Busisiwe Nkala-Dlamini
Busisiwe Nkala-Dlamini holds a PhD in Development Studies, University of the Witwatersrand; Masters of Health Science in Bioethics, University of Toronto; Bachelor of Arts in Social Work, University of the Witwatersrand. Recipient of Fogarty International Scholarship, NRF Sabbatical Grant, Faculty of Humanities’ Research Promotion Grant and Female Academic Leaders Fellowship Grant. She is a Senior Lecturer and the head of the Social Work Department at Wits, and Chair of the Transformation Committee in the School of Human and Community Development. Currently involved in international collaborative interdisciplinary research projects investigating teenage boys’ exposure and involvement in gender-based violence. Passionate about research and program development on teenage and adolescence (boys and girls) sexual and reproductive health services, socio-behavioural research, and historical and socio-cultural factors’ contribution to teenager sexual and reproductive health, services and families.