Dr. Gavaza Maluleke works as a senior lecturer in the department of political studies at the University of Cape Town and obtained her PhD at the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz. Her most recent postdoctoral work was in the democracy, governance and service delivery unit at the Human Science Research Council. She also worked as a consultant at United Nations University Institute on Globalization, Culture and Mobility. Her research interests are in digital activism, transnational feminisms, migration, gendered violence, masculinities and media studies in Africa.