaferSpaces:

I am a researcher working on social cohesion and community safety. My expertise includes xenophobia, youth violence, gender-based violence and masculinity. I would like to find out more about projects, organisations and people operating within the field of community safety and violence prevention. 

I'm working in these sectors:
NGOs/CBOs, Research / Academia
I'm specialising in these topics:
Gender-based violence, Hate Crime / Xenophobia, Masculinity, Public violence, Violence in Schools and Educational Institutions
Projects published
  • Walk This Way 01 Jul 2019
  • Safe Shebeens 16 Apr 2019
  • Xenowatch 04 Apr 2019
  • Safe Ride: Preventing Gender-Based Violence in Taxis 30 Nov 2018
  • Restoring Dignity Project 16 Nov 2018
    • Resources published
  • Policing and non-nationals External police oversight, accountability and xenophobic violence in South Africa 10 Mar 2022
  • Violence and Crime Prevention in South Africa: Towards the Realisation of the White Paper on Safety and Security (2016) 25 Jan 2022
  • Children and Covid-19 Advocacy Briefs 06 Aug 2021
  • SaferSpaces online conference (7-8 June 2021) presentations 14 Jun 2021
  • Policing and non-nationals: Analysis of police prevention, detection and investigation of xenophobic violence in South Africa 25 May 2021
    • Research published
  • People to People Dialogues: Situational Analysis Synthesis Report 05 Aug 2020
    • Blog published
  • Summary of the SaferSpaces Online Conference: Preventing Violence in South Africa - From policy making to evidence-based implementation 11 Jun 2021
  • Civic Engagement in Uncertain Times 27 May 2021
  • NGOs commit to new plan to assist the homeless in Cape Town 16 Mar 2021
  • South African vagrancy laws hark back to colonial times and violate human rights 15 Dec 2020
  • In the cross-hairs: foreigners in SA’s informal sector 07 Dec 2020
    • Expertise

     Desktop and Field Research, Data Analysis, Policy Analysis 

    Training
    • BA Psychological counselling
    • BHons International Studies
    • MA Political Science