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Volume 14 Issue 6, December 2024
In press
Transnational families in urban areas of Ethiopia: understanding the lived experiences of children left-behind | ELIYAS Taha, FAYE Mishna, and ASHENAFI Hagos
Supporting informal older adult caregivers in Nigeria: Recommendation for policy | Chika Rita IKEORJI and ThankGod Chiamaka UBANI
Integrating African epistemologies in social work: The role of proverbs | Vincent MABVURIRA and Jabulani MAKHUBELE
Sectors labour force participation and poverty in the Douala Metropolis Of Cameroon | Billa Robert NANCHE
Challenges with the adoption of indigenous theories in Nigerian social work field practice | Nma-Njoku Alexandra CHUKWU, Ngozi Rita OKAFOR & Amarachi IDU
Social protection measures utilised by older widows in Kamuli, Uganda: an African feminist perspective | Deborah ATWINE, Mziwandile SOBANTU and Tanusha RANIGA
Determinants of the relationship between medical social work and psychology practice in health in Arab societies | Shahin M. MOHAMED and Yaser SNOUBAR
Person-centred approach to substance-induced psychosis management among adolescents in Zimbabwe’s psychiatric hospitals: insights from hospital social workers | Florence GWANGWADZA, Taruvinga MUZINGILI and Floyd A SADOMBA
Ubuntu Ethics: A framework for rehumanising social research with young people | Trevor MAKHETHA
An African view of ethics for research and practice: Ethics letter two (2) from the African Independent Ethics Committee (AIEC) | AIEC
Volume 14 Issue 5, October, 2024
Special Issue on Social Justice and Human Rights of Older Persons in Africa
Guest Editors
RANIGA Tanusha, PhD (Social Work), Centre for Social Development in Africa, University of Johannesburg, South Africa. traniga@uj.ac.za
SOBANTU Mziwandile, PhD (Social Work), Department of Social Work and Community Development, University of Johannesburg, South Africa. msobantu@uj.ac.za
GEYER Stephan, PhD (Social Work), Department of Social Work and Criminology, University of Pretoria, South Africa. stephan.geyer@up.ac.za
Editorial Note: Social justice and human rights of older persons in Africa
PDF version of the Editorial Note
This special issue of the African Journal of Social Work includes contributions made to the research symposium held in June 2024 at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa that invited robust discussion and deliberations under the theme: Social Justice and Human Rights of Older Persons in Africa.
The symposium was part of the research focus of the Interim South African Research Chairs Initiative (SARCHi) Chair on Welfare and Social Development and was jointly hosted with the Centre for Social Development in Africa, University of Johannesburg, University of Pretoria, Nelson Mandela University, University of Cape Town, The Association for The Aged, and Ikamva Labantu. The two-day symposium gave researchers, postgraduate students, social work practitioners and policymakers from across Africa the opportunity to share empirical evidence, experiences and insights regarding older persons and their contributions to enhancing a developmental social welfare agenda in Africa and beyond.
In contemporary Africa, with a nexus of social and economic challenges that confront families, the indigenous social and material support systems are strained and dwindling. Older persons are at a high risk of neglect, financial, physical and emotional abuse, poverty, and crime (African Union (AU), 2016). A shift of consciousness is urgently needed to challenge negative stereotypes of older persons and ageing and to acknowledge their valuable contribution in contemporary times. Furthermore, the social work profession must explore and centre decolonial social work practices that are fit to serve older persons living on the African continent.
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (United Nations, 2015) provides social workers with an opportunity to redefine their roles and ethical responsibilities pertaining to the human rights and social justice of older persons in contemporary society by, amongst others, researching, implementing and evaluating decolonial social work practices.
This special edition coincides with the United Nations’ International Day of Older Persons. Since 1991, the international day (entire October) is observed on the 1st of October in terms of Resolution 45/106. The topics covered in the special edition, dovetail with the four key areas of action as espoused in the UN Decade of Healthy Ageing 2021-2030, and which also informs the annual themes of the international day. These are as follows: “change how we think, feel and act towards age and ageing; ensure that communities foster the abilities of older people; deliver person-centred integrated care and primary health services responsive to older people; and provide access to long-term care for older people who need it” (World Health Organization, 2020).
