Rofiah Ololade Sarumi Author

Dr. Rofiah Ololade Sarumi graduated in 2001 with a degree in Law from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. After her call to the Nigerian Bar, she proceeded to the University of Pretoria for a Master's degree in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa in 2004. In 2014, Rofiah obtained a PhD in Law and she is currently a post-doctoral fellow at the College of Law and Management Studies at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. Rofiah is a published researcher with special interest in children's rights, right to health, sexual and reproductive health rights, and issues related to HIV/AIDS, gender, and general legal education.
Professor Ann Elaine Strode is the Academic Leader of Socio-Legal Studies at the School of Law, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. She teaches constitutional and human rights law to second year LLB and Legal Studies (non LLB) students. Before joining the University Ann worked as a human rights lawyer for a number of NGOs working on social justice issues. During this time she worked extensively on programmes addressing HIV as a human rights issue. She also spent a number of years in the HIV/AIDS Directorate at the Department of Health in Pretoria developing HIV policy for the new democratic government. Achievements included; being a member of the South African Law Reform’s Commission’s Project Committee on AIDS which made five legal and policy recommendations to various government departments, assisting with drafting of the sections on HIV in the Employment Equity Act and assisting in the development of the first para-legal manual on AIDS and the law. Since joining the University in 2001, Ann has re-focused her work around research and teaching.