Videos by Amina Chitembo PhD
The conference presents the findings of an integrative literature review (ILR) of studies conduc... more The conference presents the findings of an integrative literature review (ILR) of studies conducted in a 10-year period from 2010 to 2020 covering the contribution of Black African Migrant Women (BAMW) Entrepreneurs in the host country and sustain the family in the home country. Furthermore, it highlights the psychological impact of pressure to earn a living juxtaposed with the expectations of their highly skilled status. The review underscores how their intersectionality leaves them predisposed to multiple barriers and disadvantages in the labour market and entrepreneurship. Thus, making an important scholarly contribution by offering further insights on intersectional complexity, women’s entrepreneurial skills and contributions, and self-inclusion drawing from lived experiences of BAMW. Finally, the paper signposts areas for further research into BAMW’s entrepreneurial motivations and outcomes at this critical juncture in the participation of women and migrants in the achievements 32 views
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Towards an HIV-free generation: getting to zero or getting to rights?
Reproductive Health Matters, 2012
We the authors of the following commentary, as women with HIV from around the world, have persona... more We the authors of the following commentary, as women with HIV from around the world, have personal experience with the issues contained in this special edition of Reproductive Health Matters. We welcome the special edition, especially the language of its title, which explicitly establishes a norm of openness, possibility and positivity. We contend that the work of policy makers, practitioners, donors and academics needs to incorporate a human rights-based, holistic view of what pregnancy, motherhood and HIV mean for women and children alike, and our hope is that the articles in this publication will inform this work accordingly. We are extremely concerned about the overall policy direction the global response to HIV and
This article presents the findings of an integrative literature review (ILR) of studies conducted... more This article presents the findings of an integrative literature review (ILR) of studies conducted in a 10-year period from 2010 to 2020 covering the contribution of Black African Migrant Women (BAMW) Entrepreneurs in the host country and sustain family in the home country. Furthermore, it highlights the psychological impact of pressure to earn a living juxtaposed with the expectations of their highly skilled status. The review underscores how their intersectionality leaves them predisposed to multiple barriers and disadvantages in the labour market and entrepreneurship. Thus, making an important scholarly contribution by offering further insights on intersectional complexity, women’s entrepreneurial skills and contributions, and self-inclusion drawing from lived experiences of BAMW. Finally, the paper signposts areas for further research into BAMW’s entrepreneurial motivations and outcomes at this critical juncture in participation of women and migrants in the achievements of the Un...
Towards an HIV-free generation: getting to zero or getting to rights?
We the authors of the following commentary, as women with HIV from around the world, have persona... more We the authors of the following commentary, as women with HIV from around the world, have personal experience with the issues contained in this special edition of Reproductive Health Matters. We welcome the special edition, especially the language of its title, which explicitly establishes a norm of openness, possibility and positivity. We contend that the work of policymakers, practitioners, donors and academics need to incorporate a human rights-based, holistic view of what pregnancy, motherhood and HIV mean for women and children alike, and our hope is that the articles in this publication will inform this work accordingly.
Towards an HIV free generation getting to zero or getting to rights
Reproductive Health Matters An international journal on sexual and reproductive health and rights, 2012
We the authors of the following commentary, as women with HIV from around the world, have persona... more We the authors of the following commentary, as women with HIV from around the world, have personal experience with the issues contained in this special edition of Reproductive Health Matters. We welcome the special edition, especially the language of its title, which explicitly establishes a norm of openness, possibility and positivity. We contend that the work of policymakers, practitioners, donors and academics need to incorporate a human rights-based, holistic view of what pregnancy, motherhood and HIV mean for women and children alike, and our hope is that the articles in this publication will inform this work accordingly.
British Academy of Management Conference, 2021
This article presents the findings of an integrative literature review (ILR) of studies conducted... more This article presents the findings of an integrative literature review (ILR) of studies conducted in a 10-year period from 2010 to 2020 covering the contribution of Black African Migrant Women (BAMW) Entrepreneurs in the host country and sustain family in the home country. Furthermore, it highlights the psychological impact of pressure to earn a living juxtaposed with the expectations of their highly skilled status. The review underscores how their intersectionality leaves them predisposed to multiple barriers and disadvantages in the labour market and entrepreneurship. Thus, making an important scholarly contribution by offering further insights on intersectional complexity, women's entrepreneurial skills and contributions, and self-inclusion drawing from lived experiences of BAMW. Finally, the paper signposts areas for further research into BAMW's entrepreneurial motivations and outcomes at this critical juncture in participation of women and migrants in the achievements of the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Towards an HIV-free generation: getting to zero or getting to rights?
