Gender Equity Analyst and Legal Researcher
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Nerishka Singh joined SERI as a Gender Equity Analyst in May 2020 after successfully completing her articles with SERI in March 2022. Nerishka joined SERI as candidate attorney in January 2020 after having previously worked as a research intern at SERI from February 2019. She holds BA (Political Studies) and LLB degrees from the University of the Witwatersrand. She is looking to pursue a Masters Degree which focuses on human rights litigation, with a specific interest in the rights of women and children in South Africa. Nerishka’s interests include politics, legal transformation, and current affairs which touch on the socio-economic realities of different groups in South Africa.
Op-eds
- How Evictions Law Has Been Implemented in the Lower Courts in South Africa, Yvonne Erasmus and Nerishka Singh, Oxford Human Rights Hub (2 June 2022).
- Joburg court flouts right to housing, Nerishka Singh and Yvonne Eramus, New Frame (1 April 2022).
- Farm dwellers’ rights are not just about unlawful eviction, Nerishka Singh, Business Day (25 September 2019).