Overview
Background
Dr. Amani Kasherwa is a social work lecturer in the School of Nursing, Midwifery, and Social Work at the University of Queensland (UQ), with expertise in childhood trauma. His primary research focus is on child sexual abuse, particularly among children and families exposed to adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) in complex humanitarian settings. Amani's work deeply explores the intersection of childhood trauma, including intergenerational trauma and access to support services for children and young people affected by various forms of childhood adversities. He is highly engaged in the fields of critical childhood and youth studies, peacebuilding, family violence, and mental health services.
Amani brings his extensive research, teaching and practice experiences to enrich the learning experiences of undergraduate and postgraduate students at UQ. He received his PhD in Social Work from the University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney) in 2024, with a thesis titled "Negotiating Survival Overseas: Exploring the Help-Seeking Processes and Support Patterns of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Survivors in African Communities with Refugee Backgrounds in New South Wales." His research agenda post-PhD focuses on developing culturally safe prevention strategies for children, young people, and families transitioning from refugee settlements and negotiating a new life in high-income countries like Australia, building on the foundation of social work and peacebuilding theories and methods.
Availability
- Dr Amani Kasherwa is:
- Available for supervision
- Media expert
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor (Honours) of Development Studies, unknown
- Masters (Coursework) of Social Work, Makerere University
- Doctor of Philosophy of Social Work, University of New South Wales
Works
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2024
Journal Article
Ubuntu-informed approaches for addressing Conflict-Related Sexual Violence (CRSV): Scope, rationale, and implications for Social Work
Kasherwa, Amani, Kapalata, Murhula and Twikirize, Janestic Mwende (2024). Ubuntu-informed approaches for addressing Conflict-Related Sexual Violence (CRSV): Scope, rationale, and implications for Social Work. SSRN Electronic Journal, 1-20. doi: 10.2139/ssrn.4753200
2023
Book Chapter
Ubuntu-informed approaches to address conflict-related sexual violence
Kasherwa, Amani, Kapalata, Murhula and Mwende Twikirize, Janestic (2023). Ubuntu-informed approaches to address conflict-related sexual violence. Ubuntu philosophy and decolonising social work fields of practice in Africa. (pp. 231-245) edited by Janestic Mwende Twikirize, Sharlotte Tusasiirwe and Rugare Mugumbate. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003330370-21
2023
Journal Article
The roles and ethics of psychosocial support workers in integrated health services for sexual and gender-based violence survivors
Kasherwa, Amani Clovis, Alexandre, Ali Bitenga, Mugisho, Gilbert Mubalama, Foussiakda, Agino Cecilia and Balegamire, Juvenal Bazilashe (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 (3), 586-607. doi: 10.1177/14680173221144551
2020
Journal Article
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
Foussiakda, Agino Cécilia and Kasherwa, Amani Clovis (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 105217. doi: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105217
2020
Journal Article
‘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’
Kasherwa, Amani C. (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 (2), 123-160. doi: 10.1080/17400201.2019.1688139
2018
Journal Article
Interventions addressing ritualistic child sexual abuse in post-conflict Eastern DRC: Reflections on child welfare policy and programming
Kasherwa, Amani C. and Twikirize, Janestic M. (2018). Interventions addressing ritualistic child sexual abuse in post-conflict Eastern DRC: Reflections on child welfare policy and programming. International Social Work, 63 (2), 193-205. doi: 10.1177/0020872818806347
2018
Journal Article
Ritualistic child sexual abuse in post-conflict Eastern DRC: factors associated with the phenomenon and implications for social work
Kasherwa, Amani Clovis and Twikirize, Janestic Mwende (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, 74-81. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2018.04.012
2018
Journal Article
Decentralization and access to basic social services in post-conflict DRC : the promise and the disillusion
Clovis, Amani Kasherwa and Twikirize, Janestic Mwende (2018). Decentralization and access to basic social services in post-conflict DRC : the promise and the disillusion. Arabian Journal of Business and Management Review (Oman Chapter), 7 (3), 28-37. doi: 10.12816/0046982
Supervision
Availability
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Media
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- Child Sexual Abuse
- Childhood Adversity
- Refugee children
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