Ms Shirin Yousuff Motala
Ms Shirin Motala is a Chief Research Manager in the Inclusive Economic Development Division (IED) at the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) and assumed her employment at the HSRC in 2008. She serves as Acting Director for Impact and Research Development and as Head of the IED Durban Office. Shirin?s research interest and experience focusses on employment creation, sustainable livelihoods and inclusive development. Her interest is in how multiple areas of deprivation entrench poverty, marginalisation and inequality. Her specific niche research expertise is the role and contribution of transformative social protection and active labour market programme which support the transition from school to work and contribute to strengthening sustainable livelihood outcomes for those at the margins of society.
Her research expertise includes evaluation of development programmes, design of research studies, development of research instruments, facilitating Theories of Change and Logical Framework development, undertaking large scale fieldwork studies, fieldwork management, analysis of qualitative and quantitative data and report writing. Ms Motala holds undergraduate B. Social Science Honours degree from the University College Dublin, Ireland and a Masters? of Development Studies from the University of KwaZulu Natal (UKZN - previously University of Natal). She holds an Advanced Diploma in Adult Education also from UKZN and a Certificate in Journalism from the City University, London, UK.
Her work experience has included an internship with the late Professor Fatima Meer at the Institute for Black Research, University of Natal. She thereafter worked in community development in the townships of Phoenix and Inanda including as Director of the Phoenix Child and Family Welfare Society. Her work with the Regional Consultative Forum on Rural Development provided her an opportunity to work in the land and rural development sector. Before joining the HSRC she had served as Provincial Coordinator for the European Union funded Civil Society Advocacy Programme working with three Chapter 9 institutions namely the SA Human Rights Commission, the Public Protector and the Commission for Gender Equality.
As Principal or co Principal investigator Shirin has conducted a large number of national and local research studies on behalf of national, provincial and local spheres of government, key national institutions and international development and donor agencies including the Department of Environmental Affairs, Department of Social Development, Department of Tourism, Department of Transport, KwaZulu-Natal, Statistics South Africa, City of Joburg, Department of Performance Monitoring and Evaluation in the Presidency, the Commission for Gender Equality, the Department of Justice, International Labour Organisation and Save the Children, South Africa among others. Shirin led the HSRC Team in writing the close-out report on the Millennium Development Goals Report for South Africa in 2015, was an expert on the ILO team which undertook the diagnostic and designed Phase 4 of the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) for South Africa in 2018/19.
Ms Motala has published a several peer journal articles, book chapters, peer reviewed monographs, whilst contributing to writing various research reports and policy briefs. Shirin served as Guest Editor for the Agenda issue 86: Gender, Food and Nutrition Security in the context of the global economic crisis and is currently co-editor and author of a soon to be published Social Security Review 2020 on behalf of Department of Social Development. She authored a SEED Working Paper on the Informal Economy for the for the ILO and co-authored a chapter on ?Welfare? in First Call for Children, as part of IDASA, Children?s Budget Project. Shirin's interest in social justice has involved being co-founder of the Childrens? Rights Centre (CRC) and the Alliance for Children?s Entitlement to Social Security (ACESS) and serves as the Chair of the Association for Rural Advancement AFRA, a rural and land rights advocacy institution with a particular focus on marginalised farm workers, farm dwellers and disenfranchised rural households.
Skills audit
To do skills audit amongst all government departments at the request of the president of South Africa....
Research to monitor and mainstream the economic empowerment and participation of women, youth and persons with disabilities across sectors of the economic recovery and reconstruction plan(ERRP)
To undertake research on monitoring and mainstreaming the economic empowerment and participation of women , youth and persons with disabilities acros....
Social Security Review (Volume 2) publication
To provide professional editorial and publication service which includes overseeing and assessing the quality of work by authors....
Impact of Employment Policies to enhance Labour Market Outcomes of Youth
The overarching objective is to support the active dissemination and research uptake of the findings and recommendations of the DoEL Study. This is i....
Waste Sector Human Capacity Development (HCD) Programme Track and Trace Impact Evaluation Study
The study is aimed at generating information on the outcomes of those learners post completion of their qualification with respect to their career pro....
Structural changes in the Education, Training and Development sector
This three-year study assesses structural changes in the education, training and development sector arising from the COVID-19 pandemic within the cont....
Social Security Review
As a follow-up to the inaugural Social Security Review: Volume One, a first for South Africa and the African Continent, volume two, co-funded by the D....