This editorial introduces seven papers as an outcome of the key themes presented at the research symposium. One paper focuses on a human rights issue, namely elder abuse in South Africa. Thereafter, three papers offer different perspectives on social assistance, a human right, from three African countries, namely Ghana, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. The potential of digital gerontological social work services is outlined for South African older persons in residential facilities in an attempt to promote their human rights and social justice. The final two papers centre around decolonial gerontological social work debates, i.e., the choice between ageing in place or institutionalisation in South Africa, and a scoping review of African literature on the promotion of the rights of older persons through cultural competence in social work practice.
The paper by Murugen, Raniga, and Glaser offers a qualitative overview of older persons’ and key informants’ understanding of elder abuse in South Africa. Risk factors for elder abuse were identified as socioeconomic factors, substance misuse, and diminished traditional family values. Protective factors against elder abuse include access to community networks, social support, and awareness of rights. Knowledge of the former could inform developmental social work practice in South Africa.
Conducted in the Northern region of Ghana, Konlan’s paper reports on the findings of a qualitative study that explored the contribution of the Livelihood Empowerment against Poverty (LEAP) cash transfer programme to the sustainable livelihoods of older persons. The study found that older persons utilised the cash to buy the much-needed medication for old age-related health complications such as diabetes, blurred vision and joint pains. However, the programme is not without challenges. The paper calls for policy advocacy by professionals such as social workers and civil society organisations for more integrated sustainable livelihoods for older persons.
Raniga’s qualitative paper employed the capabilities approach to examine the socio-economic challenges that are faced by older persons who are receiving the state old age pension in South Africa. The paper indicates that older persons vary between those who can still work to augment their old age pension and those who rely on remittances from their children and mothers of the children who they stay with. The paper recommends restructuring of the social security system to make it more relevant in meeting the needs of older persons. More importantly, social workers are called to incorporate developmental social work to ensure sustainable livelihoods for older persons.
Mushunje and Mupedziswa offer a scoping literature review on the welfare conditions of older communal farmers in Zimbabwe during a period of financial meltdown. The paper highlights how older persons’ well-being and overall food security have been compromised amidst the adoption of a neoliberal agenda. Hence, recommendations are offered for social work practice with older persons, and public policy to establish universal social protection systems for older persons.
In the quantitative study of Geyer and Crafford they outline the results of a survey among older persons in South African residential facilities concerning their access, use and acceptance of technology. Older persons mostly accessed the internet with cell phones and mobile data. Older persons use platforms, such as messaging, reading news, and social media independently. Overall, older persons showed high acceptance of technology. Considered from a developmental social work framework, digital gerontological social work services are recommended to render services through Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) when direct service delivery is not feasible, and amidst the increased use of ICTs.
Sobantu’s paper explores the factors that influence older persons in one residential facility in Johannesburg North, South Africa to opt for residential care as opposed to ageing in place. The qualitative study revealed that deteriorating health and illness, loneliness, and the influence of financial and social support are key to opt for institutionalisation. The paper creates the opportunity for social workers to theorise both the concepts of ageing in place and institutionalisation.
In his scoping review, Zimba offers an overview of the current landscape of African literature on the promotion of the rights of older persons through cultural competence in social work practice. Three themes unpack this topic, namely 1) Human rights issues experienced by older persons requiring cultural competence intervention, 2) Cultural competence strategies and initiatives that social workers could implement, and 3) Barriers to cultural competence integration on the intervention aimed at promoting the rights of older persons. This review informs decolonial gerontological social work practices.
