Staff Articles: Recent submissions
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Women Empowerment and Gender Related Programmes Implementation in Hurungwe District, Zimbabwe
(nternational Journal of Research in Humanities and Social Studies, 2015-02-12)In this study, the researchers carried out an analysis on women empowerment and implementation of gender related programs in Hurungwe District, a rural community located in Mashonaland West Province of Zimbabwe. A sample ... -
Parental perceptions towards reintegration of pregnant girls and teenage mothers into the education system in Zimbabwe
(Cogent Social Sciences, 2023-03-06)This study examines parents’ perceptions of reentry, and socio-cultural and economic factors responsible for their perceptions in Cowdray Park, Bulawayo. This follows an amendment to the Education Act prohibiting the ... -
Vulnerability, Coping, Adaptation, and Accumulation among Women of Irisvale Resettlement Area in Zimbabwe’s Umzingwane District
(Australasian Review of African Studies, 2023-12-02)This study of women’s vulnerability, coping, adaptation, and accumulation in an agrarian setting of the Umzingwane district of Matabeleland South province explores issues that surround Irisvale women as they act and react ... -
Implications of income diversification in Irisvale farming community, uMzingwane District, Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe
(Journal of Social Development in Africa (JSDA), 2023-01-26)In recent years, peasants in Irisvale have been moving away from agriculture towards other livelihood strategies, chiefly, gold mining. In this study, we used a qualitative approach through a case study design to investigate ... -
Factors responsible for substance use among youths in urban areas and social work-related interventions
(Routledge Taylor and Francis Group, 2023-05-15)This study investigates factors responsible for substance use among youths in urban Zimbabwe and the roles that social workers can play to solve this growing problem. We adopted a qualitative methodology through a descriptive ... -
Invisible existence’: Perspectives of forced migrants’ living within Zimbabwe
(Oxford University Press, 2019-05-13)Involuntary human mobility within and outside national borders continue to raise connotations of these migrants being dispossessed of more than their physical shelter. In 2005, the Zimbabwean government demolished hundreds ... -
Delineating caveats for (quality) education during displacement: Critiquing the impact of forced migration on access to education
(Oxford University Press, 2019-06-03)This qualitative article aims at unraveling the impact of displacement on the access to (quality) education. The article is premised on the inherent role played by education to equip displaced children with functional ... -
Experiences of female higher education academics in Zimbabwe: A decolonial feminist perspective
(Taylor and Francis, 2023-06-25)The low representation of women in leadership positions continues to characterise higher education institutions (HEIs) in Africa. Most senior positions, from Programme Coordinators, to Departmental Chairpersons, Deans ... -
Zimbabwe Market Study: Manicaland Province Report
(Research Technical Assistance Center, 2020-01)This report presents the findings of a market study conducted in July 2019 in Manicaland Province using both qualitative and quantitative methods. Study findings will be used to inform the strategic direction of the ... -
Zimbabwe Market Study: Masvingo Province Report
(Research Technical Assistance Center RTAC, 2020-01)This report presents findings of a market study conducted in Masvingo Province in July 2019 using both qualitative and quantitative methods to inform the strategic direction of the USAIP's office of Food for Peace (FFP) ... -
Zimbabwe Food Security Desk Research: Manicaland Province
(R E S E A R C H T E C H N I C A L A S S I S T A N C E C E N T E R, 2020-02)This report presents the findings of a desk research of the food security situation in Manicaland Province. The desk research was complemented by primary data collected for a market study in the same province. The desk ... -
Mainstreaming gender into National Adaptation Planning and implementation in Sub Saharan Africa
(CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security, 2020-01)Climate change adaptation is dependent on access to a number of resources, including information, land, financing, and mobility. Successful climate change adaptation, therefore, will need to integrate an understanding ... -
Zimbabwe Food Security Desk Research: Matabeleland North Province
(R E S E A R C H T E C H N I C A L A S S I S T A N C E C E N T E R, 2020-02)This report presents the findings of a desk research of the food security situation in Matabeleland North Province. The desk research was complemented by primary data collected for a market study in the same province. ... -
The struggle for social work professional identity in contemporary Zimbabwe: A study on abuse of the social work title
(SAGE, 2022)This study explores one of the key factors influencing the struggle for social work professional identity, enunciating the impact of the effectiveness of the Council of Social Workers of Zimbabwe (CSW) in regulation of ... -
Child-Sensitivity Mechanisms in Disaster Risk Management Interventions in Zimbabwe’s Cyclone Idai Prone Areas
(International Journal of Research in Humanities and Social Studies, 2021)The purpose of this study was to examine child-sensitivity mechanisms in disaster risk management interventions in Zimbabwe‟s Cyclone Idai prone areas. The researchers adopted a qualitative study and employed a case study ... -
Factors responsible for substance use among youths in urban areas and social work-related interventions
(Taylor and Francis Online, 2023-05)This study investigates factors responsible for substance use among youths in urban Zimbabwe and the roles that social workers can play to solve this growing problem. We adopted a qualitative methodology through a descriptive ... -
Social Networks and the Social Interaction in Family Relationships among Zimbabweans: A Survey on the Perceptions of Residents in Harare and Mashonaland West Provinces of Zimbabwe
(International Journal of Research in Humanities and Social Studies, 2016-05-15)Electronic communication is clearly becoming a reliable and chosen form of communication in the 21st century. The goal of this study was to determine how Zimbabweans perceive how the use of electronic communication, specifically ... -
Factors Contributing to Teenage Pregnancies in a Rural Community of Zimbabwe
(Journal of Biology, Agriculture and Healthcare, 2015-05-14)The prevalence rate of teenage pregnancies seem to be on the increase especially in rural communities of Zimbabwe. Using Hurungwe District, a rural community in Zimbabwe as a case study, this study sought to find out the ... -
Challenges Faced by Teachers in the Implementation of the New Curriculum in Selected Rural Primary Schools in Zimbabwe: A Quest for Quality in Education
(East African Scholars Publisher, 2019-06)This study focused on interrogating challenges faced by teachers in the implementation of the Zimbabwe Schools New Curriculum in selected rural primary schools in Hwange District of Matabeleland North Province; in quest for ...