Angelique Thomas

Angelique Thomas is a social science researcher interested in stigma and intersectionality, marginalised groups, mental health, and sexual and reproductive health. She holds an MA in Political Studies from the University of the Western Cape, South Africa and has completed postgraduate courses at the International Institute for Social Studies in the Netherlands. Angelique has worked in a wide range of research settings within universities, NGOs, and large-scale clinical trials. Informed by her experience of living and working in the global South, she is passionate about de-centring colonial patterns in global and public health. Angelique is a PhD candidate in the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. Her research on sexual and reproductive health resilience of young women living with HIV in South Africa aims to shed light on factors that would support young women living with HIV in becoming resilient and provide knowledge for how to design interventions for women (from the South) by women (from the South) who are directly affected by HIV.