Bio

Pretty Abraham is a PhD candidate in Religion and Social Transformation at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Her research lies at the intersection of religion, gender, peacebuilding, trauma, and decoloniality. Her doctoral research examines the role of indigenous religious beliefs and practices in healing conflict-related trauma among women in post-conflict societies, exploring culturally grounded approaches to psychosocial recovery. Her research interests include indigenous religions, trauma and memory studies, gender and religion, peacebuilding, reconciliation, and African spirituality. She is particularly interested in exploring locally grounded approaches to healing and the ways in which religious and cultural resources contribute to post-conflict recovery. Her work is informed by engagement with communities and civil society initiatives in Zimbabwe focused on peacebuilding, gender justice, and social transformation. Through her scholarship, she centres indigenous knowledge systems, lived experiences, and African epistemologies in conversations on trauma healing, reconciliation, and social transformation. She seeks to amplify the voices and experiences of women survivors and contribute to academic and policy discussions on trauma healing, social justice, sustainable peace, and decolonising knowledge production.