Browsing Faculty of Arts by Author "Lees, Marion Keim"
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Community service in Uganda as an alternative to imprisonment: a case study of Masaka and Mukono districts
Birungi, Charles (University of the Western Cape, 2005)Community service as an alternative to imprisonment at its inception was taken up very strongly by the judiciary as part of the reform of the criminal justice system in Uganda. The successful enactment of the Community ... -
Community-based social healing approaches in South Africa: a case study of the Institute for Healing of Memories
Mwaura, Mercy Wangui (University of the Western Cape, 2011)In this study, the researcher aim is to examine the approach to social healing used by the Institute for Healing of Memories (IHOM). The focus is to explore how the approach has been employed within the community to enhance ... -
Evaluation of a youth empowerment programme for youth-at-risk: a case study of the chrysalis academy in Cape Town, South Africa
Dreke, Dayana (2009)This thesis seeks to answer the research question, if and how youth-oriented empowerment trainings like the one of the Chrysalis Academy are able to contribute positively to the social integration of ‘youth-at-risk’. The ... -
An evaluation of empowering volunteers for capacity-building: a case study of Women for Peace, Nobantu Centre, Mfuleni, Western Cape
Burrows, Michelle Isabel (University of the Western Cape, 2007)This thesis explored the empowerment needs of volunteer members of Women for Peace at the Nobantu Centre, Mfuleni in the Western Cape. The volunteer members, the majority of whom are women, come from a previously disadvantaged ... -
The social constructions of HIV/AIDS stigma in one community in Cape Town, South Africa
Kayonga, Yvette (2010)Due to tremendous stigma attached to HIV/AIDS, revelation of HIV positive sero-status of an individual has become a significant risk in communities of South Africa (Kalichman el al., 2003;Deacon et al., 2004; Kalichman et ... -
Traditional African conflict prevention and transformation methods : case studies of Sukwa, Ngoni, Chewa and Yao tribes in Malawi.
Msukwa, Chimwemwe A. P. S. (University of the Western Cape, 2012)This study sought to investigate if there are common cultural elements for preventing and transforming violent conflict in selected patrilineal and matrilineal tribes in Malawi, as well as selected societies from other ...