Mid-term Question #3

3) a) define structural violence using our readings and also an excellent summary of Farmer and Sen's views on this by Kathleen Ho: http://projects.essex.ac.uk/ehrr/V4N2/ho.pdf.

b) give an example of structural violence in your country (supported by data)

c)  present your dream of what a globally-informed social worker could do about that example (remember to use the readings).

Mid-term Question #2

2. See this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkFTZcUPjBg&sns=em
Now:

a) use the concepts you learned from Nicholas Kristoff's work to describe the universality in Memory Banda and her friends' struggle for women's human rights.
b) imagine that you were airlifted into Memory Banda's village as a global social worker. What principles and actions would you carry out to support her? Use principles you have learned from the readings and class discussions.

Mid Term question #1

Enjoy the following Ted Talk by Muhammad Yunus:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UCuWxWiMaQ

Consider the roles of a global social worker as defined by Healey, Ahmadi, Hugman, and others; and social work values of self-determination as discussed by Jurkuviene and Mokuau and Ewalt.  Describe how elements of global social work that you find important are echoed and reflected in Yunus' work and comments.