These papers are tightly linked to the themes on which the presentations at the symposium were organised. These are: care economy and aging in place; disasters/pandemics and conflicts/war, environmental factors; resilience and agency of older persons; and the social justice and human rights of older persons. The dominant idea that cuts across almost all the papers about social justice for older persons in Africa is that very little is understood about age and ageing by families and communities. The immediate- to long-term impact of such a misunderstanding is that older persons will lack the necessary support to realise their full social and economic potential in their communities. Furthermore, they are more likely to be prone to various forms of abuse and neglect particularly in low-income communities owing to poverty and information gaps on ageing. It is thus recommended that future social work research focuses on older persons from marginalised communities who are likely to be at risk of having limited ageing options such as residential facilities and access to health care. Except for one paper that utilised a quantitative approach, the other papers employed qualitative research methodologies and various insightful designs to capture in-depth insights into the realities of older persons that impinge on their social justice and human rights in Africa. For future, it is recommended that Afrocentric research methodologies be also used to understand older persons in Africa in their local settings.
We enjoyed the scholarly journey to put this special edition together and trust that the papers will challenge social work scholars, practitioners, and policy makers to think anew about older persons and how we serve this growing and vulnerable group on the African continent. As the African proverb goes “Agbalagba ti o joko nílé, rí ju omode tí o gun ìganná ní orí oke”. The proverb in the Yoruba language reminds us about the value of wisdom and experience that comes with age. Despite physical limitations, older persons possess deep insight and understanding, which often surpass the youthful energy of younger individuals.
References
African Union (AU) (2016). Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Older Persons. https://au.int/en/treaties/protocol-african-charter-human-and-peoples-rights-rights-older-persons
United Nations (2015). Transforming our world: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
World Health Organization (2020). UN Decade of Healthy Ageing 2021-2030. Retrieved on 5 September 2022 from https://www.who.int/initiatives/decade-of-healthy-ageing
Articles
Exploring Risk and Protective Factors for Elder Abuse in South Africa | Carmel MURUGE, Tanusha RANIGA & Rachael GLASER
Contributions of a Cash Transfer Programme to the Sustainable Livelihoods of Older Persons in the Northern Region of Ghana | Samson Sambian KONLAN
Economic Impact of the State Old Age Pension: Experiences of Older Persons in Gauteng, South Africa | Tanusha RANIGA
Older People’s Right to Food Security in an Era of Neoliberalism in Zimbabwe: A Social Protection Perspective | Mildred MUSHUNJE & Rodreck MUPEDZISWA
Potential for Digital Gerontological Social Work with Older Persons in South African Residential Facilities | Stephan GEYER & Gretel CRAFFORD
Ageing in Place or Residential Care? Exploring Older Persons’ Routes to Residential Care in Johannesburg, South Africa | Mziwandile SOBANTU
Promoting the Rights of Older Persons in Africa through Cultural Competence in Social Work Practice | Zibonele ZIMBA
Volume 14 Issue 4 2024
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A sample ethics application to the African Independent Ethics Committee (AIEC) for research on social work with women victims of violence in Morocco | Laila MRABTI and Sidi Mohamed BEN
Factors associated with harmful practices of rape and early marriage, legal issues, and challenges in some selected districts in the South Gondar Zone, Amhara region in Ethiopia | Gebremikeal YOSEF and Alemnew WORKNEH
A review of peer influence and teenagers’ antisocial behaviours in Africa | Osei K. GERSHON
Ending child marriages through young people’s movement building: the case of community champions in Mutasa District, Zimbabwe | Mildred T. MUSHUNJE, Hamida ISMAIL-MAUTO and Raymond MAZHAMBE
The mental health of maternal caregivers of children with cerebral palsy in rural, low-income parts of Southern Africa | NGOKWANA Rachamose and CLARE Harvey
Social work and women’s violence care in Morocco | Laila MRABTI; Inass RHOULAM; Fedwa NEJJAR and Alaoui Zouhair BELAMFEDEL
Book review
A review of book titled The Social Work, Social Welfare, and Social Development in Nigeria: A Postcolonial Perspective by Mel Gray, Solomon Amadasun | Rugare MUGUMBATE
