Janestic Twikirize

Biographic Data

ID9588510
NAMEJanestic Twikirize
GIVEN NAMESJanestic
FAMILY NAMETwikirize
SIGNATURETWIKIRIZE J
AFFILIATIONSMakerere University, Uganda
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS7
WORKS AS AUTHOR5
WORKS AS EDITOR1
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2011
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX2

  • Engaged Scholarship through Community Social Labs

    Open AccessTimothy Opobo, Jannette Abalo et al.ARTICLEJournal of Comparative Social Work2025References: 16

    The indigenisation of social work education in Africa is a response to the limitations of Western-centric approaches to addressing complex local social issues. This paper explores the role of engaged scholarship and community social labs in indigenising social work education in Uganda. The study analyses data from four focus group discussions, and student WhatsApp conversations, to examine how these approaches facilitate meaningful community enga…

  • Re-imagining social work education in East Africa

    Open AccessAnn Christin E Nilsen, Charles Kalinganire et al.ARTICLESocial Work Education2023

    To an increasing extent, scholars of social work have called for social work education and practice to be more responsive to local norms, customs and needs. Commonly referred to as indigenization, these scholars argue that social work curricula should incorporate practices, theories and understandings that are developed locally, eschewing the ‘professional imperialism’ that have come to dominate the discipline. This is also the case at universiti…

  • The Coronavirus Crisis and Challenges to Social Development

    Open AccessMaria Do Carmo Dos Santos Gonçalves, Rebecca Gutwald et al.EDITORBOOKThe Coronavirus Crisis and…2022

  • Reimagining Indigenised social work in Uganda

    Open AccessCharles Kiiza Wamara, Janestic Mwende Twikirize et al.ARTICLEInternational Social Work2022Cited by: 5References: 7

    Using thematic analysis, this study examined social workers’ (n = 21) descriptions of what Indigenised social work practice in Uganda entails. Responses from semi-structured interviews revealed the following three themes that inform social workers’ understanding of Indigenised social work practice: (1) collective action and mutuality, (2) communal welfare and respect for life and (3) liberation and restoration. The discussion aims at understandin…

  • Social innovations in rural communities in Africa's Great Lakes region. A social work perspective

    Open AccessHelmut Spitzer, Janestic Mwende Twikirize et al.ARTICLEJournal of Rural Studies2021Cited by: 2References: 8

    In Africa's Great Lakes region, many rural communities face serious challenges including chronic poverty, lack of infrastructure, high unemployment, inadequate education systems and healthcare services, as well as a fundamental absence of public social protection mechanisms. In some contexts, rural dwellers suffer from the additional burden of armed conflict and political violence. Yet, rural populations show remarkable indications of resilience …

  • A life of fear

    Open AccessJuan Schoemaker, Janestic Mwende Twikirize et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of Social…2011References: 3

    Schoemaker J, Twikirize J. A life of fear: sex workers and the threat of HIV in Uganda The way individuals perceive their risk to certain threats influences their adoption of preventive behaviour. This study explored sex workers' perception of risk of HIV infection within the context of other serious threats. The study was carried out in Kampala, Uganda, using peer ethnography. Sex workers were well aware of their risk of HIV infection but this r…