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.

Please post your power points for your presentations and your papers here for 2015 so your colleagues can enjoy them

To be inspired: See Malala's Father's talk!

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

Global Social Work 2015 Midterm 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).

Global Social Work 2015 Midterm Question #2

2. Imagine you were air-lifted into a village with one of the problems Kristoff, Deif and others describe:

·      Sex trafficking of children (India, Southeast Asia)

·      Female genital mutilation in Africa

·      Honor killings and gang rape as punishment of women in Pakistan

·      Education of women illegal under the Taliban

·      Unequal legal rights for women under sharia law

·      Fistulas and other damage due to problematic pregnancies in Africa

What would be your approach as a global social worker?

2015 Global Social Work Midterm Question #1

1. Go to the following and watch it:

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

Mr. Mbubi’s talk illustrates a number of themes from this class. 

a) Use our readings about globalisation to interpret events he describes in Congo as a side-effect of tantalum mining to build new electronic technologies.

b) If you wanted to take up Mr. Mbubi’s invitation and organize a campaign to Apple, describe how you could use the Vieques example and/or others from our readings, and sketch out the central elements of such a campaign.