Biography: Angela Daniel Ifunya, Founder and Project Manager Cum Researcher for Protect Children’s Rights Trust, Tanzanian NGO, Dar es salaam (for 14 years). Also before joining the NGO sector, worked for about 20 years as a magistrate in different capacities with Tanzania Judiciary.
Angela hold a MA in Social Science Research Methods from Sheffield Hallam
University, United Kingdom; Diploma in Gender Issues in Development,
Kivukoni Academy of Social Sciences, Tanzania; Diploma in Law, Institute of Development Management, Mzumbe, Tanzania. Attended Research Partnership Program at DIH, Copenhagen, Denmark; child rights, participation and Gender course, at CDS, Wales University, Swansea, UK and Child rights course (CRC1),Tanzania. Participated in Council of International Fellowship (CIF) in Finland, for professional exchange program for social workers and professionals in human related professions.
Angela has considerable practical experience in social science research
methods which she has used independently or in a team in conducting eight
baseline studies and 9 mid-term and final evaluation of projects. Studies
are on the rights of children focusing on the implementation of UN
Convention on the rights of child of vulnerable children/young people in
rural and urban communities, Tanzania, such as victimization i.e. child
marriage, child labour, policy evaluation, juvenile justice processes,
gender.
Research interests: My research interest is in international children’s
rights with a particular focus on the implementation of UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. My research has based on the rights of the child of
vulnerable children and young people from poor urban and rural communities. Further interests: juvenile rights, human rights, education rights, children’s rights, gender and to participate in decision-making.
My research focuses on particularly children and young people victimization such as: child sexual abuse, child marriage, child labour, gender discrimination, domestic violence, violence against children, policy evaluation and juvenile justice system process (exploring fair procedures: procedural justice and the aim of punishment).
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