Unheard Voices: The Lived Experience of Motherhood After Prison

Eden supervised by Prof Sarah Hean  and Prof Ingunn Studsrød (Department of Social Studies, University of Stavanger, Norway) and Prof Vanessa Heaslip.

This PhD is based at the University of Stavanger, however through Prof Heaslip lined to the theme, Eden’s study is a Descriptive Phenomenological study exploring women’s experiences of motherhood following their release from prison in Ethiopia. To date Eden has published two papers:

1. Gobena, EB., Hean, S., Heaslip, V., Studsrød, I., 2023. The challenge of western-influenced notions of knowledge and research training: lessons for decolonizing the research process and researcher education, Journal of Ethnic & Cultural Diversity in Social Work, DOI: 10.1080/15313204.2023.2197272  
2. Gobena, E., Hean, S., Heaslip, V., Studsrød,I., 2022. The Lived Experience of Motherhood After Prison: A Qualitative Systematic Review. Women & Criminal Justice. https://doi.org/10.1080/08974454.2022.2030274