RESADE took part in the launch workshop for the project “Imarisha – Realizing the full potential of primary healthcare workers: combating gender-based violence in the workplace” in Cape Town (South Africa) from June 17 to 21, 2025.
The Imarisha project aims to fill the gaps in understanding the nature of workplace violence experienced by frontline healthcare workers and its gender dimensions in three countries – Burkina Faso, South Africa and Tanzania. It is being implemented by a consortium comprising the University of the Western Cape in South Africa, the Institut National de Santé Publique (INSP) and Recherche pour la Santé et le Développement (RESADE) in Burkina Faso, and the IFAKARA Health Institute in Tanzania.
Over the course of 5 days, teams of researchers and financial management players from the consortium’s member institutions learned to cultivate the spirit of a dynamic, interactive and coherent consortium, focused on learning and collaboration with a shared vision of success. They also ensured a common understanding of the conceptual framework of workplace violence and its gender dimensions in different country contexts. Finally, the workshop served to: 1) identify strengths and gaps in research, capacity building, knowledge transfer, governance, financial management; 2) review project planning by identifying levers to provide solutions to bottlenecks and delays in project implementation; and 3) make significant progress in developing research protocols for submission to the various ethics committees.
The consortium hopes that the results of the Imarisha project will contribute to a safe and healthy healthcare environment, free from violence.
