Rhoda Kadalie | |
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Born | Cape Town, South Africa | 22 September 1953
Died | 16 April 2022 | (aged 68)
Education | Harold Cressy High School[2] |
Alma mater | University of the Western Cape[2] |
Children | Julia Pollak |
Relatives | Clements Kadalie (grandfather) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Gender Equity |
Institutions | University of Western Cape |
Rhoda Kadalie (22 September 1953 – 16 April 2022)[3] was a South African academic. She was the founder of the Gender Equity Unit at University of Western Cape (UWC).[4][5] In June 1999 she received an honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Social Sciences of Uppsala University, Sweden.[6] She was the granddaughter of trade unionist Clements Kadalie.[2]
Kadalie died of lung cancer on 16 April 2022, at the age of 68 in Los Angeles, California.[3][1]