Abstract
In a 2014 special edition, the Ethics and Social Welfare journal expressed its commitment to deepening an awareness of human connectedness, what Africans refer to as Ubuntu. Ubuntu offers a way for social workers to demonstrate their responsibility to one another and to the improvement of the human condition in ways that transcend borders. In keeping with the spirit of connection, a gathering of social work academics and practitioners took place in Melbourne Australia in 2014 at the Social Work, Education and Social Development Conference. Here the seeds were sown to advance a Social Workers Without Borders (SWWB) network. In the preceding year, Jenny Martin from RMIT University and Linda Briskman from the Swinburne Institute for Social Research steered a feasibility study to formulate prospects for developing a network (see http:// www.developmenteducationreview.com/issue17-focus4).
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 185-187 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Ethics and Social Welfare |
Volume | 10 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2016 |
Keywords
- Ubuntu (philosophy)
- globalization
- human rights
- social justice
- social service