Person
Deevia Bhana, Professor
South African Research Chair at University of KwaZulu-Natal
Deevia Bhana is Professor and Research Chair in Gender and Childhood Sexuality at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Her research examines the significance of gender and sexuality across the young life course, and what is usually left unsaid about childhood sexuality. Her latest sole-authored book is Girls Negotiating Porn in South Africa: Power, Play and Sexuality (2023, Routledge). Her latest edited book is Gender and Young People's Digital Sexual Cultures (2025, Palgrave Macmillan). Her latest co-edited books are Young Masculinities and Sexual Health in Southern Africa (2025, Routledge) and Decolonial Feminisms, Decolonising Feminisms: Transnational Perspectives (2026, Routledge). She is Co-Chief Editor of Children & Society and of Pedagogy, Culture & Society, Associate Editor of Sex Education, and one of the Managing Editors of the Routledge Critical Studies in Gender and Sexuality in Education book series. She is a founding member of the Global South Childhood Studies Network.