Jewell, Jennifer R.

Building the Unsettling Force Social Workers and the Struggle for Human Rights / [electronic resource] : Jennifer R. Jewell ,Khalilah V. Collins,Lindsay Gargotto &Amanda J. Dishon. - pp. 309-322.

Community organizing for human rights provides a platform for social workers to be actively engaged in dismantling systems of oppression. Using a case study of Women In Transition, this article emphasizes strategies for organizing for economic human rights, including opportunities and challenges in using the human rights framework. Recommendations and implications for the social work profession are discussed.


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human rights, community organizing, poor people's organizations, truth commission

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