Mildred Mushunje
Biographic Data
| ID | 4470967 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mildred Mushunje |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mildred |
| FAMILY NAME | Mushunje |
| SIGNATURE | MUSHUNJE M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Midlands State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8811-3637 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Investigating the social factors shaping the relationship between child marriage and mental health in Zimbabwe: Lessons Learned From a Cross-Sectional Study
Climate change and vulnerable groups in Zimbabwe: Implications for social work practice
Social work is a practical profession that aims to improve problem-solving skills and social functioning, particularly for disadvantaged and marginalised vulnerable groups. The ongoing climate change is worsening the global social work burden since it increases the frequency of occurrence, magnitude, and duration of disaster events such as droughts, heat waves, diseases, tropical cyclones, and floods that negatively impact human beings. Specifica…
The relevance of indigenous knowledge systems in social work education and practice in Zimbabwe: A human rights perspective
Indigenous knowledge systems (IKS) are central to communities in Africa. They shape, influence, and define the behaviour of societies. Most communities in Zimbabwe have consistently recognised the human rights of individuals. Understanding how IKS can influence social work theory and practice to uphold human rights is important. Human rights are an inherent part of the social work profession. The article explores the views of social work educator…
Unlocking Safe Spaces for comprehensive SRHR”: Advocacy for women’s and adolescent girls’ right to access safe abortion in Zimbabwe
Abortion remains highly contested in Zimbabwe and this stems from deeply rooted and set convictions based on religious, traditional, cultural, and moralistic persuasions. Political will to commit to unrestricted conditions for abortions also remains very limited as evidenced by the continued hesitancy to review the 1977 Termination of Pregnancy Act (ToP) (Chapter 15:10) which allows for abortion under the circumstances of rape, incest and health.…
Negotiating ethical dilemmas in research: To act or not to act in the face of the normalisation of gender injustice encountered in the research process
This article focuses on research conducted in relation to the gendered dynamics of access to, and utilisation of, agricultural inputs in the quest for women’s empowerment. The article focuses on the ethical dilemmas that arose during the course of the research in relation to the claim that scientific research, particularly of the logical-positivist tradition, should not cause disruption to people’s lives and that researchers must remain detached …
The gender dynamics of climate change on rural women’s agro-based livelihoods and food security in rural Zimbabwe: Implications for green social work
The impact of climate change is not gender-neutral. In this article, we argue that its impact on rural women’s agro-based livelihoods and food security in Zimbabwe is underlined by unbalanced social and power relations and structural factors such as unequal access to the means of production. To that end, we involve green social work as a better positioned framework and practice to address the gendered implications of climate change surrounding ru…
Social protection for orphans and vulnerable children in Zimbabwe: The case for cash transfers
The unprecedented number of orphans and vulnerable children in Zimbabwe has created an urgent need to create innovative ways to provide for the social protection of these children. Innovative packages consisting of educational, food and psychosocial support are being implemented by non-governmental organizations. However, as the orphan crisis continues to deepen, more needs to be done and, learning from the experiences of other countries, the opt…
Social protection for orphans and vulnerable children in Zimbabwe: The case for cash transfers
The unprecedented number of orphans and vulnerable children in Zimbabwe has created an urgent need to create innovative ways to provide for the social protection of these children. Innovative packages consisting of educational, food and psychosocial support are being implemented by non-governmental organizations. However, as the orphan crisis continues to deepen, more needs to be done and, learning from the experiences of other countries, the opt…
The gender dynamics of climate change on rural women’s agro-based livelihoods and food security in rural Zimbabwe: Implications for green social work
The impact of climate change is not gender-neutral. In this article, we argue that its impact on rural women’s agro-based livelihoods and food security in Zimbabwe is underlined by unbalanced social and power relations and structural factors such as unequal access to the means of production. To that end, we involve green social work as a better positioned framework and practice to address the gendered implications of climate change surrounding ru…
Social protection for orphans and vulnerable children in Zimbabwe: The case for cash transfers
The unprecedented number of orphans and vulnerable children in Zimbabwe has created an urgent need to create innovative ways to provide for the social protection of these children. Innovative packages consisting of educational, food and psychosocial support are being implemented by non-governmental organizations. However, as the orphan crisis continues to deepen, more needs to be done and, learning from the experiences of other countries, the opt…
The gender dynamics of climate change on rural women’s agro-based livelihoods and food security in rural Zimbabwe: Implications for green social work
The impact of climate change is not gender-neutral. In this article, we argue that its impact on rural women’s agro-based livelihoods and food security in Zimbabwe is underlined by unbalanced social and power relations and structural factors such as unequal access to the means of production. To that end, we involve green social work as a better positioned framework and practice to address the gendered implications of climate change surrounding ru…
Negotiating ethical dilemmas in research: To act or not to act in the face of the normalisation of gender injustice encountered in the research process
This article focuses on research conducted in relation to the gendered dynamics of access to, and utilisation of, agricultural inputs in the quest for women’s empowerment. The article focuses on the ethical dilemmas that arose during the course of the research in relation to the claim that scientific research, particularly of the logical-positivist tradition, should not cause disruption to people’s lives and that researchers must remain detached …
Unlocking Safe Spaces for comprehensive SRHR”: Advocacy for women’s and adolescent girls’ right to access safe abortion in Zimbabwe
Abortion remains highly contested in Zimbabwe and this stems from deeply rooted and set convictions based on religious, traditional, cultural, and moralistic persuasions. Political will to commit to unrestricted conditions for abortions also remains very limited as evidenced by the continued hesitancy to review the 1977 Termination of Pregnancy Act (ToP) (Chapter 15:10) which allows for abortion under the circumstances of rape, incest and health.…
Climate change and vulnerable groups in Zimbabwe: Implications for social work practice
Social work is a practical profession that aims to improve problem-solving skills and social functioning, particularly for disadvantaged and marginalised vulnerable groups. The ongoing climate change is worsening the global social work burden since it increases the frequency of occurrence, magnitude, and duration of disaster events such as droughts, heat waves, diseases, tropical cyclones, and floods that negatively impact human beings. Specifica…
The relevance of indigenous knowledge systems in social work education and practice in Zimbabwe: A human rights perspective
Indigenous knowledge systems (IKS) are central to communities in Africa. They shape, influence, and define the behaviour of societies. Most communities in Zimbabwe have consistently recognised the human rights of individuals. Understanding how IKS can influence social work theory and practice to uphold human rights is important. Human rights are an inherent part of the social work profession. The article explores the views of social work educator…
Investigating the social factors shaping the relationship between child marriage and mental health in Zimbabwe: Lessons Learned From a Cross-Sectional Study
Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Economics (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Social Work Education and Practice (3 works) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (2 works) · Climate change (2 works) · Development economics (2 works) · Environmental ethics (2 works)