Project management, qualitative research, advocacy, advice and mentorship for causes that advance health and social equity.My research background includes normative research, advocacy research eg outcome harvesting, reviews of good practices and lessons learnt, needs assessments and qualitative research.

Schulden onder jongeren nemen zorgwekkend rap toe in Nederland en hebben grote impact op het welzijn van jongeren. In deze rol coördineerde ik de ontwikkeling van een nieuw programma gericht op samenwerking tussen partners in het ecosysteem om jongeren met geldzorgen éérder te vinden, te bereiken, en te leiden naar een sluitend hulpaanbod dat passend is, toereikend en effectief.

Lobby and Advocacy for Affordable, Equitable, Sufficient Access to Medicines including Covid Innovations for All

During my tenure as the first Director of RHAP, from inception in 2009 till 2018, the organisation grew into a powerful and recognised voice for rural health equity. Our modus operandi has always been to 'connect people, policy and practice'. As a coordinating body, we brought people with grassroots, health, civil society en academic expertise together, to jointly analyse, plan, advocate and lobby for rural health equity. Our methods included research, training, organising and coalitionwork… Show more During my tenure as the first Director of RHAP, from inception in 2009 till 2018, the organisation grew into a powerful and recognised voice for rural health equity. Our modus operandi has always been to 'connect people, policy and practice'. As a coordinating body, we brought people with grassroots, health, civil society en academic expertise together, to jointly analyse, plan, advocate and lobby for rural health equity. Our methods included research, training, organising and coalitionwork, and of course lobby. As Director I helped the Steering Committee to transition into a Board. I developed the governance manual and led the development of two 5-year strategic frameworks. In the words of one of our donors the Atlantic Philanthrophies (2016): “RHAP provides an innovative, highly effective and cost-efficient way of creating a powerful voice for driving the pro-rural health improvements agenda in South Africa. Its team is small but highly skilled. Its partnership approach enables RHAP to deliver results efficiently and eliminates the need for RHAP to grow into a sizeable and costly organisation. RHAP enables a network of small, diverse and disparate organisations to work together to achieve far more than any could on their own.” And “One of the successes of RHAP has been the high-quality pioneer leadership by the Executive Director who employs a collaborative style, balancing and managing contrasting views and approaches to health, rurality and advocacy.” Show less

Representing RHAP as the 'advocacy learning partner' I contributed to the development and implementation of a fellowship for young activist leaders in health equity. I researched best practices in advocacy, developed training materials, facilitated group sessions, supported advocacy projects development, and co-created modules for and with other learning partners and young activist leaders.

Als Honorary Lecturer gaf ik regelmatig colleges over het recht op gezondheidszorg in de context van ongelijke toegang tot zorg, in een historisch perspectief, sociale rechtvaardigheid, advocacy vaardigheden en regel en wetgeving. Invalshoek was meestal maar niet altijd ongelijke toegang tot goede zorg in rurale gebieden van Zuid-Afrika. Deze lessen maakten deel uit van verschillende opleidingen, bijv. Master of Public Health, Bachelor of Health Sciences.

Established by the two mother organizations from South Africa and The Netherlands, the CMRA provided consultancy services to local governments in fields such as health, local economic development and social housing. I was responsible for the research work in a three year project on HIV and AIDS mainstreaming and programme development in 6 municipalities and I led the new benchmarking initiative, on HIV/AIDS, bringing together municipal officers, elected officials for learning through peer… Show more Established by the two mother organizations from South Africa and The Netherlands, the CMRA provided consultancy services to local governments in fields such as health, local economic development and social housing. I was responsible for the research work in a three year project on HIV and AIDS mainstreaming and programme development in 6 municipalities and I led the new benchmarking initiative, on HIV/AIDS, bringing together municipal officers, elected officials for learning through peer review and exchange. Show less

This role exposed me to community-based research in a peri-urban setting, 40km from Pretoria, where I worked with community members, leaders, youth, academic scientists, local health representatives and healthcare workers and business in applied research project aiming to improve health outcomes and well-being in the local villages and town. I was responsible for the social-science (non-clinical) research projects and for fostering partnerships with relevant actors.