Lecturer · University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
zintle.ntshongwana@wits.ac.zaDr. Zintle Ntshongwana is a lecturer in the Social Work Department at Wits University, where she has been since 2022. Before this, she was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Fort Hare. She holds a PhD, along with Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees in Social Work from the same institution. Dr. Ntshongwana has made significant contributions to her field. She is a Female Academic Leaders Fellow (FALF). She received various awards, including the Emerging Scholar Award at the International Conference on Health, Wellness & Society in both 2022 and 2023, a Faculty of Humanities Research Recognition and is a Mellon Catalyst recipient. Her research interests include family social work, foster care, domestic and gender-based violence, and disability.
Background It is estimated that worldwide, 27% of women and girls aged 15 years and older have experienced different forms of intimate partner violence, with South Africa being one of the countr…
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