Full Description
This contributed volume sits at the intersection of social work and SDG 10. It provides a variety of cases from around the globe that describe how social work, social services, and community engagement can serve as a catalyst for sustainable development. The book has several aims, including linking social work and applied social sciences to the Agenda 2030 which aims to offer a global roadmap for ending poverty, tackling inequalities, and protecting the planet; showing the relevance of social services and applied research in achieving the SDGs, namely SDG 10: the reduction of inequalities by combating the risk of poverty, providing for inclusion of all, stopping discriminatory practices, and advocating for responsible migration policies; and enhancing awareness of inequalities among countries, transnational partnerships and international solidarity.
As the World Social Science Report demonstrates, research on inequalities and social justice has drawn from several subfields such as political science, sociology, gender studies, social work, development studies, developmental psychology and family studies, and criminology. The contributors to this book, mainly from a social work and research background, reflect an inherently interdisciplinary approach. Their practice orientation makes them predestined to strengthen the research-policy-practice nexus, address discriminatory practices, and promote inclusion and community ownership. Hence, the book can engage students, practitioners and researchers as global citizens and agents for change.
Contents
1 An Introduction to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).- 2 (In)Equalities, Social Inequality and Social Justice: Essential Concepts for Analysing Inequalities Within and Among Countries.- 3 Social Work, Social Inequalities and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) - A Four Country Account.- 4 Role of Social Work Practice: The Local to the Global for Advancing the Sustainable Development Goals.- 5 Using Sustainability Research to Address Social Inequalities.- 6 Rethinking Land Rights to Reduce Inequality: Land Claim of a Tribal Widow from an Indian State.- 7 Insuring Injustice: Unveiling Inequality in Indian Health Insurance Policies for Women.- 8 Losing Home, Occupation, and Language: A Case Study of Afghan Evacuees in Germany After 2021.- 9 Addressing the Legal Void: Protecting Rohingya Refugee Children in Malaysia Through Social Work Intervention.- 10 'Difficult Life' & 'Pushing Life': Poverty and Vulnerability in Female-Headed Households in a Peri-Urban Township of Evaton, South Africa.- 11 Livelihood Precarity: Social Marginalisation and Resource Degradation Among the Seharia in Rajasthan, India.- 12 Unfolding Gond Women's Struggles and Agency in the Traditional Livelihood of the Bamboo Craft Practice.- 13 Street Gangs as a Pathway for Young Boys in the Western Cape, South Africa.- 14 Left Out But Not Left Behind: Community-Based Kindergarten Social Intervention for Children of Plantation Workers in Kedah, Malaysia.- 15 Promoting Gender Equality: Working with the Girl-Child from the Margins to the Centre.- 16 Understanding the Evaluation System for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG): Inequalities Among Countries.- 17 From the Local to Global: Impact Evaluation on SDG Solution Projects in Malaysia.- 18 Conclusion.
