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Towards developing an understanding of factors influencing care giving provided to children between birth and 6 years within the Groblershoop community
(2009)This thesis explores the personal, social and environmental factors of caregivers from the Groblershoop community to determine whether these factors influence the caregiver’s ability to provide care to children from birth ... -
Towards professional identity: The development of the self among student social workers through storytelling
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)This study responded to an identified need to explore ways to include personal experiences in learning and teaching activities to support the development of the self and professional identity formation. The research questions ... -
Women's experiences encountering loss and grief in Nyanga, Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2013)Research on loss and grief is based on Western contexts and assumes a level of safety and security within which bereaved individuals can be supported in coming to a resolution of their loss. The lives of women in Nyanga ... -
The working and living conditions of child domestic workers: A qualitative case study in Kigali City and its periphery
(University of the Western Cape, 2004)The researcher's concern for the topic was founded on the fact that previous research on child labour in Rwanda did not qualitatively explore the working and living conditions of child domestic workers in this specific ... -
Xhosa-speaking gay men's experiences of Ulwaluko and its influence on their constructions of masculine identity
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)Ulwaluko' is traditionally a heterosexual Xhosa male circumcision rite of passage to manhood which defines their masculinity and educates them on their responsibilities as a heterosexual man. There is nothing in this rite ...