Volume 14 Issue 3 2024
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Research grant writing tips and advice | Distinguished Professor Andre RENZAHO
The nexus between social norms and the Ubuntu and social work | Professor Paul BUKULUKI
Innovative fieldwork education in Africa | Professor Rodreck MUPEDZISWA
Social work’s contribution to socio-economic development–why, how & who? | Noel Garikai MURIDZO
Promoting mental well-being and resilience among older adults and their caregivers in Africa: Challenges and the way forward | Professor Uzoma Odera OKOYE
Tree of Life Model and other Africa-centred interventions | Ncazelo NCUBE-MLILO
Human, social & economic capital development in Africa | Professor Shahana RASOOL
Relational ontologies and epistemologies that are informed by our philosophies: Inaugural Ubuntu Annual Lecture 2022 | Professor Bagele CHILISA
Using Ubuntu-Bulamu in research | Johnnie Wycliffe Frank MUWANGA-ZAKE
Volume 14 Issue 2 2024
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Exploring the practices and challenges of indigenous conflict resolution mechanisms in Raya Kobo Town, Ethiopia | ASHENAFI Nigist & BAYU Bezabih Mezgebu Assistant Professor
Sustainability of Africa through technological innovations and indigenous knowledge systems: a discussion of key factors and way forward | MUWANGA-ZAKE, Johnnie Wycliffe Frank and KIBUKAMUSOKE Martha
Family and societal factors associated with school bullying among teenagers within the Greater Cairo, Egypt | Alyaa AL- HUSSEIN and Mohamed SHAHBA
Intensifying psychosocial support for child headed household learners in schools for sense of belonging and sustainable learning | LEPHEANA Alice Dr & ALEXANDER Gregory Professor
Natural homes or not: investigating drivers of child delinquency as perceived by caregivers in Zimbabwe’s residential care facilities | Charles Simbarashe Gozho, Taruvinga Muzingili, Noel Garikai Muridzo
Changing trends of social work curriculum: a study of selected social work institutions in India | Sunil PRASAD, Arul ACTOVIN, Bishnu Mohan DASH & Shyam INDA
Volume 14 Issue 1 2024
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Exploring the socio-economic challenges and well-being in the post-retirement life of older people in southeast zone of Nigeria | ABONYI, Sunday E., ARINDE-SIMEON, Titilayo and ONWUKA, Chukwujekwu
Paternal deprivation, father-hunger, and implications for social work: narratives of four schoolchildren from impoverished households | GAILLARD Claire and MPONTSHANE Nozipho
Adaptation and validation of the Child and Family Follow-up Survey (CFFS) tool to measure participation of children with disabilities in Uganda | Claire NIMUSIIMA, Elizabeth Shalom KAWESA, Janet SEELEY and Femke BANNINK MBAZZI
Social work perspective to the Igbo-African administrative institution and Nigerian local government | Onah, Celestine CHIJIOKE
Effects of non-resident fathering on children: A case of selected households in the Hillcrest community, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa | Nigel MAKOSA, Pius TANGA and Gabriel EKOBI
Volume 13 Issue 6 2023
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Findings from a national evaluation of social work field education programs in Liberia, West Africa | TUGGLE Felicia; BANKS Sevaughn and GBESSAGE Sylvestine
Social work ethos in indigenous Shona music: a qualitative content analysis of the song Mugariro (Ephat Mujuru, 1994) through Ubuntu philosophy and Ukama construct in Zimbabwe | Robert K. CHIGANGAIDZE
Personal communication as a phenomenon in Algerian society: An ethnographic study on a sample of families in the state of M’Sila | YAHIA Takieddine and BELABES Taqiyeddine
A model of blended family (stepfamily) formation in Ethiopia: a constructivist grounded theory | FIKRE, Kumneger and MINAYE, Abebaw
Ubuntu values and principles as cultural strength to overcome mental health and emotional well-being issues | Frieda KAGOLA and William ABUR
Building economic strengthening programmes for youth in South Africa: determinants of success and failure | Enock ZIBENGWA and Pius T. TANGA
Volume 13 Issue 5 2023
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Child abuse and kinship guardianship: social work and indigenization perspectives in Indonesia | NUGROHO Fentiny
Building a protective environment for street children in the global context of Coronavirus 2019 Disease (COVID-19): lessons from the Democratic Republic of Congo | MURHULA Kapalata Gloire
An Interceptive Child-discipline Progression Model (ICdP) for child protection developed from parents’ conceptualization of discipline | Tapiwanashe G. Simango and MAFA I.
