Areas of Expertise

External mainstreaming of HIV:  how should organisations that don't do medical work or health promotion respond to HIV? I'm interested in how we can achieve a more comprehensive response to HIV through development organisations modifying their existing work. This involves a different way of thinking about HIV and development work. With support to really understand the links, organisations can discover how they can best make their contribution to addressing HIV.

Internal mainstreaming of HIV: what can development organisations do to protect their ability to work effectively in a time of AIDS? A lot of my recent work has been about researching and writing guidance to help CSOs to manage HIV in their workplaces. The theory is not difficult, but getting managers motivated, tackling stigma and sustaining efforts are all challenging issues.

Participatory evaluation: I believe that evaluations work best when staff and beneficiaires are supported to assess, reflect on and improve their efforts. Working in this way also helps me to understand the complexity of the project, enabling me to contribute more relevant observations and ideas to the process.

Advocacy around sexual rights: through their links to HIV, I've become involved in written and verbal advocacy around female condoms and LGBTI rights.

Research, monitoring and evaluation: these important elements of any programme are often poorly done; sometimes rushed and undervalued, sometimes over-complicated and a drain on resources from project activities. I advocate for 'good enough' methods which make intuitive sense to those involved, and which generate data that is easy to use to improve the effectiveness of interventions.