Gender has a significant role in our daily lives as well as our creating and shaping of ourselves and what we identify with, who we identify as, and how we relate to others and the social culture of which we are a part of. A person’s gender relationship with the greater society in which they live touches on virtually all aspects of one’s life and permeates the social, political, and economic structures with which they interact. Therefore, acknowledging this as a society and recognizing the need to both understand and incorporate this knowledge into practice, particularly when it comes to the helping fields such as social work, is an integral part of achieving effective change towards gender equality and equitable relocation of one’s social
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When examining social work practice through a liberation lens, looking at the use of social movements to achieve internal and external change within societal structures and institutions is particularly useful to gaining a better understanding of the overall picture (Why gender matters in activism, 2013). This is largely due to the fact being that such movements are capable at creating lasting change in the system that touches at the roots of the issue, beyond the depth and ability of changes to policy and/or development interventions to achieve on their own (Why gender matters in activism, …show more content…
As outlined by the Canadian Association of Social Workers (CASW) in their Guidelines of Ethical Practice (2005), social workers should demonstrate both cultural awareness and sensitivity when dealing with clients, recognizing that one’s gender and the role it plays in a client’s life is relational to the larger society and culture to which they belong. As well, social workers have the responsibility to not practice in a manner that supports a bias against a client, including that of gender amongst many others, as to not critically damage the social worker-client relationship through discrimination (CASW, 2005). The CASW Code of Ethics highlights the core values that social workers should incorporate into their beliefs and dealings with their clients. Respect for the inherent dignity and worth of persons calls for one to look at the core of every individual and their inherent right to be recognized as a human being, regardless of background, culture, age, gender, etc. as well as their capabilities and self-determination (CASW Code of Ethics, 2005). I believe in relation to gender, the value of pursuing social justice for clients is of particular importance as well, as advocating for equal, far, and non-discriminatory access to
When examining social work practice through a liberation lens, looking at the use of social movements to achieve internal and external change within societal structures and institutions is particularly useful to gaining a better understanding of the overall picture (Why gender matters in activism, 2013). This is largely due to the fact being that such movements are capable at creating lasting change in the system that touches at the roots of the issue, beyond the depth and ability of changes to policy and/or development interventions to achieve on their own (Why gender matters in activism, …show more content…
As outlined by the Canadian Association of Social Workers (CASW) in their Guidelines of Ethical Practice (2005), social workers should demonstrate both cultural awareness and sensitivity when dealing with clients, recognizing that one’s gender and the role it plays in a client’s life is relational to the larger society and culture to which they belong. As well, social workers have the responsibility to not practice in a manner that supports a bias against a client, including that of gender amongst many others, as to not critically damage the social worker-client relationship through discrimination (CASW, 2005). The CASW Code of Ethics highlights the core values that social workers should incorporate into their beliefs and dealings with their clients. Respect for the inherent dignity and worth of persons calls for one to look at the core of every individual and their inherent right to be recognized as a human being, regardless of background, culture, age, gender, etc. as well as their capabilities and self-determination (CASW Code of Ethics, 2005). I believe in relation to gender, the value of pursuing social justice for clients is of particular importance as well, as advocating for equal, far, and non-discriminatory access to