Rethinking social protection policy for persons with disabilities in Ghana | Augustina NAAMI; Claudia Miakimeni PUMPUNI; Kingsley Saa-Touh MORT and Alfred OFORI
“Like rubbing salt into the wound”: Lived experiences of homeless youth in Gondar City, Ethiopia | BIHONEGN, Adugna Abebe
Volume 13 Issue 4 2023
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Ubuntu as an emancipatory framework for teaching and learning in Social Work: a narrative literature review | Thembelihle B. MAKHANYA and Bongane M. MZINYANE
The role of orphans and vulnerable children programme in addressing household food insecurity in Botswana | Boineelo Pearl LEFADOLA and Poloko Nuggert NTSHWARANG
Male youth leaders perceptions and experiences of young men’s constructions of domestic violence against women and its prevention | Ntombizandile CATAZO, Zukiswa GWAM and Mzukisi XWESO
Socio-economic factors affecting access to birth registration among children born out of matrimony: A study conducted in Harare | Anotida MAVUKA, Conillia MASHIRI and Sneddon SOKO
Theorising a theory of Ubuntu – The divide between individualism compared to a socialistic understanding of African society | Sultan KHAN and Unathi M. NTAKANA
Volume 13 Issue 3 2023
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African nations: a pathological system waiting for social work surgical intervention | Samuel, O. OKAFOR
Experiences of childlessness and adoption in marriage among Basotho: A two-cohort phenomenological study | Sophia THABANE
The lived psychological experiences of the youth resulting from the use nyaope drug in Sekhukhune District, Limpopo Province, South Africa | Eric MAMUKEYANI, (MPH) Takalani Joyce MASHAMBA, (PhD) ONYA, Hans
The lived experiences of Persons with Albinism in the Northern Cape, South Africa | Hema HARGOVAN and Rovashni CHETTY
Ubuntu philosophy: a five-stage historical timeline | Ubuntu philosophy: a five-stage historical timeline | Rugare MUGUMBATE
Volume 13 Issue 2 2023
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Environmental Social Work: African philosophies, frameworks and perspectives and techniques. | Mildred Mushunje and Blessing MATSIKA
An ecosocial work model for African social work education | Michael Emru TADESSE and James Kutu OBENG
Directions in constructing a body of knowledge in eco-social work education and practice in Uganda: actions, channels, and implications | Venesio Bwambale BHANGYI
Climate change and vulnerabilities of children in rural Zimbabwe: The case of Ward 14 of Bikita District, Zimbabwe | Witness CHIKOKO and Mr Philemon CHIHIYA
Nexus between climate change and environmental social work in Africa | Ezra PEDZISAI, Sunungurayi CHARAMBA, and Rudo MUKURAZHIZHA
An critical analysis of the challenges faced by deaf farmers in their participation in sustainable food production for nutrition and health in Mashonaland region, Zimbabwe | Ashely Ropafadzo TOME
The place of indigenous knowledge in environmental social work in Zimbabwe | Rudo MUKURAZHIZHA, Noel MURIDZO, Sunungurayi CHARAMBA and Samuel SIMBINE
Reflections on integrating environmental social work methods of intervention in Zimbabwean social work curriculum | Tatenda NHAPI
Volume 13 Issue 1 2023
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Ubuntu and forced migration: reflections for social work engagement with older refugees in Canada | Ekoh, Prince CHAIGOZIE AND Warria, AJWANG
Social work in industrial settings: roles, challenges, and prospects in India | Subrata DAS and Shyam SINGH
Appraisal of education as youth transformational agent for national development in Nigeria | Isaiah Ola ABOLARIN
The impact of the corona virus disease (COVID-19) on domestic violence in Jordanian society from the point of view of husbands | Mohammad. M. AL- HUSSAINAT, Manal Abdul Karim AL MOMANI, Mariam Ayed MURTADHA and Ahmad Hani AL-QATAWNEH
