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Navigating Academia : Women’s Stories of Success and Struggle - A Call to Action

“This book is a vital resource for promoting transformation and radical change in academia, offering perspectives, strategies and approaches that can be used in addressing persistent gender inequities in the fi eld. Readers from all walks of life can glean valuable lessons from this remarkable work, allowing them to be inspired and empowered” Prof Olive Shisana, CEO of Evidence Based Solutions and Honorary Professor, University of Cape Town.
There are limited books on real-life experiences of women in the workplace let alone in academia for women, by women, with women. This book is the first of its kind as it contains a unique collection of 16 powerful and inspiring stories of success and struggle of women in academia across age groups, career stages, disciplines, and geographies, that will never leave you the same. It offers a platform for validating African women’s experiences and heeding their voices which are hardly given any audience in many spaces. You will experience a mixed set of emotions as you celebrate women’s resilience, contributions made, and valuable insights shared, but also realize the dehumanizing experiences that women had to go through, and the extraordinary effort it took for them to survive and thrive in non-diverse academic environments. The book offers multiple perspectives, diverse experiences, and rich lessons derived from challenges experienced, and strategies employed, to empower the next generation. Further, the book goes beyond simply highlighting women’s struggles; it also calls for a bold and radical call to change the status quo so that future generations don’t have to go through the same turmoil. The insights provided in this book have implications for attracting, advancing, and retaining African women in academia.
Professor Refilwe Nancy Phaswana-Mafuya (PhD, PGD (Epi), MSc (Epi)) is a qualified epidemiologist and public health scientist. She is the director of the South African Medical Research Council/University of Johannesburg Pan African Centre for Epidemics Research (PACER) Extramural Unit and a professor of epidemiology and public health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Johannesburg. Prior to joining the University of Johannesburg, she served as the Deputy Vice Chancellor Research and Innovation at North West University for three years. Professor Phaswana-Mafuya also worked as Acting Executive Director, Research Director, and Chief Research Manager at the Human Sciences Research Council for almost 13 years, among others.

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Refilwe Nancy Phaswana-Mafuya
University of Johannesburg
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9387-0432
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.36615/9781776447497

Chapters

  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Plight of Women in Academia
  • 2. Navigating an Epidemiology Career
  • 3. Breaking Barriers to Research Leadership, Management, and Governance
  • 4. Managing Competing Work-Life Priorities
  • 5. Rising from Teenage Pregnancy to Veterinary Medicine
  • 6. Charting a Mechanical Engineering Career which Challenged the Stereotypical View of Women
  • 7. Ascending from Humble Beginnings to Mathematics Education Followed by Academic Leadership
  • 8. Adjusting to Unprecedented Changes to Become an Associate Professor of Physiology
  • 9. Opening a Solo Medical Practice without Financial Backup
  • 10. Turning Vulnerabilities into Stepping Stones towards a Public Health Career
  • 11. Transitioning from an Average Pass in Matric to Doctoral Degree in Medical Virology
  • 12. Going Back to Matric after Falling Pregnant, Followed by Discovery of Passion for a Public Health Career
  • 13. Traversing Difcult Seasons of Life to Pursue Mathematical Statistics
  • 14. Sacrifcing Material Gains to Pursue a Career in the Helping Profession
  • 15. Surviving Unstable Jobs in Pursuit of a Public Health Career
  • 16. Crossing Territorial Boundaries to Pursue Environmental Health Career Aspirations
  • 17. Leaving a Comfort Zone to Pursue Doctoral Studies Against All O
  • 18. Transforming from Barrenness to Fruitfulness while Achieving a Data Science Career
  • 19. Defying the Odds, Either Push or Pull
  • 20. Key Lessons Learnt From Journeys of the Women Featured in the Book
  • 21. Synopsis of Advice to Young Women Pursuing Careers in Academia
  • 22. A Call to Action to Change the Status Quo – The Time is Now

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