Dr GWENZI Getrude Dadirai
Research Assistant Professor
Contact:
Tel: (852) 2616 7275
Fax: (852) 2456 0737
Email: [email protected]
Office
WYL222, Dorothy Y L Wong Building
Department of Sociology and Social Policy
Lingnan University, Tuen Mun, Hong Kong
Getrude Dadirai Gwenzi holds a PhD in Sociology and Social Policy from Lingnan University, Hong Kong (2019) and a Master of Social Science degree in Social Policy from University College Cork, Ireland (2016). Her research focuses on family meanings, separated children, orphans and vulnerable children, and youth transitions to adulthood.
- Families
- Children in care and care leavers
- Youth transitions
- Migrant children
BSocSci (Social Work) UFH, South Africa; MSocSci (Social Policy) UCC, Ireland; PhD (Sociology & Social Policy) LU, Hong Kong
Books
Gwenzi, G. D. (2023). Rethinking the Meaning of Family for Adolescents and Youth in Zimbabwe’s Child Welfare Institutions. Cham: Springer International Publishing.
Book Chapters
Ringson, J. & Gwenzi, G.D. (2023). Neoliberalism and African Indigenous Knowledge Systems on Childhood Vulnerability in Zimbabwe. In Baikady, R., S.M Sajid., Przeperski, J.,, Nadesan, V., Rezaul I.M., Gao, J., The Palgrave Handbook of Global Social Problems.
Addaney, M., Cobbinah, P. B., & Gwenzi, G. D. (2022). Avoiding the child poverty curse in Ghana and South Africa. In School Food, Equity and Social Justice: Critical Reflections and Perspectives.
Gwenzi, G.D., Anaduaka, U.S, Baffour-Adjei, S, Oladosu, A & Tara Sam, S. (2020). Methodological and Ethical Considerations in the study on Children’s Everyday Lives under COVID-19 in Three African Countries: Ghana, Nigeria and South Africa. In Kara, H & Khoo, S. (Eds), Researching in the Age of Covid-19: Volume 2: Care and Resilience. Policy Press. University of Bristol. UK.
Journal Articles
Howard, A. H., Dadirai Gwenzi, G., Newsom, L., Gebru, B. T., & Gilbertson Wilke, N. (2023). The Relationship between Sense of Belonging and Well-Being Outcomes in Emerging Adults with Care Experience. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(13), 6311. MDPI AG. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20136311.
Howard, A. H., Gwenzi, G. D., Taylor, T., & Wilke, N. G. (2023). The relationship between adverse childhood experiences, health and life satisfaction in adults with care experience: The mediating role of attachment. Child & Family Social Work. https://doi.org/10.1111/cfs.13006.
Gwenzi, G. D., & Ringson, J. (2023). “Why would they call me an orphan when I have parents”: Care leavers’ experiences of labeling and stereotyping whilst living in residential care facilities in Zimbabwe. New Ideas in Psychology, 68, 100968. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.newideapsych.2022.100968.
Gwenzi, G.D. (2022). Provision of Transitional Housing: A Socially Sustainable Solution for Care Leavers in Zimbabwe, Practice. https://doi.org/10.1080/09503153.2022.2083100.
Gwenzi, G. D. (2022). Care leavers’ notions of the ‘ideal’ family in Zimbabwe. Journal of Family Studies, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1080/13229400.2022.2058411.
Gwenzi, G.D., Anaduaka, U. S.; Katunze, M. N.; Sam, S. T. and Kamuna, L. (2021). The prevailing social attitudes towards child discipline in Zimbabwe. African Journal of Social Work, 11(5), 313-321.
Gwenzi, G. D. (2020) Constructing the meaning of ‘family’ in the context of out-of-home care: An exploratory study on residential care leavers in Harare, Zimbabwe. Emerging Adulthood. https://doi.org/10.1177/2167696818800846.
Amoah, P. A., Koduah, A. O., Anaduaka, U. S., Addae, E. A., Gwenzi, G. D., & Amankwaa, A. (2020). Psychological wellbeing in diaspora space: a study of African economic migrants in Hong Kong. Asian Ethnicity, 1-18. 10.1080/14631369.2020.1775485.
Gwenzi, G.D. (2019). Representations of ‘family’ in residential care: Perspectives from residential care staff in Zimbabwe. Scottish Journal of Residential Care, 18 (2).
Dzoro, J., Chereni, A., & Gwenzi, G. D. (2019). Internet risks and teenage children’s agency: a case of post-primary students at a school in Chiredzi, Zimbabwe. African Journal of Social Work, 9(2), 87-96.
Gwenzi, G.D. (2018). The transition from institutional care to adulthood and independence: A social services professional and institutional caregiver perspective in Harare, Zimbabwe. Child Care in Practice, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1080/13575279.2017.1414034.
Adusei, P; Koduah, A.O; Gyasi, R.M; Gwenzi G.D., & Anaduaka, U.S. (2018).The relationship between functional health literacy, health-related behaviors and socio-demographic characteristics of street-involved youth in Ghana. International Journal of Health Promotion and Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/14635240.2018.1552835.