Volume 12 Issue 6 2022
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The encouragement of informed decision making in reducing adolescent pregnancies in South African schools | Eleanor Alvira HENDRICKS
Social sector planning and sustainable social services delivery, and management practices in developing countries | Abdu KAKAIRE, David SSEKAMATTE, Muhamadi KAWEESI
Mental health issues in Malaysia: a systematic review | Mohd Shahrul bin KAMARUDDIN, Fatahyah YAHYA, Surena SABIL, Aini Azeqa MA’ROF, Maizatul Mardiana HARUN & Johari Md SALIM
Child disciplinary practices – experiences of low-income women in Botswana | Tumani MALINGA & Poloko N NTSHWARANG
“Every foster parent is crying…”: Psychosocial challenges faced by appointed foster care parents in Bojanala, South Africa | MMOLOKOE Keoagile Abel, MATLAKALA Frans Koketso, TSABEDZE, Wandile Fundo, ERASMUS, Petro & MAPALING, Curwyn
Resilience of People Displaced from Ethio-Somali Region and Resettled in Oromia Special Zone Surrounding Finfinne (Addis Ababa), Ethiopia | ENDRIS Jafer, GUTEMA Imana, ZERIHUN Doda & ABEBE Lemessa
Azibuyele emasisweni: Exploring the discourse of ubuntu philosophy in social work education and practice | Thembelihle B. MAKHANYA
Volume 12 Issue 5 2022
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Growing up under corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and the impacts on children’s socialization in Jimma Town, Southwest Ethiopia | Wario WAKO and Alemayehu GEBRU
Field work practice during the corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic: A case study from Central India | Joseph SHEEBA
The role of public spaces in achieving social integration in an Algerian city: The case of the city of Oum El Bouaghi | Aissa BENHAMMADA
Exploring the culture of silence on child sexual abuse within the family in Zimbabwe: A review of the literature | G. Nokukhanya NDHLOVU and Magnus MFOAFO-M’CARTHY
Challenges and opportunities for indigenous social protection systems in Zimbabwe: A conceptual review | Witness CHIKOKO, Kudzai MWAPAURA, Kwashirai ZVOKUOMBA, Kudzai NYABEZE and Snnedon SOKO
Experiences of teenagers residing in a place of care in Zimbabwe | Kefilwe Johanna DITLHAKE and Hygiene CHINASIRE
Perspectives on integrating indigenous and formal social protection systems in Uganda: Experiences of older widows | Deborah ATWINE and Tanusha RANIGA
Volume 12 Issue 4 2022
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Key drivers of Egyptian social work researchers’ low preference for using qualitative research methods in social work studies | Ahmed Thabet Helal IBRAHIM and Mohamed Mohamed Kamel ELSHERBINY
Socio-cultural determinants hindering research among social workers in Nigeria | Blessing Ngowari RAMSEY-SOROGHAYE and Mina OGBANGA
Research on the Vatsonga people of Southern Africa: A reflection on a case study | Samuel Lisenga SIMBINE, Liana LE ROUX and Noel Garikai MURIDZO
Towards a democratised method of data collection through the adoption and adaptation of the Shona concept of dare | Ricanos JAURE, Alfred Henry MAKURA and GregoryALEXANDER
The hurdle of disseminating social work research findings in Zimbabwe and a proposed model | Sunungurayi CHARAMBA and Rudo MUKURAZHIZHA
Walking the theories we talk: Utilizing African social work theories in African research | Alemayehu GEBRU and Wario WAKO
Decolonising research methodologies in the Global South: Experiences of an African social scientist | Rosemary CHIGEVENGA
Stories of decolonising research education and practice: experiences from my Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) research | Sharlotte TUSASIIRWE
Volume 12 Issue 3 2022
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Charity Ngozi UZUEGBU and Udeze Onyinye NNENNA Awareness and knowledge of family life education services among Nigerian youth implications for social work
