Children Living in Violent Families: Implications for Social Work in Botswana

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Title:	Children Living in Violent Families: Implications for Social Work in Botswana
Author:	Maundeni, Tapologo
Year:	2000
Periodical:	Pula: Botswana Journal of African Studies (ISSN 0256-2316)
Volume:	14
Issue:	2
Pages:	165-171
Language:	English
Notes:	biblio. refs.
Geographic terms:	Botswana Southern Africa
Subjects:	children assault and battery social work family Law, Human Rights and Violence Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups) Health and Nutrition sociology social problems children's rights Violence against women Child welfare
Abstract:	Based on a recognition that men's abuse of women has an impact on children, there is much that social work can do to address the problem of children living with domestic violence. Using the findings of a study on children's experiences of parental separation and divorce in Botswana, this paper focuses on children's experiences of violence in the family and on perceptions of how the violence has affected them. It concludes with a discussion of the implications for social work. Bibliogr., notes. [Journal abstract]