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Household waste management in a South African township (2019)
Thesis
Pewa, M. K. P. (2019). Household waste management in a South African township. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4222743

South Africa emerged from apartheid in 1994 as a nation divided by race and class. The apartheid laws enforced separate development, which disadvantaged the black African population; especially the Xhosa people in rural Eastern Cape and the Zulu peop... Read More about Household waste management in a South African township.

Physical and virtual mobility for youth employment in Malawi: Reflections on findings from two research projects (2019)
Book Chapter
Robson, E., Porter, G., Munthali, A., & Hampshire, K. (2019). Physical and virtual mobility for youth employment in Malawi: Reflections on findings from two research projects. In K. Roelen, R. Morgan, & Y. Tafere (Eds.), Putting Children First: New Frontiers in the Fight Against Child Poverty in Africa (267–286). Stuttgart: Ibidem

Book blurb: Despite important strides in the fight against poverty in the past two decades, child poverty remains widespread and persistent, particularly in Africa. Poverty in all its dimensions is detrimental for early childhood development and ofte... Read More about Physical and virtual mobility for youth employment in Malawi: Reflections on findings from two research projects.

Mobile phones, gender, and female empowerment in sub-Saharan Africa: studies with African youth (2019)
Journal Article
Porter, G., Hampshire, K., Abane, A., Munthali, A., Robson, E., De Lannoy, A., …Owusu, S. (2020). Mobile phones, gender, and female empowerment in sub-Saharan Africa: studies with African youth. Information Technology for Development, 26(1), 180-193. https://doi.org/10.1080/02681102.2019.1622500

© 2019 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Data from qualitative and survey research with young people in 24 locations (urban and rural) across Ghana, Malawi, and South Africa expose the complex interp... Read More about Mobile phones, gender, and female empowerment in sub-Saharan Africa: studies with African youth.

Caregiving children in Malawi : children's work within families affected by illness and disability (2019)
Thesis
Kaparounaki, K. (2019). Caregiving children in Malawi : children's work within families affected by illness and disability. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4221903

Chronic illness and disability can result in children caring for sick parents, younger siblings or grandparents. This PhD thesis examines children’s caring responsibilities in rural and urban areas in Malawi. It analyses the emotional aspects of care... Read More about Caregiving children in Malawi : children's work within families affected by illness and disability.