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Biography
Sandra has an extensive background in nursing and in primary health care in developing countries as nurse-midwife, health educator and community development worker. Sandra spent two years the Sudan managing a primary health care and community development project.
At the University of Newcastle in 1995 Sandra completed her doctorate which explored the reconceptualisation of health education as education for health based on notions of empowerment and the liberatory pedagogy of Paulo Freire.
She commenced teaching with the Faculty of Education at the University of Newcastle in 1987 and has taught at the University of Canberra since 2002 in community education and community development. Sandra teaches the subjects Working with Communities, Ethical and Professional Issues and Community Development Principles and Practice.
Research interests
- Community education and development
- Social justice and human rights
- Professional ethics
Since 2010 Sandra has been deputy chief investigator on the Agricultural sector LInkages Project in Pakistan and Chief Investigator of a Land and Water rResources Project also in Pakistan funded by AICAR. In both projects adult learning strategies and collaborative problem solving methodologies have been used to enhance small farming community memebrs to improve livelihoods through new approaches to agriculutrual, irrigation and water management practices. Both projects have a focus on women and youth empowerment and educaiton as well as that of small landholing farmers.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Adapting to Salinity in the Southern Indus Basin
Heaney-Mustafa, S. & Mitchell, M.
14/05/21 → 30/09/23
Project: Research
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ACIAR Agribusiness Scholarship Program- Gowrie Pincombe
Pincombe, G. & Heaney-Mustafa, S.
14/07/20 → 14/05/21
Project: Other
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Develop approaches to enhance farmer water management skills in Balochistan, Punjab and Sindh in Pakistan
Heaney-Mustafa, S. & Sofo, F.
1/08/16 → 30/06/21
Project: Other
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New approaches and tools to facilitate farmer learning of irrigation skills in Pakistan
Heaney-Mustafa, S. & Caffery, J.
10/03/15 → 28/02/16
Project: Other
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Social Research Workshop Linkages for Livelihood for ASLP2 Pakistan
Spriggs, J., Chambers, B., Chambers, B., Fitzgerald, R. & Heaney-Mustafa, S.
1/04/12 → 30/06/12
Project: Other
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A critique of successful elements of existing on-farm irrigation water management initiatives in Pakistan
Hasan, F. U., Fatima, B. & Heaney-Mustafa, S., 1 Feb 2021, In: Agricultural Water Management. 244, p. 1-8 8 p., 106598.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Guidelines for SOFT Facilitators: Developing approaches to enhance farmer water management skills in Balochistan, Punjab and Sindh in Pakistan
Hussain, I., Mukhtar, S. N. & HEANEY-MUSTAFA, S., May 2019, Society of Facilitators and Trainers. 50 p.Research output: Book/Report › Reports
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Bridging Farmer and Researcher: Extension through the Eyes of Agents in Rural Pakistan
HEANEY-MUSTAFA, S., SOFO, F., Afzal, M., Anwar, Z., Fatima, B. & Hasan, F. U., 2018, In: Journal of International Agricultural and Extension Education. 25, 3, p. 111-124 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Place-based Development: A Comparative Study of Gender Empowerment and Community Collaboration in Small Farming Households in Punjab, Pakistan
TAJ, S., HEANEY-MUSTAFA, S., CHAMBERS, B. & FITZGERALD, R., 1 Dec 2018, In: Asian Studies International Journal. 1, 1, p. 26-32 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Women and Marginalised Group inclusion in Pakistan smallholder agriculture
CHAMBERS, B., SPRIGGS, J., HEANEY-MUSTAFA, S. & TAJ, S., Jan 2018, In: Development Bulletin. 79, p. 88-92 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access