Elita Chamdimba is a sociologist / social work expert who, since 2018, has been a research fellow at the University of Malawi’s Centre for Social Research (CSR). Elita is currently studying for her PhD in social work at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. She’s also the founder and former director (2014 - 2022) of Little Big Prints, a youth organization in Zomba (southern Malawi) equipping and supporting adolescent girls in rural secondary schools.
Elita's work and research interests focus on the lived experiences of adolescents on the margin (such as adolescents with albinism, adolescent mothers and girls in child marriage in Malawi). She has applied participatory approaches for exploring adolescents' sense of belonging, social connectedness and identity. Elita’s areas of expertise expand to girls’ education, youth at risk, and intra-household power dynamics.
Experience
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2019–presentResearch Fellow, Centre for Social Research, UNIMA
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2021–2024PhD student , University of Strathclyde
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2019–2019Lecturer in Social Work, DMI St John the Baptist University
Publications
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2023Socio-ecological factors associated with probable depression among pregnant and parenting adolescent girls: findings from a cross-sectional study in Burkina Faso and Malawi,
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2023Correlates of intimate partner violence among pregnant and parenting adolescents: a cross-sectional household survey in Blantyre District, Malawi, Reproductive health journal
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2020Negotiating identities and power: adolescent motherhood and child marriage in central Malawi, Journal of comparative social work
Grants and Contracts
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2021Commonwealth Scholarship Comission
- Role:
- PhD student
- Funding Source:
- Glasgow, UK
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