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Submission Number: 144
Submission ID: 230
Submission UUID: ae6bf6b8-feaf-437e-8b2f-04cfd891ebe1
Submission URI: /2023/abstracts
Created: Mon, 07/24/2023 - 09:47
Completed: Mon, 07/24/2023 - 09:55
Changed: Wed, 08/09/2023 - 11:44
Remote IP address: 102.220.210.221
Submitted by: Anonymous
Language: English
Is draft: No
Current page: Complete
Webform: Abstract
Presenters
Dr.
Atwine
Deborah
Kyamboko University
Dr Deborah Atwine is a qualified social worker who is currently a lecturer in the Department of Social Work and Social Administration at Kyambogo University, Uganda. She teaches several social work modules. In addition, she has served in various leadership capacities such as the Examinations Coordinator, Acting Head of Department and currently as Coordinator of Postgraduate Programmes in the same department. Her specialisation and research interests include social protection, social policy, social work decolonisation, indigenisation, and innovative approaches to social development. She has published her work in peer-reviewed journals and presented her work in several international conferences.
Yes
Prof.
Sobantu
Mziwandile
University of Johannesburg
Mziwandile Sobantu is an Associate Professor in the Department of Social Work and Community Development at the University of Johannesburg. Previously, he was at the Gauteng Department of Social Development as a foster care social worker. Other than mainstream teaching, he supervises postgraduate students, coordinates the course work Masters in Community Development, and has served in member of the Faculty of Humanities Higher Degree Committee (FHDC). He writes mainly on social development with a keen interest in older persons and gender. He leans on a pedagogy of hope and a social justice framework in his teaching and supervision.
No
Abstract
Social Protection for Elderly Widowed Women in Uganda: An Afrocentric Perspective
THEME 2: Building sustainable, resilient, and self-reliant communities through indigenous modalities, inter-sectoral collaborations, and partnerships
SUB 2.2 Strengthening community support structures to mitigate the impact of adverse events
Oral Presentation
Social protection programs have been implemented globally as part of poverty mitigation strategies for vulnerable groups. The government of Uganda provides social protection to vulnerable people such as the elderly, but no policy nor program targets female headed households and especially the elderly women. Informed by the Afrocentric perspective, this paper analyses the social protection systems for households headed by elderly widows in Kamuli District. The researcher(s) employed a qualitative case study design to investigate the lived experiences of 30 elderly widows in a bid to understand the related social protection systems. In-depth interviews and focus group discussions were used to gather data and later analysed it using thematic content analysis. Among others, this study found that elderly widowed women experience multiple vulnerabilities related to age and undue burden of poverty. The authors recommend gender aware social protection policies that also integrate decolonial Afrocentric strategies.
Reviewer ONE Feedback
Prof
Reineth
Prinsloo
Yes
Empirical Research
Accepted
Reviewer TWO Feedback
Dr
Mbongeni
Sithole
Yes
Empirical Research
Accepted
