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Environmental Social Work: African philosophies, frameworks, perspectives and techniques

Guest Editors: Dr. Mildred Mushunje and Dr. Abel Blessing Matsika

The gap that the special issue will address

The March/April 2023 issue of the AJSW will contain approximately 10-16 articles that focus on the ecological environment and social work.  The focus of this special issue, is informed by our  concern for the African  environment as a source of social functioning, social security and social protection and related issues of climate change and gender. Issues related to social work education, practice, fieldwork and research are also welcome. To be accepted, a manuscript must prioritise African literature, written from an African perspective using African philosophy, theories, ethics, models or frameworks, both long-existing and emerging.

Suggested topic areas

Your manuscript must fit into one or more of the areas listed below:

1. Social work and the environment – clarifying environmental social work what it is, how it is being practiced and what underpins the philosophy
2. Income and livelihoods from an-agri-focused perspective
3. Sustainable food production for nutrition and health
4. Environmental care and protection
5. The nexus between climate change and social work practice
6. Gender and the environment
7. Social protection responses to climate induced emergencies
8. Social work and the vulnerable (children, people with disabilities, the poor) in the context of climate change. Relevance of local, regional and global frameworks in addressing issues of the environment
9. Access to the environment – rights, justice, gender etc
10. Indigenous issues/Decolonising the environment