Chipo Hungwe
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 236250 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Chipo Hungwe |
| NOMBRES | Chipo |
| APELLIDO | Hungwe |
| FIRMA | HUNGWE C |
| AFILIACIONES | Midlands State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8185-9583 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 19 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 2 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 19 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2007 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
Access to water, sanitation and hygiene facilities by women with disabilities in Zimbabwe’s Harare Metropolitan Province during Covid-19
Exploring gerontology in Tuku’s selected songs
This paper critically discusses two (2) songs of Oliver Mtukudzi (Tuku) to decipher his perceptions and imaginings of the process and experience of aging in Zimbabwe. These songs are Wasakara (2000) and Ndakuvara (2002). Mtukudzi’s music popularly known as Tuku music is hailed for entertaining and admonishing the public through powerful moral messages of personhood and self-discipline. It is important to appreciate his teachings regarding aging, …
One thing led to another” - teenage pregnancy during Covid-19
Teen pregnancy is common in Zimbabwe and is associated with health and socio-economic challenges. Drawing ideas from social disorganization and intersectionality theories, this study explores the perceived causes and consequences of teenage pregnancy in Kadoma, Zimbabwe, during COVID-19. Data were gathered from 10 purposively selected pregnant teenagers and teen mothers aged between 15 and 19. These young women were interviewed through semi-struc…
It’s a disaster
Research on the provision of care and support for older adults in Zimbabwe has not fully engaged with or focused on young people’s attitudes towards the care of older adults. Drawing on arguments from the philosophy of Ubuntu and intergenerational theories, we argue that although caring for older adults is an entrenched norm within the cultural value system, the prevailing harsh neoliberal economic environment makes it difficult for younger Zimba…
Effects of Covid-19 on the Livelihoods of Women with Disabilities in Zimbabwe
Let Them Stay There”
This paper explains the indignation against and stigmatization of return migrants and travelers when Zimbabwe first recorded cases of COVID-19 in 2020. While xenophobic hatred toward foreign migrants enjoyed much media and scholarly attention, the similar risk faced by the return migrants and travelers among “their own” during the pandemic was largely left on the back burner. The paper uses secondary analysis of information from social media, gov…
It’s a lot of things”
This research studies university undergraduate students' perceptions of the causes of suicide and suicidality among the youths in Zimbabwe with reference to the case of Midlands State University. The research also examined the contribution of COVID-19 to suicide and suicidality and the role of the family and church in suicide and suicidality causation or prevention. A qualitative methodology was used to collect data through semi-structured interv…
Keeping African women in social reproduction roles
They Do Not Perceive Us as People
Growing Old in the City
This study addresses the struggles for housing among older women, including the meaning attached to ownership and control of urban houses among low-income households. It analyses the extent to which older women in low-income suburbs of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, can age-in-place. I explain how the ideal of ageing in place for the nineteen women in this research (ages 60 - 90) is dependent on factors such as access to and control of one's housing situati…
The portrayal of older persons in grade 3 primary school children’s textbooks in Zimbabwe
This paper employs textual analysis to explain how older adults are depicted in children’s textbooks at primary school with specific focus on grade 3 level which is the beginning of Junior school at primary level. Because these textbooks are studied throughout the country, this discussion provides a picture of the national situation in so far as depiction of older people is concerned at junior stage in Zimbabwe. Contrary to the educational aims o…
Is Urban Agriculture Sustaining the Urban Poor? A Study of Grandmother Headed Households (GHHs) in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
In this study of urban agriculture in Bulawayo, I examine the extent to which the activity sustains the poor and reduces social exclusion in grandmother-headed households. A qualitative case study design was employed to study the lives of 19 older women. Findings indicate that urban agriculture does not assist in reducing food insecurity and social exclusion among the research participants because of several factors. Challenges in acquiring farmi…
Representations of Ageing in Contemporary Zimbabwe
A Stubborn Culture? Zimbabwean Migrants and the Quest for a Decent Burial during the Covid-19 Pandemic
