Owia Bulletin
Welcome to Owia Bulletin for Social Work and Development Work.
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Issues – current and past
- 12 December 2024 - Final reminder Ubuntu Lecture
- 11 December 2024 - Ubuntu Lecture Tommorrow
- 2 December 2024 - Registration open - Ubuntu Lecture
- 28 November 2024 - 3rd Annual Ubuntu Lecture 2024
- 12 November 2024 - 3rd Annual Ubuntu Lecture 2024
- 21 October 2024 - All Details - Wazee Day 2024
- 16 October 2024 - Call for papers on development
- 8 October 2024 - Standard AI Policy
- 2 October 2024 - Ubuntu Ndaba 2024
- 20 September 2024 - Mpox - what you need to know
- 14 September 2024 - Nile floods in South Sudan
- 3 September 2024 - Africa PhD scholarships for female students
- 26 August 2024 - Kenule Saro-Wiwa and Shell Company
- 20 August 2024 - Help us with contacts
- 14 August 2024 - Migration impact on Africa—questions to ponder on
- 8 August 2024 - Developing and validating theories
- 1 August 2024 - Keynotes, speeches and presentations published
- 22 July 2024 - Demographics of survey participants so far
- 9 July 2024 - Biased western discourse of sexuality in Africa
- 30 June 2024 - Invite - Survey on Social Problems
- 18 June 2024 - Hongera conference organisers
- 13 June 2024 - 155! registered for conference
- 7 June 2024 - Students Conference Program
- 31 May 2024 - Indaba Video & Awards Speeches
- 25 May 2024 - Hongera! to those awarded
- 18 May 2024 - Have you registered for Africa Day Indaba?
- 10 May 2024 - Abstracts date extended for Students Conference
- 5 May 2024 - New student in DAC Conference Committee
- 30 April 2024 - Africa Day Indaba 2024 Registration Now Open
- 21 April 2024 - Reviewing Training/Educational Programs
- 12 April 2024 - Matching Curricula to Needs
- 7 April 2024 - Key events in 2024
- 28 March 2024 - Last Chance to Nominate for Awards
- 23 March 2024 - Webinar & Book Launch Invitation
- 16 March 2024 - AU theme for 2024 - Relevant learning in Africa
- 9 March 2024 - Africa, Gender and Development Journal Special Issue
- 1 March 2024 - Africa Environment Day/Wangari Maathai Day 2024
- 23 February 2024 - Research utilisation approaches and checklist
- 16 February 2024 - Looking for information about each country
- 9 February 2024 - AJSW Special Issue on The Social Development Approach
- 4 February 2024 - Awards nominations still open
- 26 January 2024 - Help us identify ASWEA members (1977 meeting)
- 20 January 2024 - Free Zoom and website accounts available
- 12 January 2024 - Call for Papers - Disability
- 6 January 2024 - Tunakutakia mwaka wa mafanikio wa 2024
- 27 December 2023 - End of Year Messsage from ASWDNet
- 23 December 2023 - Certificates | New Journal | Kwanzaa
- 14 December 2023 - Videos & Survey Results from Ubuntu Lecture
- 7 December 2023 - Reminder to attend Ubuntu Lecture/Fundo yaUbuntu
- 1 December 2023 - Meet Lecturer 1 (Fundo yaUbuntu 2023)
- 24 November 2023 - End of year events in the region
- 19 November 2023 - AU Protocol on Disability
- 11 November 2023 - Innovative fieldwork ideas
- 5 November 2023 - Integrated Musha/Nyumba Theory of Socio-economic Development
- 28 October 2023 - AU, Palestine-Israel Conflict
- 03/08/2023 – Happy Women’s Day
- 03/03/2023 – Call for ethics committee members
- 02/28/2023 – Longwe Framework for Gender Analysis
- 02/09/2023 – Call for Ubuntu literature reviews
- 01/18/2023 – Happy 2023 | Awards 2022
- 12/19/2022 – End of Year Message
- 12/10/2022 – Videos from Ubuntu Lecture
- 11/16/2022 – Ubuntu Lecture – 10 days to go
- 10/25/2022 – 11 Decolonial Digital Apps for African Children
- 10/07/2022 – Africa Ageing Theory – Nyanguru’s Model
- 09/21/2022 – African research methods (examples, literature etc)
- 08/25/2022 – African research methods (examples, literature etc)
- 07/29/2022 – JDA now indexed in the AJOL database
- 07/01/2022 – 7 VIDEO RECORDINGS FROM AFRICA DAY INDABA
- 06/16/2022 – Today is Day of the African Child (DAC)
- 06/03/2022 – SLIDES_THEMES_HANDOUTS FROM AFRICA DAY INDABA
- 05/25/2022 – HAPPY AFRICA DAY 2022 POSTER AND BLOGS
- 05/07/2022 – UPCOMING AFRICA DAY INDABA
- 03/21/2022 – WEBINAR ON RESEARCH GRANT WRITING
- 03/18/2022 – WEBINAR INVITATION_ALL ABOUT RESEARCH GRANT WRITING
How to cite Owia Bulletin using ASWDNet style
Author surname and initial, if specified (year) OR Africa Social Work and Development Network (ASWDNet) (Year). Owia Bulletin for Social Work and Development Work, Issue Number.
Owia Kokroko – what this means
In the Adinkra alphabet in West Africa, Owia represents the strengths, vitality and renewal of the sun, which we are using to mean strengths and vitality of Africa’s knowledge. Owia kokroko means greatness of the sun – the sun is the ultimate source of all life and vitality on earth. We are using Owia to represent strengths, renewal and vitality of Africa’s knowledge.
Editorial and Creative Board
Kudzai Mwapaura, Lecturer and Fieldwork Coordinator, Department of Social Work, Women’s University in Africa, Zimbabwe
Dr Agness C Tembo, Course/Stream Coordinator Postgraduate Advanced Studies Intensive Care Nursing, Lecturer intensive and Critical Care, University of Sydney, Australia
Yuvan Sankar, MSW (Community Development), India
Willard Muntanga, Master in Disaster Risk and Livelihoods Studies, Zimbabwe
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