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13. mail kell 15-16.00 ruumi S-236 (Silva õppehoone, II korrus) kuulama ettekannet
"Spiritual/religious diversity, social justice, and the human right to self-identify: A critical nexus for global social work in the 21st century."
Keskmes on järgmised märksõnad: universaalsed inimõigused ning üleminek "from global citizenship to leadership", "social constructions", LGBT õigused, "social justice", rahvusvahelised koostöövõimalused.
Ettekandja: professor Catherine Hawkins´i (Texas State University, USA).
Töökeel: inglise
Lisainfo: Koidu.Saia@tlu.ee
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Kohtumiseni!
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Dear colleagues:
On Tues, May 13, from 15:00-16:00 in room S-236, Dr. Catherine Hawkins from Texas State University (USA) will give a presentation entitled Spiritual/religious diversity, social justice, and the human right to self-identify: A critical nexus for global social work in the 21st century. Here is a description of the presentation and information about Catherine. Faculty, staff, students, social workers from the community, and others interested in the topic are welcome, so feel free to distribute this e mail to others.
This interactive seminar will focus on the intersection of spiritual and religious diversity, social justice, and the emerging human right to self-identify. This intersection is critically important for global social work, of particular relevance to highly diverse societies in the U.S. and Europe, and vitally significant in many countries today. There are tragically common human rights abuses around the world against groups and individuals who do not comply with acceptable norms that are often based on fundamentalist religiosity. Of particular urgent concern are the rights of LGBTQ people and the need for social workers and human rights defenders to advocate and actively oppose fundamentalist religious values that often underlie virulent homophobia. While empowerment is embedded in the social work value base for countries that have professionalized and/or civil and human rights standards, this is far from the case for many countries. There is an ongoing cultural divide in the U.S., and Europe may see more "culture wars" with increasing trends toward ethic and religious diversity. This seminar will discuss the Venn diagram of contemporary global social work practice, focused on the center where the need for professionalization, human rights, religious tolerance, and self-identity intersect. Every person should be empowered to self-identify without the fear of being ostracized, oppressed, victimized, imprisoned, or killed. This presentation will engage participants in a discussion around these critical components of global human rights and social work practice. This need is especially salient for LGBTQ individuals who must learn to thrive within a larger social context that is frequently intolerant of who they are and often violently homophobic. Participants will explore contemporary research and applications that are consistent with the high ideals of social work values and ethics and that fosters empowerment for vulnerable and marginalized groups and individuals throughout the world.
Catherine A. Hawkins, Ph.D., MSSW, LCSW is a Professor of Social Work at Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas. She has also served as an Instructor in the Honors College and as an Honorary Professor in the Center for International Studies. She earned a bachelor's degree in Liberal Arts (1977), a master's degree in Social Work (1985), and a doctorate in Social Work (1992), all from The University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Hawkins has been licensed as a social worker in the state of Texas since 1985. Prior to academia, she practiced as a psychotherapist for seven years in a variety of clinical settings with diverse populations, including a residential treatment facility, in-patient and partial hospital programs, and an out-patient clinic. She specialized in the family dynamics of addiction, which was also the topic of her doctoral dissertation. Dr. Hawkins has developed and taught a wide range of undergraduate and graduate courses focused on social work practice, research, theory, and internship. She typically teaches the advanced level clinical courses in diagnostic assessment as well as individual, family and group therapy. Her teaching and scholarship focus on clinical practice, addiction, international social work, spirituality, human rights, and sustainability. She developed and taught the first Honors College courses on global spirituality and religion, universal human rights, and LGBTQ Studies in addition to Social Work electives on spirituality in practice and international social work. Dr. Hawkins participated as a faculty member with a U.S. university consortium invited to visit Ethiopian universities (2012), including Bahir Dar University, where she currently consults with the newly established MSW program. She was invited to serve as a visiting professor at the Madras School of Social Work in Chennai, India (2005) and the Social Work Program at Vologda Technological Institute in Russia (2008). She later sponsored exchange programs to the U.S. for the directors of both of these social work schools. In 2003-2009, she developed and led Texas State study abroad programs to Mexico, Cambodia/Thailand, and South Africa, and she co-led a diversity program to New York City. She has been invited to present at numerous international conferences in the U.S., Canada, Kenya, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, and Puerto Rico.
