Charles Rutikanga is a lecturer at the Department of Social Sciences, University of Rwanda (UR). He has worked as a lecturer, researcher consultant, fieldwork and research supervisor since 2009 and is currently concluding his PhD studies in development studies at the University of Vienna, Austria. He obtained his Master of Social Work and Social Administration from Uganda Christian University and a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Rwanda. Previously, he worked with Health Unlimited Rwanda, working with youth and women of reproductive age of rural Rwanda. His research interests include social work, childhood and child protection as well as social policy and social development and indigenous social work practice. He has co-authored two books: The role of social work in poverty reduction and the realisation of millennium development goals in Rwanda; and Social work practice in Rwanda: indigenous and innovative models of problem-solving. Also, he co-authored three chapters in Professional social work in East Africa: towards social development, poverty reduction and gender equality and wrote one independent chapter in Social work practice in Africa: indigenous and innovative approaches. [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]
