social and cultural rights

Introduction Social work and its professionals are constantly assessing and reassessing practices, models, and therapies to ensure the client 's service needs are met and that they are treated justly and with dignity. Jean Baker Miller found traditional theories of behavior to be lacking emphasis and recognition of relational experiences, especially when pertaining to minority groups, and how these relational experiences impact individual 's mental wellbeing. Thus, she and several of her…

experience discrimination in law and practice. Discrimination is one of the factors that affect the mental health of individual and the overall productivity of the country. The inequality between the refugees and non-refugees (immigrants) give rise of social tension and community commotion. The results of some surveys online highlights that people from immigrant and refugee communities experience high rates of discrimination and that the experience are clearly associated with poor mental…

Many biological and social anthropologists argue race is a cultural construct. We can’t define acts of injustice by examining race as independent of biological/genetic variations. Scholars discovered race didn’t exist in the 17TH century but race originated as a folk idea-it was a social invention, not a product of science. More than 400 years ago in the 1600’s Englishmen came to America seeking fortunes. They planned to overthrow the Indians by enslavement and obtain their wealth. Unfortunately…

Automatic loss of the civil, political, economic and social rights in case of imprisonment. Scholar George Bernard Shaw in his work The Crime of Imprisonment one of the first argued that despite on the fact society as such has right to self-defense it does not mean that society has right to punish everybody. George Shaw insisted on the fact that level on the crime in society is showing level of the sickness of society. If follow this theory, it is better to work with whole society and improve…

Social activism consists of efforts to promote change, which influences the actions of individuals and groups. It builds connections among people and focuses on issues such as promoting awareness and social change. People who have experienced inequality and prejudice are seeking for hope through social activism. In “Small Change,” Malcolm Gladwell argues that modern social networking technology does not play a role in revolutionary movements because it forms weak bonds between individuals and…

based on their biological appearance mostly based on skin colour which leads the groups to think they are superior to other races (Tatum, 2001, p.102). Tatum (2001, p.103) states racism become ingrained at all levels individual, institutional and cultural. According to Taylor and Guerin (2014) white privilege…

I wish to pursue professional social work education to enhance my opportunities within the social work profession. I am applying to the University of Tennessee College of Social Work because the online program will give me the convenience of gaining the education I need for my future profession without having to move my daughter away from our friends and family. The social change interests that I have are those surrounding mental health. For example, I hope to make an impact on our society to…

scholars, human rights advocates, and government officials have been promoting or criticizing the claim that human rights, as defined in the U.N declaration of human rights, are universally valid. Considering this loggerhead this paper attempts to analyze the conflict between the cultural relativism and universal human rights from the point of view of human security in Asia. This paper will consider claims about ` Asian Values` made in connection to human rights and economic development rights…

impacts of colonialism, the political process and the community’s prejudice effects on the Indigenous health status. This report intends to inspire health care professionals to understand the development of cultural competency standards by health industry bodies and actively engage in cross-cultural interactions to develop a higher level of skills in their community and practice. This report provides…

a religion should treat every individual equal on the grounds of social relationship, cultural history; so that one can acquire desirable profits out of his/her labor. In India, Hindu religion did not provide this equality for all individuals, especially for dalits, though the modern constitution granted it for all individuals. This is why Ambedkar respected western modernity for its commitment to individual liberty, human rights and scientific progress of human civilization. He found that…