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The HSRC Research Data Service provides a digital repository facility for the HSRC's research data in support of evidence based human and social development in South Africa and the broader region. Access to data is dependent on ethical requirements for protecting research participants, as well as on legal agreements with the owners, funders or in the case of data owned by the HSRC, the requirements of the depositors of the data. We facilitate data use by preparing comprehensive metadata and disseminating data and related documents to appropriate target audiences. Data sharing is subject to an End User License agreement. Data sets from the following projects have been curated and are available for use:
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Research data: HOMOPHOBIA
2020 Exploring queerphobic geographies in Southern Africa
Space in Southern African countries is continuously constructed as heterosexual, putting queer individuals at risk of violence. This paper e...
2014 Heteronormativity, homophobia and 'culture' arguments in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Despite a progressive Constitution and affirming legislation, sexual and gender minorities experience discrimination in South Africa. This r...
2011 Not crossing the line: masculinities and homophobic violence in South Africa
In South Africa, gendered violence, experienced through homophobia, has become common, with 'curative rape' for lesbian women on the increas...
2011 Re same-sex marriages unAfrican?: same-sex relationships and belonging in post-apartheid South Africa
In 1996 South Africa was the first country in the world to safeguard sexual orientation as a human right in its Constitution. Homonegativity...