2026 Global Social Work Midterm Question #3

Describe a form of sexism that exists in your country. Now consider the best practices described in Half the Sky and the reading about challenging gender norms via women's entrepreneurship. Describe a best practices global social work intervention you would like to carry out to counteract that form of sexism.  

 2026 Global Social Work Question 2

List Amarya Sen's definitions of freedom and unfreedom. 

Now using Sen's definitions, describe one form of unfreedom that exists in your country that you wish you could change and why it is so important.   

 2026 Global Social Work Midterm Question 1     

 

1. Please watch the Ted talk by Philip Zimbardo: 

https://www.ted.com/talks/philip_zimbardo_the_psychology_of_evil

a. Name four characteristics of social systems that can pressure good people to do very bad things.

b. Zimbardo also describes how some people manage to resist systemic pressures; they are "heroes." Name one hero in your own country, what the person did, and what makes the person a hero. 

 2026 Global Social Work students: Please post the link to your presentation here