KALINGANIRE Charles

Academic rank: 
Lecturer
Academic Leadership Position: 
Coordinator of: NORHED II/RESILIENT Project "Building Resilient Communities through Inclusive E ducation in East Africa"
Email: 
kalinganirecharles@gmail.com
Telephone: 
0785143617
College: 
College of Arts and Social Sciences(CASS)
School/centre: 
School of Governance
Department: 
Social Sciences
Published Papers : 

"Recent publications

1. Peer reviewed journal paper: 
- Pulla, Venkat Rao & Kalinganire, C. (2021). The 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. Space and Culture, India, 9(3), 17-31. https://doi.org/10.20896/saci.v9i3.1065
- Gumira Hahirwa, J. and Kalinganire, C., (2017), Exploring the success and challenges of the Girinka programme and the need for social work involvement Southern Province, Rwanda, Rwanda Journal, Series B: Social Sciences, Vol. 4 N°1, 2017 pp.121-155.
- King, R., Dudziak, S. & Kalinganire, C. (2014). “North-South Social Work partnership: strengthening the devel2014 pp.137-151. London: Routledge. [To link to this article http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/219316674.2014.950110opment of social work in Rwanda”, Transnational Social Review: A Social Work Journal, 4: 2-3,].

2. Book:
Kalinganire, C. & Rutikanga, C. (2015). The role of social work in poverty reduction and the realisation of Millennium Development Goals in Rwanda. Kampala: Fountain Publishers. ISBN:978-9970-25-368-5

 
3. Book chapter:
- Kalinganire, C., Gilkey, SL. And Haas, LJ. Social work practice in Rwanda: the challenge of adapting Western models to fit local contexts. In M. Gray (Ed.). (2017). “Handbook of Social Work and Social Development in Africa”. London: Routledge. pp.315 – 327 (Chapter 25). [To link to this chapter, https://www.routledge.com/The-Handbook-of-Social-Work-and-Social-Develop...
- Kalinganire, C. & Rutikanga, C. (2014). The status of social work education and practice in Rwanda. In: H. Spitzer, J.M. Twikirize & G.G. Wairire, Ed. 2014. “Professional social work in East Africa: Towards social development, poverty reduction and gender equality”. Kampala: Fountain Publishers. pp. 108 – 120 (Chapter 8). ISBN: 978-9970-25-370-8 (eBook); ISBN: 978-9970-25-367-8 (Paper Back).
- Kalinganire, C. & Rutikanga, C. (2014). Social Development as the Privileged Model for Social Work Practice in Post-genocide Rwanda. In: H. Spitzer, J.M. Twikirize & G.G. Wairire, Ed. 2014. “Professional social work in East Africa: Towards social development, poverty reduction and gender equality”. Kampala: Fountain Publishers. pp. 232 – 244 (Chapter 16). ISBN: 978-9970-25-370-8 (eBook); ISBN: 978-9970-25-367-8 (Paper Back)."
 

Brief profile: 
Charles Kalinganire was born on 1 July 1961 in Gicumbi, Northern Province in Rwanda and he is Holder of a MA degree in Arts-Sociology delivered by the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa in 2003. He benefited from various trainings in Social Work offered respectively by the University of Stellenbosch (Case Work, Group and Community Work and Social Work Management) and Tulane University. Charles Kalinganire is trilingual in English, French and Kinyarwanda. Charles Kalinganire is Lecturer at the University of Rwanda/College of Arts and Social Sciences in the Department of Social Sciences and he is currently PhD Candidate in Social Work. He has been working with Trócaire, World Vision, UNICEF, Care International, Gender Monitoring Office, Tulane University, CBOs, FBOs and various Rwandan ministries. His Main research activities and consultancies focus on Child and Family welfare, gender, HIV/AIDS and social development.
Research Area: 
Social Work; Community Development; Child and Family Welfare; Gender and HIV/AIDS Issues