Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Persons in Southern Africa
Mercy Shumbamhini Isaac Mutelo
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Law
ISBN 978-2-36648-240-9
ISSN 2551-6086
Across Africa, numerous children and vulnerable adults continue to suffer in silence, exposed to abuse, neglect, exploitation, and harmful traditions that undermine their fundamental rights. This important and timely work examines the complex social, cultural, and economic factors that sustain these injustices and calls for stringent safeguarding frameworks grounded in human dignity and social justice. Drawing on local and global perspectives, it challenges governments, faith communities, policymakers, and civil society to confront different forms of child and vulnerable adult abuse and take decisive action to protect the defenceless. Both an essential resource and an urgent call to action, this work inspires everyone to stand with the vulnerable and help build an environment where every person can live free from any form of abuse, harm, fear, and exploitation.
Product details
Publication date: July 22, 2025Language: English
Pages: 188
Dimensions: None
Format: Paper & Digital
Mercy Shumbamhini Isaac Mutelo
Mercy Shumbamhini, a member of the Congregatio Jesu and the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians, is a registered social worker with wide experience as a spiritual director, therapist, lecturer, writer, and safeguarding consultant. She has served as Director of Mary Ward Children’s Home, Regional Leader of her congregation, and President of the Conference of Major Superiors in Zimbabwe. Holding a Doctorate and Master’s in Theology from UNISA, she has published widely, received a Global Sisters Report award, and examined for UNISA. Deeply committed to uplifting marginalised women and children, she focuses on safeguarding, mental health, and pastoral care. She currently serves as a developmental officer for her congregation and a part-time lecturer at Arrupe Jesuit University in Zimbabwe. Isaac Mutelo is an Associate Lecturer at Domuni Universitas (France) and Lecturer and Director of Quality Assurance at Arrupe Jesuit University (Harare, Zimbabwe). He is also a religious Catholic Priest belonging to the Order of Preachers. He is a graduate in Theology, Philosophy, Education, Human Rights and Environmental Law, and acquired his MA and PhD degrees in Philosophy with a specialisation in religion and politics from the University of KwaZulu Natal in South Africa. He is author many books in Domuni Press.