The rise in deaths due to the combined effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and other communicable and non-communicable diseases has made it difficult for Zimbabweans to dignify death and offer decent burials to the deceased. Funeral parlours and other players in the death industry have become overwhelmed. This article explains the behaviour of Zimbabweans in the diaspora who continue to repatriate dead bodies into the country even when repatriation …
Hanging in There
With the worsening political and socio-economic climate of Zimbabwe, migration to South Africa continues unabated. Research has already proven that migration is a result of many push and pull factors. The prospect to improve one’s life and that of one’s kin remains a key motivation for migration. What needs to be clearly articulated, in so far as Zimbabwean migration to South Africa is concerned, is the level of economic stability of Zimbabwean w…
The uses of social capital among Zimbabwean migrants in Johannesburg
This paper analyses the role of family and church networks as sources of social capital in aiding migration, settlement and social integration of Zimbabwean migrants. It also shows how these networks sometimes inhibit migrant integration into the host community. The study was carried out among Zimbabwean migrants in Tembisa and Kempton Park in Johannesburg. This study adds to the growing literature on bonding and bridging social capital while at …
When in Joburg Relatives Show their True Colours
This study analyses the changing role of the family as a source of social capital in aiding migration, settlement and social integration of Zimbabwean migrants. The study is based on qualitative interviews with 58 Zimbabwean migrants in Tembisa and Kempton Park in Johannesburg metropolitan city. The article makes an important contribution to literature revealing how as a result of decreased chances to get a good job, pressure to remit back home a…
Autobiography in a Poem
Stressors and Coping Strategies of State University Students in a Developing Country
The study examined stressors and coping strategies of 281 Social Sciences students at the Midlands State University in Zimbabwe (49% female, 51% male). A questionnaire was used to collect data. The results showed that the 7 most common stressors were: finance, reading resources, accommodation, food, transport, inadequate infrastructure and lecturer related problems. The students mentioned 34 coping strategies that were categorized and then analys…
They Do Not Perceive Us as People
Hanging in There
With the worsening political and socio-economic climate of Zimbabwe, migration to South Africa continues unabated. Research has already proven that migration is a result of many push and pull factors. The prospect to improve one’s life and that of one’s kin remains a key motivation for migration. What needs to be clearly articulated, in so far as Zimbabwean migration to South Africa is concerned, is the level of economic stability of Zimbabwean w…
Stressors and Coping Strategies of State University Students in a Developing Country
The study examined stressors and coping strategies of 281 Social Sciences students at the Midlands State University in Zimbabwe (49% female, 51% male). A questionnaire was used to collect data. The results showed that the 7 most common stressors were: finance, reading resources, accommodation, food, transport, inadequate infrastructure and lecturer related problems. The students mentioned 34 coping strategies that were categorized and then analys…
Autobiography in a Poem
The uses of social capital among Zimbabwean migrants in Johannesburg
This paper analyses the role of family and church networks as sources of social capital in aiding migration, settlement and social integration of Zimbabwean migrants. It also shows how these networks sometimes inhibit migrant integration into the host community. The study was carried out among Zimbabwean migrants in Tembisa and Kempton Park in Johannesburg. This study adds to the growing literature on bonding and bridging social capital while at …
When in Joburg Relatives Show their True Colours
This study analyses the changing role of the family as a source of social capital in aiding migration, settlement and social integration of Zimbabwean migrants. The study is based on qualitative interviews with 58 Zimbabwean migrants in Tembisa and Kempton Park in Johannesburg metropolitan city. The article makes an important contribution to literature revealing how as a result of decreased chances to get a good job, pressure to remit back home a…
Hanging in There
With the worsening political and socio-economic climate of Zimbabwe, migration to South Africa continues unabated. Research has already proven that migration is a result of many push and pull factors. The prospect to improve one’s life and that of one’s kin remains a key motivation for migration. What needs to be clearly articulated, in so far as Zimbabwean migration to South Africa is concerned, is the level of economic stability of Zimbabwean w…
A Stubborn Culture? Zimbabwean Migrants and the Quest for a Decent Burial during the Covid-19 Pandemic
