Joy Watson

Joy Watson is a senior research associate, author and writer. Her research areas of specialisation are analysing public policy and service delivery, as well as tracking funding flows from the perspective of building social equity and preventing violence. She has many years of experience in developing feminist responses to public policy. She has worked on research initiatives in South Africa as well as internationally. She in the process of finalising her PHD on rape and public policy at the University of Stellenbosch.  Together with Amanda Gouws, she has co-edited the book, Nasty Women Talk Back, A Collection of Feminist Essays on the Global Women’s Marches’ (Imbali, 2018). Her debut novel, The Other Me, a novel about emotional and psychological violence, was published by Karavan Press in 2022. Joy is also a contributor at Daily Maverick Life.