Kim-Ly Case Summary

Human rights and social justice issues related to the case of Kim-Ly case include discrimination because of her ethnicity and gender, lack of health care due to poverty, and domestic violence/abuse from members of society. Kim-Ly’s discrimination due to her being Vietnamese and a female are impactful in many ways. In the case, Kim-Ly was harassed by her supervisor at work. He provided sexual remarks and stated that he hired her in hopes that she will be cooperative and friendly towards him. In a study done by Kim and Noh (2014), different ethnic groups were examined and compared their effects of discrimination. Women in all ethnic groups, including Vietnamese, experienced a greater amount of stress linked to multiple roles, were more likely than men to develop psychological problems related to discrimination and were …show more content…
Poverty is a violation of human dignity along with lack of health care. No individual should be denied access to healthcare because of inability to pay. Numerous amount of research shows that individuals in lower economic statuses are at greater risk for disease. Advocating for lower prices in healthcare settings is one way that a social worker could help this family. Another way could be to gather resources to help pay for the healthcare of these individuals in a lower economic status.
The domestic violence and abuse that Kim-Ly encountered as a young girl is another social justice issue that was related to the case. Her kidnapping impacted her development and psychological process. Throughout her whole life abuse has always been present. She went from being kidnaped, having abusive parents, and now an abusive boyfriend. A social worker could help Kim-Ly increase her self-esteem, help her realize the patterns of abuse, develop coping strategies to control her depression, and get her the resources and safe houses needed to carefully escape if