Human Rights and Social Justice

Carole Cox is Professor at the Graduate School of Social Service at Fordham University. She is a Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America and the author of more than 75 journal articles and chapters focusing on various aspects of aging and caregiving, as well as nine books. Tina Maschi is Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Social Service at Fordham University, with clinical and research experience in juvenile and criminal justice settings and community health settings.

Contributors Foreword Joseph Wronka Part 1. Setting the Foundation 1. Conceptualizing Human Rights and Social Justice Carole Cox and Tina Maschi 2. A Human Rights Framework for Integrated Practice Joseph Wronka Part 2. Key Issues 3. Oppression and Diversity: Race and Social Justice Cassandra E. Simon and Monique Constance-Huggins 4. Oppression and Diversity: Ethnicity, Culture, Religion Carole Cox 5. Economic Inequality and Social Justice Rosemary A. Barbera 6. Environment, Social Work and Environmental Justice Julie Drolet, Wasif Ali, Nicola Williams 7. Social Work and Health Equity: An Examination of the Five Dimensions of Access Rachelle Ashcroft and Keith Adamson Part 3. Vulnerable Populations 8. Supporting Youth Leaving Care in Rural Canada: Clinical Practice and Social Justice Anne Marie McLaughlin, Richard Enns, Susan Gallagher, Jesse Henton 9. Older Adults, Human Rights and Social Justice Carole Cox and Manoj Pardasani 10. Gender and Sexual Orientation: Equally Free to Be LGBTQIA+: This is Who I Am, and We Are! Tina Maschi, Sarah Malu, Padma Christie, Dean Adams, Rina Goldstein, Adriana Maya Kaye 11. Disability, Social Justice and Human Rights: The Experience of the United Kingdom Peter Simcock and Caroline Lee 12. The Human Rights of ‘Prisoners’: It is About People and Community, Not Prisons Tina Maschi, Keith Morgen, Adriana Maya Kaye 13. Women’s and Girls’ Rights are Human Rights Smitta Ekka Dewan. Sandra G. Turner, Rina Goldstein, Tina Maschi 14. Refugees and Migrants Stacey A. Shaw 15. Conclusions Carole Cox and Tina Maschi