Ethical Challenges for Social Work in Post-Conflict Situations
The Case of Africa's Great Lakes Region
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12902185 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Helmut Spitzer (0009-0006-5336-5056, Schlumberger (Ireland), corresponding author), Janestic Mwende Twikirize (0000-0002-5248-5041, Russian State Agrarian Correspondence University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 135-150 |
| Publication date | 2014-04-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethics and Social Welfare (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1749-6535 • E-ISSN: 1749-6543 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17496535.2014.895399 |
| OpenAlex | W2050881756 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 18 |
During the past decades, the African Great Lakes region has experienced several armed conflicts, widespread political crisis, and large-scale loss of human lives. The civilian population bears the brunt of political turmoil and suffers from direct and structural violence and from the violation of their fundamental human rights. Although social work is still weak in these countries, it can play an important role in peace-building and in the overall rebuilding and reconstruction of affected societies in order to achieve a lasting impact in transforming conflict and poverty structures. In this article, a multi-dimensional conceptual framework for social work in such situations is introduced. Social work interventions in highly sensitive post-conflict contexts should ideally be linked to local knowledge systems and African ethics, thus providing guiding principles for ethical social work practice. Empirical examples from Northern Uganda and Burundi underscore the importance of such contextualised approaches
Development economics · Economics · Human rights · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Population · Poverty · Psychological intervention · Social conflict · Sociology · Structural violence · Work (physics · Engineering · Health and Conflict Studies · Law · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology · Social Science and Policy Research
After "Rwanda"
The Lord’s Resistance Army
Mortality in the Democratic Republic of Congo
International Social Work
Remaking Rwanda
Challenge for Africa
War-affected children in northern Uganda
Globalization and culturally relevant social work
Universalism and cultural relativism in social work ethics
Political activism as a social work strategy in Africa
The quest for relevance
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2026 (10) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |