Rethinking the meaning of family for adolescents and youth in Zimbabwe's child welfare situations / Getrude Dadirai Gwenzi.
Gwenzi, Getrude Dadirai, author.
2023
HV1351
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Title Rethinking the meaning of family for adolescents and youth in Zimbabwe's child welfare situations / Getrude Dadirai Gwenzi.
Author Gwenzi, Getrude Dadirai, author.
ISBN 9783031233753 (electronic bk.)
3031233751 (electronic bk.)
3031233743
9783031233746
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-23375-3
Published Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2023.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (193 pages)
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-3-031-23375-3 doi
Call Number HV1351
Dewey Decimal Classification 362.732096891
Summary This book examines the lives of children and young adults living in residential care systems in Zimbabwe and their unique conceptualization of family. While the importance of family for the development and wellbeing of children can't be overemphasized, the questions of what and who counts as family to orphans and vulnerable children (OVCs) are under-researched. Gwenzi brings a social constructionist approach to study OVCs in institutional care as well as living with their families in Zimbabwe, finding that they do not have a single definition of family and that they use diverse characteristics to describe what family means to them. With the data suggesting a need for belonging, continuity of relationships, protection, and trust, this study makes recommendations for policy and practice with youth in alternative care in sub-Saharan Africa.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description Description based on print version record.
Series Palgrave Macmillan studies in family and intimate life.
Available in Other Form RETHINKING THE MEANING OF FAMILY FOR ADOLESCENTS AND YOUTH IN ZIMBABWE'S CHILD WELFARE INSTITUTIONS.
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1. Introduction
2. A Study on Family Meanings
3. Theorising Family Meanings
4. Constructing "family" During Child-family Separation
5. Family in Southern Africa
6. Adolescents and Youths "family meanings" in Zimbabwe
7. Rethinking the Meaning of Family for Adolescents and Youths in Zimbabwes Child Welfare Institutions.

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