RAI, Dipak Raj and DANGAL, Megh Raj Seasonal migration as strategy for livelihood diversification and environmental adaptation in Nepal
Gamachu GISHE, Tamirat HAILU, Ramato AMAN, Sisay DANGO The perceptions of community members about coronavirus pandemic- A case study of Robe and Shashemene towns, Oromia Ethiopia
Vincent MABVURIRA and Dickson MACHIMBIDZA Cyberbullying among high school learners in Zimbabwe Motives and effects
Nimonam Daraje AMANU and Taye Dida AREDO Social work field education in Wallaga University, Ethiopia Challenges and opportunities from the perspectives of students, faculty liaisons and agency supervisors
ALAMU Oluwaseyi Isaiah Challenges of Social Work in Nigeria – A policy agenda
Simon M. KANG’ETHE Coping opportunities and deficits displayed by People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in Alice region, Eastern Cape, South Africa: Social work implications
RAMOLELLE Manchee Joyce and XWESO Mzukisi Vulnerability, risks and coping: a case study of female street waste pickers in Mashaeng, Free State, South Africa
Volume 12 Issue 2 2022
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Ganiyu LATIF, Emmanuel Idemudia ILORI and Feruzah Wuniche SALISU A critical analysis of the factors influencing child labour in onion farming in Garu Tempane District in the Upper East region of Ghana
Anthony Obinna IWUAGWU, Laura Oluchi UGWU, Callista Chinenye UGWUANYI & Christopher Ndubuisi NGWU Family caregivers’ awareness and perceived access to formal support care services available for older adults in Enugu State, Nigeria
DUBALE Yosef G/Mikeal and MEKONEN Aleminew Abebe The well-being of children in a single-mother headed family- a case of Debre Tabor, Ethiopia
Bastikoppa Satyanarayan SACHIN, Bhadragiraiah RAMESH, Kadirvel SARAVANA and Chennabasavaiah RAJASHEKAR The impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on social and mental health of students in higher education institutions in India
Obinna Ephrem Yilak DEJEN and Getachew Gebeyaw TADESE Acculturation experiences of Ethiopian migrant returnees while they were in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Rugare J. MUGUMBATE; Tracey B. E. OMOROGIUWA; Witness CHIKOKO, and Kabo DIRADITSILE Advice for institutional ethics committees on process, roles, composition and decolonisation – Ethics letter from the African Independent Ethics Committee (AIEC)
Neeleshwar Viveksingh URJOON and Kheeleshwaree VIDOUSHEE Promoting gender equality, rights of youth living with disabilities and inclusive education- The work of Mr. N. Viveksingh Urjoon
Volume 12 Issue 1 2022
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Tusasiirwe S Is it indigenisation or decolonisation of social work in Africa? A focus on Uganda
Xweso M, Blaauw D and Schenck R Coping strategies of informal day labourers and the role of churches and non-governmental organisations in South Africa
Jaure R and Gregory A Exploring asset-based support for learners left in Zimbabwean child headed households in the context of parental migration
Diab A L; Pabbajah M; Kamaruddin; Widyanti R N; Widyatmoko W F and Said Z Local wisdom utilization in the industrial dispute settlement Sara Wanua as a social conflict resolution for workers in Indonesia
Ntshongwana, Z. and Tanga, P Social work impediments in providing effective services to families confronting family violence in South Africa
Mabvurira V Zengeni F K and Chigevenga R Child trafficking and child smuggling in Zimbabwe – legislation and policy gaps
Diraditsile K and Ntseane D Feasibility of entrepreneurship development as a secondary method of social work practice food for thought
Khan S Strategies to deal with child poverty in Africa A case study of South Africa’s cash transfer policy