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Livinia Kaunda is a PhD candidate in Educational Policy and Leadership at the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Minnesota. Her research examines the intersection of educational policy and educators’ support of adolescent mothers in Sub-Saharan Africa and Malawi. She is especially interested in how locally grounded support systems, precisely teachers, caregivers, and community members can be included in policy dialogue and be leveraged to improve educational access and success for adolescent mothers. She has over 10 years of experience in education, including teaching in Beijing, China, and currently serves as a graduate instructor at the University of Minnesota.
Articles by Livinia Kaunda
Rethinking Western Models of Support for Adolescent Mothers in School
In international education spaces, Western models of policy and practice are often presented as model solutions to social as well as educational challenges, including the issue of teen pregnancy and adolescent motherhood. This Western-centrism is characterized by Western nations being in the forefront of knowledge production and transmission while assuming superiority over non-Western countries. . . Read More
