Social Work and Human Rights - from international to local contexts

How do we as social workers pay attention to human rights, which are central to our profession? At this one-day event we will be considering examples from as far afield as children detained in Palestine and as close up as poverty in the UK , and provide food for thought about how social workers everywhere can incorporate the promotion of human rights into their practice.

Speakers to include: 

Ayed Abu Eqtaish- Defense for Children International - Palestine

Moraene Roberts, ATD Fourth World - who helped to develop BASW’s Anti-Poverty Practice Guide

Allison Hulmes, National Director BASW Cymru 

Abyd Quinn Aziz, Programme Director MASW Cardiff University

Guy Shennan, The Solution-Focused Collective

Learning outcomes:

· Awareness of the Global Definition of Social Work

· Connecting human rights issues into your social work practice, both locally and internationally

· Understanding of a rights-based approach to poverty 

· Ability to apply BASW’s Anti-Poverty Practice Guide