Interrogating Child Rights Teaching in Bindura Schools – Zimbabwe

Mtetwa, Spikelele; Gwanzura, Tendai N. R.

doi:10.1080/09751122.2017.1347233

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“…Various scholars (Mtetwa & Gwanzura, ; Sloth‐Nielsen, ) have advocated for policy and legal changes that incorporate the cultural rights of migrant communities settling in host nations. According to Himonga (2016, p.76), cultural rights that are implemented in laws and policy carry with them an understanding that, “the rights granted to children should in their localization and implementation bear the local cultural fingerprints without, however, extinguishing the essential core of the right itself.” Therefore, to successfully make decisions that are in the child's best interest, discussions about children rights can only yield good outcomes when the child's environment and cultural practices are considered.…”

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“…Global definitions around the concept of a child are influencing traditional values and beliefs within indigenous societies and modifying established structures that are the foundation of being and identity (Jenkins, ). Sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA) is not immune to the global changes that are impacting views and the ever changing role of children (Mtetwa & Gwanzura, ; Salami, Hirani, Meherali, Amodu, & Chambers, ). These changes are hindering sub‐Saharan African social systems from effectively preserving their traditional beliefs and values, which define children (Deng & Marlowe, ; Rombo & Lutomia, ).…”

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The concept of a child within sub‐Saharan African migrant homes: Reconciling culture and child rights

Mugadza

Stout

Akombi

et al. 2019

Child & Family Social Work

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As international migration increases, the Australian socio-cultural and political context in which sub-Saharan African migrant families are settling is causing tension between traditional sub-Saharan African migrant definitions of child and childhood experiences and host nation definitions particularly when compared with the child protection system. This paper seeks to explore and highlight the fundamental values and differences that determine perceptions and treatment of children within traditional sub-Saharan African communities. Using a qualitative design, this study was influenced by acculturation theory. Four major themes emerged from the analysis: (a) culture and the sub-Saharan African child, (b) moulding good children, (c) family functioning and relationships, and (d) host context: perceptions of Australian mainstream parenting. The study found that in order to successfully make decisions that are in the best interest of sub-Saharan African migrant children that come to the attention of the child protection system, discussions about children rights can only yield good outcomes when the child's socio-cultural environment is considered.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The concept of a child within sub‐Saharan African migrant homes: Reconciling culture and child rights

Mugadza

Stout

Akombi

et al. 2019

Child & Family Social Work

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“…Cultural values and systems which are grounded in communal interests are integral to defining childhood from a Zimbabwean perspective (Mtetwa & Gwanzura, 2017).…”

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Zimbabwean parents' experiences of bearing and raising children in the UK

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Zimbabweans represent a growing population in the UK, yet little is known about their experiences of parenting once settled in the UK. Zimbabweans in the UK are currently a ‘silent subset’ of the broader migrant population, marginalised and relatively unheard, warranting further investigation into their parenting experiences. This study explored Zimbabwean migrant parents’ experiences of bearing and raising children in the UK and their perspectives on how they sustain their children’s health and wellbeing. The Silences Framework (TSF) offers a lens through which the Zimbabwean parents' experiences are made visible in this study. Hermeneutic phenomenology was employed as a research methodology from van Manen's perspective and data was collected through individual in-depth interviews with five fathers and five mothers settled in South Yorkshire, UK. The analysis approach integrates the four phases of TSF cyclic analysis and thematic analysis process by van Manen. Findings from this study show that parenting experiences in the UK are largely influenced by cultural background, religious beliefs and how the parents were raised. Parenting in a new culture requires parents to rely on an interdependent system of support which can include spouses, extended family, other migrant families, children's schools and health professionals. In Zimbabwe, raising children is a collective effort of community networks and kinship structures. There is concern about the children's sense of belonging in the UK, which is defined as multi-layered. Research findings may help to increase knowledge on the Zimbabwean diaspora, add insight in the everyday life of migrant families and therefore influence policies, practices and future research. While some findings are specific to the Zimbabwean diaspora, others are concerns that migrant families have irrespective of place of origin.

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Interrogating Child Rights Teaching in Bindura Schools – Zimbabwe

Cited by 2 publications

References 16 publications

The concept of a child within sub‐Saharan African migrant homes: Reconciling culture and child rights

The concept of a child within sub‐Saharan African migrant homes: Reconciling culture and child rights

Zimbabwean parents' experiences of bearing and raising children in the UK

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