The rise in deaths due to the combined effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and other communicable and non-communicable diseases has made it difficult for Zimbabweans to dignify death and offer decent burials to the deceased. Funeral parlours and other players in the death industry have become overwhelmed. This article explains the behaviour of Zimbabweans in the diaspora who continue to repatriate dead bodies into the country even when repatriation …
The portrayal of older persons in grade 3 primary school children’s textbooks in Zimbabwe
This paper employs textual analysis to explain how older adults are depicted in children’s textbooks at primary school with specific focus on grade 3 level which is the beginning of Junior school at primary level. Because these textbooks are studied throughout the country, this discussion provides a picture of the national situation in so far as depiction of older people is concerned at junior stage in Zimbabwe. Contrary to the educational aims o…
Is Urban Agriculture Sustaining the Urban Poor? A Study of Grandmother Headed Households (GHHs) in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
In this study of urban agriculture in Bulawayo, I examine the extent to which the activity sustains the poor and reduces social exclusion in grandmother-headed households. A qualitative case study design was employed to study the lives of 19 older women. Findings indicate that urban agriculture does not assist in reducing food insecurity and social exclusion among the research participants because of several factors. Challenges in acquiring farmi…
Representations of Ageing in Contemporary Zimbabwe
Effects of Covid-19 on the Livelihoods of Women with Disabilities in Zimbabwe
Let Them Stay There”
This paper explains the indignation against and stigmatization of return migrants and travelers when Zimbabwe first recorded cases of COVID-19 in 2020. While xenophobic hatred toward foreign migrants enjoyed much media and scholarly attention, the similar risk faced by the return migrants and travelers among “their own” during the pandemic was largely left on the back burner. The paper uses secondary analysis of information from social media, gov…
It’s a lot of things”
This research studies university undergraduate students' perceptions of the causes of suicide and suicidality among the youths in Zimbabwe with reference to the case of Midlands State University. The research also examined the contribution of COVID-19 to suicide and suicidality and the role of the family and church in suicide and suicidality causation or prevention. A qualitative methodology was used to collect data through semi-structured interv…
Keeping African women in social reproduction roles
They Do Not Perceive Us as People
Growing Old in the City
This study addresses the struggles for housing among older women, including the meaning attached to ownership and control of urban houses among low-income households. It analyses the extent to which older women in low-income suburbs of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, can age-in-place. I explain how the ideal of ageing in place for the nineteen women in this research (ages 60 - 90) is dependent on factors such as access to and control of one's housing situati…
Access to water, sanitation and hygiene facilities by women with disabilities in Zimbabwe’s Harare Metropolitan Province during Covid-19
Exploring gerontology in Tuku’s selected songs
This paper critically discusses two (2) songs of Oliver Mtukudzi (Tuku) to decipher his perceptions and imaginings of the process and experience of aging in Zimbabwe. These songs are Wasakara (2000) and Ndakuvara (2002). Mtukudzi’s music popularly known as Tuku music is hailed for entertaining and admonishing the public through powerful moral messages of personhood and self-discipline. It is important to appreciate his teachings regarding aging, …
One thing led to another” - teenage pregnancy during Covid-19
Teen pregnancy is common in Zimbabwe and is associated with health and socio-economic challenges. Drawing ideas from social disorganization and intersectionality theories, this study explores the perceived causes and consequences of teenage pregnancy in Kadoma, Zimbabwe, during COVID-19. Data were gathered from 10 purposively selected pregnant teenagers and teen mothers aged between 15 and 19. These young women were interviewed through semi-struc…
It’s a disaster
Research on the provision of care and support for older adults in Zimbabwe has not fully engaged with or focused on young people’s attitudes towards the care of older adults. Drawing on arguments from the philosophy of Ubuntu and intergenerational theories, we argue that although caring for older adults is an entrenched norm within the cultural value system, the prevailing harsh neoliberal economic environment makes it difficult for younger Zimba…
Sociology (14 obras) · Medicine (11 obras) · Political science (10 obras) · Economics (8 obras) · Economic growth (7 obras) · Gender Studies (7 obras) · Geography (7 obras) · Psychology (7 obras) · Socioeconomics (6 obras) · Business (5 obras)