The Social Policy Network (SPN) is a development firm providing technical assistance, research, training and advice to government departments, development agencies and civil society organisations. These individuals are leaders in the fields of policy development, the organising of social spaces, and are leaders in the institutions and the professional networks with whom SPN (Pty) Ltd cooperates in implementing its programmes. SPN’s secretariat comprises two teams; a management team that facilitates operational requirements, and a technical team comprising national and international experts. SPN has a diverse technical team that specialises in the following areas:
• Sexual and reproductive health and rights.
• Maternal and children’s health.
• Population studies.
• Women’s rights (social, economic and political).
• Child protection, including the commercial sexual exploitation of children.
• Evaluations and impact assessments.
• Gender, women, girls and HIV and AIDS.
• Gender-based violence.
• Advocacy, media and communications.
• Gender audits, integration and mainstreaming.
• Business management.
