Mphatso Boti Phiri
Biographic Data
| ID | 1128950 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mphatso Boti Phiri |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mphatso Boti |
| FAMILY NAME | Phiri |
| SIGNATURE | PHIRI M B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Malawi |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2814-4834 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Your Lord has not forsaken you”: Interrogating socio-political and theological reasons for the lack of adopters and foster carers from Muslim backgrounds in Britain
The Politics of Matching: Ethnicity, Religion and Muslim-heritage Children in Care in the UK
In 2014, in order to improve outcomes for children from ethnic minority backgrounds and to speed up the adoption process, the UK government changed the Children and Families Act. The legal requirement on adoption agencies to consider ethnicity in the decision around ‘matching’ was removed, thus clearing the way for transracial placements. This article interrogates the impact of the change in law on social work practice around adoption, using the …
The Salience of Islam to Muslim Heritage Children's Experiences of Identity, Family, and Well-Being in Foster Care
All children need permanent and secure homes in which they can explore their identities and evolve as human beings, citizens, and family members, and within which can they have a sense of security, continuity, stability, and belonging. There are approximately 4500 children of Muslim heritage in the care system in England and Wales, and this number is increasing. Using case studies that emerged from qualitative fieldwork, this article examines the…
The Salience of Islam to Muslim Heritage Children's Experiences of Identity, Family, and Well-Being in Foster Care
All children need permanent and secure homes in which they can explore their identities and evolve as human beings, citizens, and family members, and within which can they have a sense of security, continuity, stability, and belonging. There are approximately 4500 children of Muslim heritage in the care system in England and Wales, and this number is increasing. Using case studies that emerged from qualitative fieldwork, this article examines the…
The Politics of Matching: Ethnicity, Religion and Muslim-heritage Children in Care in the UK
In 2014, in order to improve outcomes for children from ethnic minority backgrounds and to speed up the adoption process, the UK government changed the Children and Families Act. The legal requirement on adoption agencies to consider ethnicity in the decision around ‘matching’ was removed, thus clearing the way for transracial placements. This article interrogates the impact of the change in law on social work practice around adoption, using the …
The Salience of Islam to Muslim Heritage Children's Experiences of Identity, Family, and Well-Being in Foster Care
All children need permanent and secure homes in which they can explore their identities and evolve as human beings, citizens, and family members, and within which can they have a sense of security, continuity, stability, and belonging. There are approximately 4500 children of Muslim heritage in the care system in England and Wales, and this number is increasing. Using case studies that emerged from qualitative fieldwork, this article examines the…
The Politics of Matching: Ethnicity, Religion and Muslim-heritage Children in Care in the UK
In 2014, in order to improve outcomes for children from ethnic minority backgrounds and to speed up the adoption process, the UK government changed the Children and Families Act. The legal requirement on adoption agencies to consider ethnicity in the decision around ‘matching’ was removed, thus clearing the way for transracial placements. This article interrogates the impact of the change in law on social work practice around adoption, using the …
Your Lord has not forsaken you”: Interrogating socio-political and theological reasons for the lack of adopters and foster carers from Muslim backgrounds in Britain
Sociology (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Child Welfare and Adoption (2 works) · Early adopter (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Migration, Health and Trauma (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Politics (2 works)