Maureen Mguni
I am a Senior Lecturer, a Course Leader for the Practice Education Professional Standards and a Doctoral Researcher in Social Work. My 20 years’ work experience includes research, training and development, lecturing, awareness raising, therapeutic intervention, project and personal management, policy design, securing funding and budget management. I have particular expertise in the fields of Child Protection and Rights (legislation), Gender analysis, Mainstreaming and Women’s Empowerment, Women’s Economic Development, Project Management, Immigration Law, Housing and Homelessness, Legislation and Mental Health Crisis Resolution and Treatment.
For the bulk of my career, I have worked with women and girls affected by Gender Based Violence, including Forced Marriage, Honour Based Violence and Female Genital Mutilation.
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Qualifications
BA (University of Botswana)
MA (University of Leeds)
MSc (University of Brighton)
Doctoral Researcher (University of Brighton)
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Memberships
British Association of Social WorkersSocial Work EnglandChartered Institute of Management
Research
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Research and publications
Publications
Nyashanu, M., Tsopotsa, T., Mbalinda, S.N., North, G., Mguni, M. and Nyashanu, N.S., 2020. The potential impact of COVID 19 on poor and conflict-ridden communities in Sub-Sahara Africa (SSA): A conceptual paper. Greenwich Social Work Review, 1(2), pp.125-132.
Wilding, J., Mguni, M. and Van Isacker, T., 2021. A Huge Gulf: Demand and Supply for Immigration Legal Advice in London. Research commissioned by Paul Hamlyn Foundation. Supported by Mayor of London.
Nyashanu, M. and Mguni, M., 2021. Challenges in combatting female genital mutilation: narratives of black Sub-Saharan African (BSSA) women in the English West Midlands region. International journal of human rights in healthcare, 14(4), pp.348-358.
Mguni, M. (2021) No More Silence (Poem)in Reid, W. and Maclean, S. eds., 2021. Outlanders: Hidden narratives from social workers of colour (from Black & other global majority communities). Kirwin Maclean Associates.
Nyashanu, M., Karonga, T., North, G., Mguni, M. and Nyashanu, W., 2022. COVID-19 lockdown and mental health: Exploring triggers of mental health distress among women in the Copperbelt province, Zambia. International Journal of Mental Health, 51(2), pp.117-130.
British Association of Social Work (2023). ‘What's race got to do with it?’, Professional Social Work, Weekes, A. and Mguni, M., 2023
Webinars
Mguni, M., 2022, Female Genital Mutilation. Student Connect Webinar 95
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Conferences
2022 Female Genital Mutilation. Webinar 95 - Maureen Mguni (hosted by Student Connect-Siobhan Maclean)
2021 Introduction To Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) And Gender-Based Violence (Online Module)
2021 Panellist/commentator in the Triple ‘A’ Chinwag, a BASW England pilot mini-series, which explores “authentic anti-racist allyship”.
2018 Panellist and Workshop Facilitator in the Capacity of FGM Expert at "Safeguarding: The Basics and Beyond", West Sussex Services for Schools, Safeguarding in Education, Tanbridge School, Horsham
2018 Guest Speaker, Panellist and Workshop Facilitator at Zero Tolerance to FGM Day "FGM Language and the Law" organised by West Sussex Safeguarding Board, WAMEE and Rape Crisis Surrey and Sussex.
2018 FGM Presentation at the Minorities Health and Social Care Group, West Sussex, 26 July 2018
2017 Guest Speaker at Nottingham Trent University- Department of Public Health, Combating FGM Joint Lecture
2016 Guest Speaker at the FGM Symposium, University of Sussex, Department of Law: The effects of the Serious Crime Act 2015 on FGM Awareness raising work with potentially practicing communities
2016 Guest Speaker at International Female Genital Mutilation Conference hosted by Celestine, in partnership with Birmingham Office of Police and Crime Commissioner, FGM Best Practice
