Human Rights and Social Equality Challenges for Social Work

Sven Hessle is Professor of Social Work at Stockholm University in Sweden and editor in chief of The International Journal of Social Welfare.

Contents: Introduction, Sven Hessle; Evaluation of human - action and impact, Thomas Hammarberg; Social work and human rights: an African perspective, Vishantie Sewpaul; Disability - and the Struggle for Inclusion: Social work and disability: time for a different response, Tom Shakespeare; Considering two outcomes paradigms: the improving (person-centered) and the proving (managerialist) agendas, Emma Miller; The integration of children and youth with disabilities into family and community life - the social worker as a case manager, Teresa R. Nuqui; Active and Dignified Ageing: Active anddignified ageing - South East Asia, Iris Chi; Active and dignified Ageing - Europe, Nol Reverda; Safeguarding older people from mistreatment: social work's ethical dilemmas, Angie Ash; The ffects of social integration on self-rated health among older adults in urban China, Weiyo Mao and Iris Chi; Perspectives on Children at Risk: Child protection system mapping and assessment, Kendra Gregson; Child's rights/community development principles: key elements for child protection practice, Margaret McKenzie, Cecile More, Liv Schjelderup, Shayne Walker and Susan Young; Project Barnablick: through the eyes of a child: redefining child advocacy within a not-for-profit organization, Martin Broby; Working with resistant parents in child protection: recognizing and responding to the risks, Brian Littlechild; Youth and Vulnerability - Current Challenges: Youth futures, Shai Lazer; Evidence based community interventions for tackling problems of youth violence and delinquency in Central America, Rene Olate Wilson Alvorado, Christopher Salas-Wright and Michael Vaughn; International comparative research regarding vulnerable young people: reflections on methodological challenges and solutions, Karen Healy, Ilse Julkunen and Synnove Karvinen; Violence Against Women: Working together to promote the right sog children affected by violence against women: an evaluative study, Karin Crawford; Women and the girl phenomenon pitted against gender based violence. Latent and active factors informing GBV in selected African countries, Simon Kang'ethe; Challenges in Maria de Penha law in the implementation of policies for battered women in RS, Brazil, Patricia Grossi et al.; To Fulfil Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Rights: Conflicting and competing expectations: the routinisation and invisibilisation of LGBT rights and narratives, Martyn Higgins; Serving sexual minority youth in school-based groups: social justice in practice?, Shelley Craig; From the margin to the centre: why and how to launch a debate on LGBT issues in Italian social work?, Urban Northdurfter and Andrea Nagy; The Right to Health and Social Equality: The right to health and migration, Elis Envall; Drug use and the right of everyone to the highest attainable standard of health, Damon Barrett; The right to health and accountability, Helen Potts; African American adults: the degree to which selected social and cultural variables influence the execution of an advanced directive, Tina Jordan; Index.