hmwenyango

Real name: 

Staff

Title: 
Dr.
First Name: 
Hadijah
Surname: 
Mwenyango
Desgination: 
Office No.: 
30
Office Building: 
School of Social Sciences
About Me: 

Dr. Hadijah Mwenyango (M.Sc. Social Work & Human Rights (The University Gothenburg, Sweden), PhD Social Work (The University of Edinburgh, UK); is the Coordinator for the IASSW-Regional Resource Centre at Makerere University. She is the current Course Director for the Master of Social Work (MSW) Course on Human Rights, Ethics and Values in Social Work. She also lectures on other undergraduate courses such as Social Work in Situations of Disaster and Forced Migration and previously offered leadership in the coordination of the Undergraduate Programme of Social Work and Social Administration (SWSA). She is a member of the Global Refugee Health Research Network (GRHRN) based at the University of Edinburgh UK and an Associate Member at the Centre for Health and Social Economic Improvement (CHASE-i’s) Uganda. Dr. Mwenyango also chairs the Ugandan Board of Directors for the Children of Ssuubi (NGO). Her teaching and research experience from Uganda and abroad includes Social Work, Forced Migration and Refugees, Health and Human Rights, Social Services and Social policy. She has engaged in various research projects published widely about the situation of refugees. She strongly believes in partnerships as a means to bridge the gap between research, policy and practice.

 

Research Interests: 
Social Work
Human Rights
Ethic, Values in Social Work
Forced Migration and Refugees
Health and Healthcare policy
Social Services
Social Development
Social policy