The tensions between culture and human rights : : Emancipatory Social Work and Afrocentricity in a Global World /

The tensions between culture and human rights : : Emancipatory Social Work and Afrocentricity in a Global World / / edited by Vishanthie Sewpaul, Linda Kreitzer, Tanusha Raniga.

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"A critical interrogation of the relationship between cultural practices and human rights in Africa rooted in Afrocentricity and emancipatory social work. Cultural practices have the potential to cause human suffering. The Tensions between Culture and Human Rights critically interrogates the re...

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Superior document:Africa, missing voices series
TeilnehmendeR:
Raniga, Tanusha,
Kreitzer, Linda,
Sewpaul, Vishanthie,
Place / Publishing House:Calgary, Alberta : : University of Calgary Press,, 2021.
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:Africa, missing voices series.
Physical Description:1 online resource (313 pages).
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter(pp. i-iv)
  • Table of Contents(pp. v-vi)
  • INTRODUCTION: Culture, Human Rights, and Social Work: Colonialism, Eurocentricism, and Afrocentricity(pp. 1-24)
  • 1 Disrupting Popular Discourses on Ilobolo: The Role of Emancipatory Social Work in Engendering Human Rights and Social Justice(pp. 25-46)
  • 2 Nigerian Marital Cultural Practices and Implications for Human Rights(pp. 47-66)
  • 3 Socio-Cultural Constructions of Intensive Mothering and Othermothering: Domestic Workers' Experiences of Distance Parenting and their Conceptualization of Motherhood(pp. 67-84)
  • 4 Misrecognition of the Rights of People with Epilepsy in Zimbabwe: A Social Justice Perspective(pp. 85-104)
  • 5 Harmful Cultural Practices against Women and Girls in Ghana: Implications for Human Rights and Social Work(pp. 105-124)
  • 6 The Intersection of Culture, Religion (Islam), and Women's Human Rights in Ethiopia: Private Lives in Focus(pp. 125-146)
  • 7 The Implications of a Patriarchal Culture for Women's Access to "Formal" Human Rights in South Africa: A Case Study of Domestic Violence Survivors(pp. 147-164)
  • 8 Child Marriage Among the Apostolic Sects in Zimbabwe: Implications for Social Work Practice(pp. 165-182)
  • 9 "Everybody Here Knows This, If You Want to Go to School then You Must Be Prepared to Work": Children's Rights and the Role of Social Work in Ghana(pp. 183-208)
  • 10 Human Rights and Medicalization of FGM/C in Sudan(pp. 209-236)
  • 11 Cultural Dimensions of HIV/AIDS and Gender-Based Violence: A Case of Alur and Tieng Adhola Cultural Institutions in Uganda(pp. 237-254)
  • 12 When National Law and Culture Coalesce: Challenges for Children's Rights in Botswana with Specific Reference to Corporal Punishment(pp. 255-272)
  • CONCLUSION: Emancipatory Social Work, Ubuntu, and Afrocentricity: Antidotes to Human Rights Violations(pp. 273-296)
  • List of Contributors(pp. 297-300)
  • INDEX(pp. 301-314)
  • Back Matter(pp. 315-315).

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