We the authors of the following commentary, as women with HIV from around the world, have persona... more We the authors of the following commentary, as women with HIV from around the world, have personal experience with the issues contained in this special edition of Reproductive Health Matters. We welcome the special edition, especially the language of its title, which explicitly establishes a norm of openness, possibility and positivity. We contend that the work of policymakers, practitioners, donors and academics need to incorporate a human rights-based, holistic view of what pregnancy, motherhood and HIV mean for women and children alike, and our hope is that the articles in this publication will inform this work accordingly.
Reproductive Health Matters An international journal on sexual and reproductive health and rights, 2012
We the authors of the following commentary, as women with HIV from around the world, have persona... more We the authors of the following commentary, as women with HIV from around the world, have personal experience with the issues contained in
this special edition of Reproductive Health Matters. We welcome the special edition, especially the language of its title, which explicitly establishes a norm of openness, possibility and positivity.
We contend that the work of policymakers, practitioners, donors and academics need to incorporate a human rights-based, holistic view of what pregnancy, motherhood and HIV mean for women and children alike, and our hope is that the articles in this publication will inform this work accordingly.
Thesis Chapters by Amina Chitembo PhD
DE Montfort University, UK, 2023
This qualitative research explores how Black African Highly Qualified Highly Skilled Migrant (HQH... more This qualitative research explores how Black African Highly Qualified Highly Skilled Migrant (HQHSM) women's lived experiences have influenced their identities and likelihood of attaining leadership roles in England’s public sector organisations. Social identity, self-categorisation, and personal identity theories, fused with intersectionality, were employed as lenses for examination. Applying these lenses holistically expanded the contextual views of multiple identities interplaying as the participants experienced juxtaposition of supposed privilege (having a job unlike other migrant groups) and disadvantage (career progression challenges), paying attention to social group re-socialisation, identity meaning-making and reconstruction as drivers for career trajectories. It focused on illuminating the participants’ journeys, from restricted stay visa holders to British citizens (acquiring similar rights and freedoms as natives).
Through an interpretivist epistemology and constructivist ontology, semi-structured interviews were conducted with thirty-one first-generation Black African HQHSM women in public sector organisations in England. Thereafter, a reflexive Thematic Analysis (TA) was conducted, which revealed three career trajectories that resulted from how the women responded to their challenges. The three trajectories revealed were: (1) Self-inclusion into leadership advancement to more senior roles, (2) Entrepreneurial orientation, and (3) Tactical disengagement. The research found that though the precarious conditions in the early days became the source of camaraderie and strength, the women’s’ sense of self and personal identity reconstruction eventually influenced their trajectory.
This research contributes to the extension of the social identity approach; i.e., Social Identity Theory (SIT), Self-Categorisation Theory (SCT) and personal identity theory, to foreground how Black African women have navigated the challenges and intersecting identities they were assigned upon their arrival in the UK, and their experiences in organisations in which prior research indicated they were more likely to be deskilled, despite their high qualifications and skills. Additionally, it contributes to scholarship on the impact of international recruitment on the careers of Global South employees. Furthermore, it acts as a catalyst for more leadership and organisational studies researchers to examine this group's career progression and self-inclusion into leadership positions.
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this special edition of Reproductive Health Matters. We welcome the special edition, especially the language of its title, which explicitly establishes a norm of openness, possibility and positivity.
We contend that the work of policymakers, practitioners, donors and academics need to incorporate a human rights-based, holistic view of what pregnancy, motherhood and HIV mean for women and children alike, and our hope is that the articles in this publication will inform this work accordingly.
Thesis Chapters by Amina Chitembo PhD
Through an interpretivist epistemology and constructivist ontology, semi-structured interviews were conducted with thirty-one first-generation Black African HQHSM women in public sector organisations in England. Thereafter, a reflexive Thematic Analysis (TA) was conducted, which revealed three career trajectories that resulted from how the women responded to their challenges. The three trajectories revealed were: (1) Self-inclusion into leadership advancement to more senior roles, (2) Entrepreneurial orientation, and (3) Tactical disengagement. The research found that though the precarious conditions in the early days became the source of camaraderie and strength, the women’s’ sense of self and personal identity reconstruction eventually influenced their trajectory.
This research contributes to the extension of the social identity approach; i.e., Social Identity Theory (SIT), Self-Categorisation Theory (SCT) and personal identity theory, to foreground how Black African women have navigated the challenges and intersecting identities they were assigned upon their arrival in the UK, and their experiences in organisations in which prior research indicated they were more likely to be deskilled, despite their high qualifications and skills. Additionally, it contributes to scholarship on the impact of international recruitment on the careers of Global South employees. Furthermore, it acts as a catalyst for more leadership and organisational studies researchers to examine this group's career progression and self-inclusion into leadership positions.