The tensions between culture and human rights : emancipatory social work and afrocentricity in a global world /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Calgary, Alberta :
University of Calgary Press,
[2021]
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| Series: | Africa, missing voices series ;
no. 12. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Culture, Human Rights, and Social Work: Colonialism, Eurocentrism, and Afrocentricity / Vishanthie Sewpaul and Linda Kreitzer
- Disrupting Popular Discourses on Ilobolo: The Role of Emancipatory Social Work in Engendering Human Rights and Social Justice / Vishanthie Sewpaul, Manqoba Victor Mdamba, and Boitmelo Seepamore
- Nigerian Marital Cultural Practices and Implications for Human Rights / Augusta Yetunde Olaore, Julie Drolet, and Israel Bamidele Olaore
- Socio-Cultural Constructions of Intensive Mothering and Othermothering: Domestic Workers' Experiences of Distance Parenting and their Conceptualization of Motherhood / Boitmuelo Seepamoore and Vishanthie Sewpaul
- Misrecognition of the Rights of People with Epilepsy in Zimbabwe: A Social Justice Perspective / Jacob Rugare Mugumbate and Mel Gray
- Harmful Cultural Practices against Women and Girls in Ghana: Implications for Human Rights and Social Work / Alice Boateng and Cynthia A. Sottie
- Intersection of Culture, Religion (Islam), and Women's Human Rights in Ethiopia: Private Lives in Focus / Yania Seid-Mekiye and Linda Kreitzer
- Implications of a Patriarchal Culture for Women's Access to "Formal" Human Rights in South Africa: A Case Study of Domestic Violence Survivors / Shahana Rasool
- Child Marriage among the Apostolic sects in Zimbabwe: Implications for Social Work Practice / Munyara Muchacha, Abel Blessing Matsika, and Tatenda Nhapi
- "Everybody Here Knows This, If You Want to Go to School then You Must Be Prepared to Work": Children's Rights and the Role of Social Work in Ghana / Ziblim Abukari
- Human Rights and Medicalization of FGM/C in Sudan / Paul Bukuluki
- Cultural Dimensions of HIV/AIDS and Gender-Based Violence: A Case Study of Alur and Tieng Adhola Cultural Institutions in Uganda / Paul Bukuluki, Ronard Mukuye, Ronald Luwangula, Aloysious Nnyombi, Juliana Naumo Akoryo, and Eunice Tumwebaze
- When National Law and Culture Coalesce: Challenges for Children's Rights in Botswana with Specific Reference to Corporal Punishment / Poloko Nuggert Ntshwarang and Vishanthie Sewpaul
- Conclusion: Emancipatory Social Work, Ubuntu, and Afrocentricity: Antidotes to Human Rights Violations / Vishanthie Sewpaul and Linda Kreitzer.