Marlise Richter

Research Associate

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Biography

Dr Marlise Richter completed a PhD in public health at the International Centre for Reproductive Health at the University of Ghent (Belgium) on sex worker access to health care services in South Africa and Kenya. She has worked as a researcher for Project Literacy, the AIDS Law Project, the Treatment Action Campaign, Sonke Gender Justice and the Health Justice Initiative, while she has also held positions at various universities.

Dr Richter is currently a visiting researcher at the School of Public Health, University of Cape Town and at the African Centre for Migration & Society, Wits University. Her research and advocacy focus on health, feminism and human rights, with a particular focus on Key Populations and rights-based approaches to health care.

Publications

11 publications

Journal Article

Invisible glue, holding space and the puzzle pieces of solidarity: United States funding and sex workers in South Africa ↗

Richter, M. & Mathe, C. (2025). Invisible glue, holding space and the puzzle pieces of solidarity: United States funding and sex workers in South Africa. South African Journal of Science.

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Public good, mindful bodies and human rights: a narrative investigation of the health-related experiences of unhoused adults confined in the Strandfontein Camp during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Cape Town, South Africa ↗

Caoci, A., Knight, L. & Richter, M. (2025). Public good, mindful bodies and human rights: a narrative investigation of the health-related experiences of unhoused adults confined in the Strandfontein Camp during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Cape Town, South Africa. Journal of Social Distress and Homelessness.

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The Ministerial Advisory Committees and 3 years of COVID-19 expertise – is the Department of Health’s model for information-sharing pandemic-ready? ↗

Richter, M. & Nokhepheyi, Y. (2024). The Ministerial Advisory Committees and 3 years of COVID-19 expertise – is the Department of Health’s model for information-sharing pandemic-ready?. South African Medical Journal.

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Sex work and South Africa's health system: addressing the needs of the underserved ↗

Scheibe, A., Richter, M. & Vearey, J. (2016). Sex work and South Africa's health system: addressing the needs of the underserved. South African Health Review.

Migration and sex work in South Africa: key concerns for gender and health ↗

Richter, M., Gideon, J. & Vearey (2016). Migration and sex work in South Africa: key concerns for gender and health. Gender and Health Handbook.

Implications of Football World Cup 2010 in Johannesburg. The Lived Experiences of Migrant Sex Workers ↗

Vearey, J., Lessing, E. & Richter, M. (2015). Implications of Football World Cup 2010 in Johannesburg. The Lived Experiences of Migrant Sex Workers. Urban Safety and Security.

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Exposure Ethics: Does Hiv Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Raise Ethical Problems for the Health Care Provider and Policy Maker? ↗

Venter, F., Allais, L. & Richter, M. (2014). Exposure Ethics: Does Hiv Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Raise Ethical Problems for the Health Care Provider and Policy Maker?. Bioethics.

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Failing the vulnerable: Three new consent norms that will undermine health research with children ↗

Strode, A., Richter, M., Wallace, M., Toohey, J. & Technau, K. (2014). Failing the vulnerable: Three new consent norms that will undermine health research with children. Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine.

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Migration status, work conditions and health utilization of female sex workers in three South African cities ↗

Richter, M., Chersich, M., Vearey, J., Sartorius, M., Temmerman, B. & Luchter, S. (2014). Migration status, work conditions and health utilization of female sex workers in three South African cities. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health.

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‘There are a lot of new people in town: but they are here for soccer, not for business’ a qualitative inquiry into the impact of the 2010 soccer world cup on sex work in South Africa ↗

Richter, M., Scorgie, F., Chersich, M. & Luchters, S. (2014). ‘There are a lot of new people in town: but they are here for soccer, not for business’ a qualitative inquiry into the impact of the 2010 soccer world cup on sex work in South Africa. Globalization and Health.

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Trafficking, sex work, and HIV: efforts to resolve conflicts ↗

Steen, R., Jana, S., Reza-Paul, S. & Richter, M.. Trafficking, sex work, and HIV: efforts to resolve conflicts. The Lancet.

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