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Aug 1, 2023 · Social work must place poverty among its priorities, and design strategies to address situations of poverty and social exclusion from the perspective of employment, collaborating in the training of users of social services.
Aug 1, 2023 · The first article by Joe Whelan addresses the importance for social workers of looking beyond the statistics, and adopting a ‘poverty aware practice’ in which they seek to understand the (often hidden) impact of poverty as a multidimensional experience and which depletes the individual’s participation in society in many different ways.
- 1 Background
- 2 Ramifications of Poverty
- 3 Approaches to Poverty Eradication
- 4 Human Rights and Ethics
- 5 Role of Social Workers
- 6 Policy Statement
- References
1.1 The Copenhagen Declaration describes absolute poverty as ‘a condition characterized by severe deprivation of basic human needs, including food, safe drinking water, sanitation facilities, health, shelter, education and information’. The World Bank identifies ‘extreme poverty’ as being people who live on less than a day, and ‘poverty’ as less th...
2.1 The effects of poverty are often reflected in a multitude of the vulnerable groups such as; youths, children, women, elderly, disabled, refugees, migrants, homeless and all those at risk. Children suffer amongst other deprivations, from hunger and malnutrition. Half the deaths of pre-school children are attributed to the intersection between ma...
3.1 Consultations and involvement of individuals, families and population groups in poverty situations are key elements in poverty eradication. Planning and execution of measures and projects aimed at lifting them out of poverty and extreme poverty, and assist them to gains self confidence are popular approaches that social workers have used in the...
4.1 The need to close the existing gaps in living conditions faced by victims of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, especially regarding the illiteracy rate, universal primary education, infant mortality, health, access to safe drinking water and the promotion of gender equality has been expressed at may internationa...
5.1 In practice all over the world, social workers concern about poverty has increased because of their long history in working with the marginalized, or excluded, those lacking resources, scenarios which push them to poverty situations. At the micro level of daily practice, social workers are used to dealing with poverty and also with the risk ass...
6.1 IFSW recognizes that human rights are fundamental to all persons, as individuals and collectives and these rights can not be guaranteed when almost a billion people around the world live in extreme poverty. 6.2 IFSW believes that national and international social and economic policies must be directed towards reducing extreme poverty and pledge...
World Bank Group 2005Sachs, J. (2005). The end of Poverty. New York: the Penguin PressCox, D. & Pawar M. (2006) International social Work: Issues, strategies, and programs. London: Sage PublicationInternational Council on Social Welfare Statement to United Nations Commission for Social Development, 8-17 February 2006, p12An example of what living in poverty looks like in America is a single parent who works full time, but still cannot afford to pay for food, rent, childcare, medical bills, and the costs of transportation to work (Results, 2017).
www.researchgate.net · publication · 335700283Social Work and Poverty: A Critical Examination of ...
Sep 9, 2019 · The intersection of critical theory, anti-oppressive social work theory, learned helplessness theory, and hope theory offers insights and perspective on needed dimensions in poverty...
Dec 17, 2015 · This article presents PAP as a new social work paradigm that corresponds with current developments in poverty knowledge and in critical social work. Any discussion of its relevance to the understanding of social work practice should start with an example.
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Mar 16, 2018 · We have argued that the engagement of social work practice in the development of anti-poverty strategies frequently results in affirmative efforts, complying with societal mechanisms or discourses without challenging or changing the underlying framework of the social order in transformative ways.
