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Submission Number: 76
Submission ID: 843
Submission UUID: 9f67eae1-a9cc-41aa-a888-44a93395c5d5
Submission URI: /2025/abstracts
Created: Mon, 04/28/2025 - 17:28
Completed: Mon, 04/28/2025 - 18:03
Changed: Wed, 05/07/2025 - 13:59
Remote IP address: 102.66.181.181
Submitted by: Anonymous
Language: English
Is draft: No
Current page: Complete
Webform: Abstract
| Title | Dr. |
|---|---|
| Lastname | Klaas-makolomakwe |
| Firstname | Gladys nkareng |
| N.Klaas-Makolomakwe@ump.ac.za | |
| Mobile | 0731374618 |
| Institution | University of mpumalanga |
| Biosketch | Dr Gladys Nkareng Klaas-Makolomakwe is a lecturer holding a PhD in social work from the University of KwaZulu-Natal and currently pursuing a teaching diploma at Rhodes University. She has practiced as a Social Worker and has been for many years a researcher within the public sector focusing on issues of service delivery at the local government level and improving the operational roles of provincial and local government. She brings vast experience to the academia to not only contribute to the scholarships of teaching, learning, research, and community engagement but to also empower Social Work students to think without the box and be better prepared for modern challenges facing the profession. Her interests are around enhancing African solutions that are informed by the values and principles of Ubuntu. She has managed numerous qualitative and quantitative research projects, presented at various local conferences and is now actively involved in gaining more exposure in publishing and building international networks. |
| Is there a Second Presenter? | No |
| Title of Presentatation | An Afrocentric perspective on shelters for abused women: the implications to challenges experienced in African rural traditional communities |
| Theme Selection | THEME 2: Social Work and the Achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) |
| Subtheme TWO Selection | SUB 2.3 Work with special and vulnerable populations (children, families, women, older persons, LGBTQIA+ etc). |
| Select your Presentation Type | Oral Presentation |
| Abstract | Solutions to the widespread and global scourge of abusing women have not yielded satisfactory results to put an end to it. What has been undeniably observed is the sustained rise in incidents of abuse against women. For African traditional communities that particularly reside in rural areas, the missing link is premised in solutions being far removed from culture and traditional practices and therefore failing to satisfy and resonate with people. This paper is interrogating the provision of shelters for abused women in rural areas through an Afrocentric lens. It looks into the implications to challenges experienced within African rural traditional communities when abuse of women is being addressed. Following a qualitative study that interviewed 21 purposely selected senior women traditional leaders (SWTL) in KwaZulu-Natal, the author argues that the idea of removing women to shelters is rather than benefiting abused women, influencing the entitlement of men perpetrators and sustains male hegemonic views and welfare approach in finding solutions. Thus, it contributes towards silence and repeated encounters of abuse and limits the application of African centered solutions that charges everyone with the responsibility of care and respect towards fellow human beings. Data for the study was collected through semi-structured interviews and thematic analysis was undertaken. The findings were that the abuse of women remain at a structural level, a private but public issue within rural African traditional communities. The paper draws attention to developmental social work to align and incorporate Afrocentricity to solutions meant to resolve the issue of women abuse so as to meaningfully impact and influence behaviour change within the society. |
| Title | Dr |
| Firstname | Thabisa |
| Lastname | Matsea |
| Does the Abstract fit the selected Theme? | Yes |
| What Area does this Abstract Focus on? | Empirical Research |
| Status | Accepted |
| Title | Dr |
| Firstname | Emmi |
| Lastname | Muleya |
| Does the Abstract fit the selected Theme? | Yes |
| What Area does this Abstract Focus on? | Empirical Research |
| Status | Accepted |