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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 84.

The first lecture will be delivered by Ms Ncazelo Ncube-Mlilo who is the inventor of the Tree of Life Model and other Africa-centred psychosocial interventions and Founder and CEO of Phola.

Have you ever wondered how theories and models are developed? Who develops them? How do you get the confidence to develop them? What is Africa's role - consume or create theories and models? Come and join us for answers to these and other topics on 8 December 2023. Click here to go to registration page. If you have registered, remember to attend. Tip: compare time zones before Friday next week so that you do not miss out.

From Our Blog

'Come through the door, not the window': The San Code of Research Ethics (San Code)

A great resource for social and development workers

How can the code be used? Below are 7 of the 12 strategies provided in the blog post.

• Read the Code, reflect on it, and use it to guide your practice, teaching or learning and research.
• Use and cite the Code when writing journal articles, reports of book chapters or other published works
• Use and cite the Code when writing assessments, essays, reflections and other written works.
• Use and cite the Code when writing or reviewing ethics proposals and statements.
• Use the Code to design decolonisation plans.
• Use the Code to address ethical challenges, dilemmas and to correct past unethical practices.
• Use the Code to revise your Code of Ethics and cite it.

Generally, use the San Code to decolonise ethics, and make them more relevant to Africa.

Click here to go to the blog post.

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Cover page of the San Code of ethics document.

Editorial and Creative Board of Owia Bulletin

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

The African Social Work Network (ASWNet) provides resources for:

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Our website contains information for academics, practitioners, students and our communities. Inline with our decolonisation plan, the information and the resources we share are carefully checked to prevent or remove colonial content. We value African knowledge.

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