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/Dr Noel Garikai Muridzo
Dr Noel Garikai Muridzo
Dr Noel Garikai Muridzo

Position: Executive Director

Department: School of Social Work
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Qualifications:  

  • Dip Social Work (University of Zimbabwe)
  • Bachelor of Social Work (University of Zimbabwe)
  • Master of Social Work (University of Zimbabwe)
  • Doctor of Philosophy Social Work (University of Witwatersrand)

Research interests

  • Child sexual abuse
  • Child Protection
  • International Social Work
  • Corporate Social Responsibility
  • Social Protection

Competencies: Training, corporate governance, counselling and management

Selected publications

  • Mupedziswa,R., Muridzo, N.G. & Simbine, S.L. (2025). School Social Work in Sub- Saharan: Africa: Issues, Challenges &  Prospects, Rheinfelden, IFSW
  • Simbine, S.L., Muridzo, N.G. & Mupedziswa,R.(2025). Inclusive School Social Work in sub-Saharan Africa: A focus on Children with Disabilities. In Rodreck Mupedziswa, Noel Garikai Muridzo & Samuel Lisenga Simbine (eds) School Social Work in Sub- Saharan: Africa: Issues, Challenges & Prospects, Rheinfelden, IFSW. Pp 131 – 144.
  • Sukulao, T., Kurevakwesu, W., Tshugulu, A.N., Matanga, A.A., & Muridzo, N.G. (2025). Perceived causes and consequences of food insecurity in rural Zimbabwe: Using a decolonised methodology. Journal of Social Development in Africa, 40(1), 27-61. https://dx.doi.org/10.4314/jsda.v40i1.3
  • Kurevakwesu, W., T. Mabeza, T., Masungwa, D., Matanga, A. A., Chirangwanda, K., Mavuka, A., & Muridzo, N. G. (2025). Re-entry of Teenage Mothers into Zimbabwe’s Education System: Implications for Social Work and Policy. The International Journal of Community and Social Development. DOI: 10.1177/25166026241310030
  • Gozho, C. S., Muridzo, N. G., & Muzingili, T. (2024). The Tale of Professional Parenting: Caregiver Experiences in Dealing with Delinquent Children in Zimbabwe’s Residential Care Centres. Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk, 60(4), 849–869.  https://Doi.Org/10.15270/60-4-1401
  • Muridzo, N.G, Hungwe, C & Chadambuka, P.(2024). Access to water, sanitation and hygiene facilities by women with disabilities in Zimbabwe’s Harare Metropolitan Province during COVID-19, Disability & Society, DOI: 10.1080/09687599.2024.2411527
  • Muridzo N. G. (2024). Social work’s contribution to socio-economicdevelopment – why, how & who? African Journal of Social Work, 14(3), 133-139. Presentation delivered at Africa Day Indaba, 25 May 2023. https://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ajsw.v14i3.4.
  • Muridzo , N.G.,   Simbine, S.L. &  Chigangaidze , R.K. (2024). Some religious, myths,       beliefs, and cultural dispositions as contributors to child sexual abuse in     Zimbabwe, Journal of Religion & Spirituality in Social Work: Social Thought, DOI: 10.1080/15426432.2024.2311412
  • Mukurazhizha R., Muridzo N., Sunungurayi Charamba S. & Simbine S. (2023). The place   of indigenous knowledge in environmental social work in Zimbabwe. African            Journal of Social Work, 13(2), 110-117. https://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ajsw.v13i2.7
  • Tshuglu, A. N, Simbine S. L., Charamba, S., & Muridzo, N.G. (2023). The influence of           culture on child rights violations in Zimbabwe: A case study. Social Work Maatskaplike Werk, 59 (3). DOI: 10.15270/59-3-1141
  • Chigangaidze, R. K., Noel Garikai, M., & Samuel Lisenga, S. (2023). How deep is the cancerous cut of substance use disorders on human rights? The effects of substance use disorders from a human rights perspective: The thinking of Developmental Clinical Social Work. Social Work in Health Care, 62(6-7), 228-242. DOI:  10.1080/00981389.2023.2221706
  • Muridzo, N., Chikadzi, V & Kaseke, E. (2018).Challenges faced by Professionals working in Child Sexual Abuse Multi sectorial forums: A Case of the Victim Friendly System Zimbabwe. Social Work Maatskaplike Werk, 55 (4), 452- 468. doi.http://dx.doi.org/10.15270/54-4.672
  • Muridzo, N., Chikadzi, V & Kaseke, E. (2018). Challenges faced by Child sexual abuse survivours with disabilities utilising available intervention strategies: A case of the Victim Friendly System in Zimbabwe. Journal of Human Rights & Social Work 3 (191–201) Available at https://doi.org/10.1007/s41134-018-0068-1

Positions held

  • Reserch Fellow, Department of Social Work and Community Development University of Johanesburg 
  • Vice President International Federation of Social Workers  ( 2016 -2020)
  • Regional President, International Federation of Social Workers, Africa Region ( 2016 – 2024)
  • Regional Vice President/ Member At Large,   International Federation of Social Workers, Africa Region ( 2014 – 2016 )
  • President,  National Association of Social Workers Zimbabwe (2011 – 2015)

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