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Name | Dr Ashleigh R.T. Shangare |
| Highest qualification |
PhD (University of Pretoria, South Africa) |
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| Position | Post-Doctoral Research Fellow | |
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| Research interests/expertise |
Women’s political participation, representation governance, gender-based violence, policy analysis (with a strong focus on gender), foreign policy analysis, and perceptions of political elites |
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| Current projects |
Post Doctoral Research |
Dr Ashleigh R.T. Shangare holds a PhD in International Relations from the Department of Political Sciences at the University of Pretoria, with a key focus on women’s political empowerment in Africa, particularly gender and political representation. She is a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Thabo Mbeki African School of Public and International Affairs (TM-School) and an expert in International Relations.
She also holds a Master’s degree in Diplomatic Studies, with a dissertation that evaluated the gender policy of the African Union. Her research interests include women’s political participation, governance, gender-based violence, policy analysis (with a strong focus on gender), foreign policy analysis, and perceptions of political elites, as well as the roles of traditional leadership, mediation, and climate change in shaping gendered political outcomes.
Ashleigh has contributed to several multidisciplinary research projects and has lectured in the social sciences, particularly in Politics, History, and International Relations. Through her work, she seeks to promote gender equality and empower women to participate fully and meaningfully in decision-making processes across the continent.
