By Mr Amani Kasherwa

Book Chapters

Kasherwa A; Lenette C; Fernandez E, 2024, 'Breaking Barriers or Building Walls? Strategies to overcome the barriers to help-seeking among Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) survivors from refugee backgrounds', in Routledge Handbook of Child and Family Social Work Research: Knowledge-Building, Application, and Impact, Routledge, London, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003241492-53

Kasherwa A; Kapalata M; Mwende Twikirize J, 2023, 'Ubuntu-informed approaches to address Conflict-Related Sexual Violence', in Ubuntu Philosophy and Decolonising Social Work Fields of Practice in Africa, Routledge, pp. 231 - 245, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003330370-21

Journal articles

Kasherwa A; Fernandez E; Lenette C, 2024, '“This is not why we brought our children here!”: Tensions and challenges in responding to Adverse Childhood Experiences in African-background refugee families', Child Abuse and Neglect, 158, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2024.107101

Rahman FN; Iwuagwu AO; Ngwu CN; Kalu ME; Kasherwa A; Chowdhury MRK; Kader M, 2024, 'Connecting the experiences of persons with disabilities and social workers in Nigerian care institutions regarding COVID-19 vaccine uptake: a qualitative descriptive-interpretive design', Frontiers in Public Health, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1466313

Kasherwa AC; Alexandre AB; Mugisho GM; Foussiakda AC; Balegamire JB, 2023, 'The roles and ethics of psychosocial support workers in integrated health services for sexual and gender-based violence survivors', Journal of Social Work, 23, pp. 586 - 607, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/14680173221144551

Mugisho GM; Maroyi R; Nabami S; Kasherwa AC; Bitenga A; Mukwege D, 2022, 'Sexual and gender-based violence victims’ satisfaction of the support services through the holistic model of care in the Democratic Republic of Congo', Discover Social Science and Health, 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s44155-022-00025-x

Foussiakda AC; Kasherwa AC, 2020, 'The challenges affecting foster care in a “failed-state” context: Case of the SEDI child protection network in South-Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of Congo', Children and Youth Services Review, 116, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105217

Kasherwa AC, 2020, '‘The role of youth organizations in peacebuilding in the African Great Lakes Region: a rough transition from local and non-governmental to the national and governmental peacebuilding efforts in Burundi and eastern DRC’', Journal of Peace Education, 17, pp. 123 - 160, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17400201.2019.1688139

Kasherwa AC; Twikirize JM, 2020, 'Interventions addressing ritualistic child sexual abuse in post-conflict Eastern DRC: Reflections on child welfare policy and programming', International Social Work, 63, pp. 193 - 205, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0020872818806347

Kasherwa AC; Twikirize JM, 2018, 'Ritualistic child sexual abuse in post-conflict Eastern DRC: Factors associated with the phenomenon and implications for social work', Child Abuse and Neglect, 81, pp. 74 - 81, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2018.04.012

Clovis AK; Twikirize JM, 2018, 'Decentralization and Access to Basic Social Services in Post-Conflict DRC : The Promise and the Disillusion', Oman Chapter of Arabian Journal of Business and Management Review, 7, pp. 28 - 37, http://dx.doi.org/10.12816/0046982

Preprints

Kasherwa A; Lenette C; Arop A; Duot A, 2024, ‘I Can’t Even Talk to My Parents About It’: South Sudanese Youth Advocates’ Perspectives on Suicide Through Reflexive Discussions and Collaborative Poetic Inquiry, http://dx.doi.org/10.20944/preprints202409.1520.v1

Kasherwa A; Lenette C; Fernandez E, 2024, Adverse Childhood Experiences, Social Networks and Help-Seeking Experiences in African-Background Refugee Families in Australia: Towards a Refugee Children's Network-Episode Model, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4878358

Mugisho GM; Maroyi R; Nabami S; Kasherwa AC; Bitenga A; Mukwege D, 2022, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence victims’ satisfaction of the support services through the holistic model of care in the Democratic Republic of Congo, http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1924583/v2

Mugisho GM; Maroyi R; Nabami S; Kasherwa AC; Bitenga A; Mukwege D, 2022, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence victims’ satisfaction of the support services through the holistic model of care in the Democratic Republic of Congo, http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1924583/v1

Kasherwa A; Kapalata M; Twikirize JM, Ubuntu-informed approaches for addressing Conflict-Related Sexual Violence (CRSV): Scope, rationale, and implications for Social Work, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4753200

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