Institute of Education London

Ms Jo Heslop

• Qualifications and position:
  • MA Gender and Development
  • Research Officer
• Faculty:
  • Faculty of Policy and Society
• Department:
  • Humanities and Social Science
• Centre:
  • Centre for Critical Education Policy Studies (CeCeps)
• Summary:
  • I work in the field of gender, education and international development. I have particular interests in gender violence in schools, sexuality, identities and the research-policy-practice interface.
• Teaching:
  • MA Education, Gender and International Development
• Research Projects:
  • Stop Violence Against Girls
    Transforming Education for Girls in Tanzania and Nigeria
• Professional Activities:
  • Membership Secretary - UKFIET
• Conferences/presentations:
  • • "The context of violence: Insights from a baseline study on violence against girls in schools in Kenya, Ghana and Mozambique", World Council of Comparative Education Societies (WCCES) International Conference Istanbul, June 2010
    • "Aspiration, Agency, Collaboration and Constraint: The complexity of girls' schooling in Northern Nigeria and Northern Tanzania", 4th Women in Africa and the African Diaspora (WAAD) International Conference Abuja, August 2009
    • "Building partnerships to combat gendered inequalities, discrimination and violence against girls in Africa", Gender and Education Association 7th International Conference London, March 2009
• Personal Country Knowledge:
  • Sub-Saharan Africa:
    • Ghana (gender equality in education, women's empowerment, violence against girls in schools)
    • Kenya (violence against girls in schools)
    • Mozambique (violence against girls in schools)
    • Tanzania (gender equality in education, women's empowerment, health systems, HIV programming and policy)
    • Nigeria (gender equality in education, health systems, HIV programming and policy)
    • Zambia (gender, sexuality and HIV vulnerability, young people, participatory research, health systems, HIV programming and policy)
    • Zimbabwe (health education in schools, HIV/AIDS prevention, peer education, gender equality)
    • South Africa (health systems, HIV programming and policy)
    • Malawi (sexual and reproductive health services)
    • Uganda (health education in schools, peer education, young people)
    • Rwanda (health systems, HIV programming and policy)
    Asia:
    • Pakistan (sexual and reproductive health, women's empowerment and HIV)
    • India (sexual and reproductive health, young people and gender)
    • Thailand (Sexual and reproductive health and women's empowerment among refugees)
• Languages Spoken:
  • French (intermediate), Shona, Ndebele (basic)
• Languages Written:
  • French (intermediate)
• SIG Membership:
  • Sociology of Education
    Education for Sustainable Development