The 2021 Social unrest in South Africa: Future scenarios
In response to the social unrest and following a presentation by the HSRC to the National Intelligence Co-ordinating Committee (NICOC) the Department ....
DSI_HSRC Internship Programme
Implementation and Management of the DSI_HSRC Internship Programme....
ETDP_SETA Conducting of an Empirical Study on Tracking and Tracing Learners
To conduct an empirical study on tracking and tracing learners by interviewing 100% population of learners who completed: learnerships, workplace inte....
Kagiso Trust: TYPOLOGIES OF CIVIL SOCIETY IN SOUTH AFRICA: A CRITICAL REVIEW AND ANALYSIS OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE NON-PROFIT SECTOR
The objectives of the study are: 1.To compile a report that gives the state of the Non-Profit Organizations (NPOs) sector. 2.To generate a comprehe....
DPME Technical Support for the 25-Year Review - Chapter on Skills (Outcome 5)
As summarised in the Terms of Reference (TOR) and the technical support document the overarching objective of the review is to provide technical suppo....
DPME Technical Support for the 25-Year Review - Chapter on Social Protection (Outcome13)
Provide technical support to the DPME to conduct a comprehensive 25-Year Review of Social Protection in South Africa. Ensure that the review is based ....
ILO: Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP)
The purpose of this assignment is to provide strategic support to the development of of EPWP Phase 4. The EPWP has set up institutional arrangements c....
UNESCO: Inclusive Development: Implementing the SDGs through inclusive and equity-weighted policies
Conferencing facilities and local transport hire....
UNESCO: Exploring the potential of data innovation for the promotion of urban inclusion in Southern Africa
The study will comprise an attempt to test and assess the dynamics of using an on-line data platform as a tool for empowerment of excluded urban pop....
Employment Creation and Inclusive Development
Consolidating EPD's proven expertise in the social economy is the third proposal in this submission. The intention is to draw together the findings of....
DSD: Editorial Services for the publication of the Social Security Review
To appoint a service provider as Managing Editor for the production of a Social Security Review Publication. The scope of work as outlined in the Term....
DEA: Conducting Impact Assessment Study in respect of Environmental Sector EPWP
The HSRC's impact evaluation methodology framework will be designed bearing in mind DEA???s EPWP central and specific objectives as outlined in the Te....
NRF: KIC Funding: Visiting Foreign Researcher
Department of Environmental Affairs: EPWP Impact Assessment Study, Programme Planning Session....
NDT: Tourism Resource Development (THRD) Strategy and the Tourism Skills Audit Review
Facilitating a consultative process to develop a new THRD strategy and implementation plan for the period 2016-2026. Specific Objectives: To review....
NDA: Impact Evaluation Study
The National Development Agency (NDA) has committed to conducting an impact assessment of its funded development projects on poverty alleviation to as....
Save the Children South Africa: To undertake an evaluation of selected area based Early Childhood Development Forums
This proposal has been drawn up in response to the Terms of Reference (ToR) disseminated by Save the Children, South Africa, inviting Proposals for As....
COJ: Early Childhood Development
This proposal has been drawn up in response to the Terms of Reference (ToR) drafted by the City of Johannesburg (CoJ) in partnership with the Hollard ....
NDA: Effective and Accountable Citizenry Engagement Study
The aim of this project is to establish new channels through which government could improve its engagement with civil society. The essence is to enhan....
KZN Department of Transport: Pilot Pothole Patching Programme
The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Transport (DoT) is responsible for the maintenance of 7 728km of blacktop road and 23 156km of gravel road. The DoT al....
Evaluation of the SAWID Development Caravan Programme
The main purpose of this study is to carry out an external impact assessment that will assess the social and economic impact of the intervention in th....
The evaluation of the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) in KwaZulu-Natal, with specific reference to the Socio-Economic Impacts of the programme
The main purpose of the project is to evaluate the KZN DoT EPWP programme in a more structured and reflective manner in order to inform planning, poli....
Millennium Development Goals 2,6,7
Statistics South Africa is leading the writing of a comprehensive progress report to measure the country's progress towards achieving the targets set ....
DRDLR: A Diagnostic Study of the process followed by The Commission on Restitution of Land Rights in the Research of Claims in terms of the Restitution of Land Rights Act, 1994 (Act No. 22 of 1994)
The focus of the study will be to conduct the diagnostic of capacity, capability and experience in each Regional Office, on how to carry out the resea....