Most programmatic interventions focusing on women’s health and well-being fail due to a lack of research that inform the intervention. Lack of research that inform project/programme implementation seriously undermine project/programme effectiveness and hence long term impact. Most NGO’s and CBO’s do not have the research capacity to address this shortcoming.

Women in Research (WIR) is a non-profit organisation working in collaboration with the Psychology Department of the University of the Western Cape (UWC) in South Africa. WIR employs a gender-biased approach with the primary aim of promoting research, building research capacity and advancing sustainability in women focussed organisations.

There is a need for research and research capacity within women focussed organisations that inform effective and efficient programmatic interventions in the area of women’s health.

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