Description: Rethinking the Meaning of Family for Adolescents and Youth in Zimbabwe’s Child Welfare Institutions, Paperback by Gwenzi, Getrude Dadirai, ISBN 3031233778, ISBN-13 9783031233777, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US 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.
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Book Title: Rethinking the Meaning of Family for Adolescents and Youth in Zimbabwe's Child Welfare Institutions
Number of Pages: Xxii, 163 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Springer International Publishing A&G
Topic: Social Work, Sociology / General, Comparative Politics, Sociology / Marriage & Family
Publication Year: 2024
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Political Science, Social Science
Item Weight: 8.9 Oz
Author: Getrude Dadirai Gwenzi
Item Length: 8.3 in
Item Width: 5.8 in
Book Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
