Chapter 17. Global and International Social Work

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Video Clips

- International Adoption—Challenges and Suggestions
  Could social workers perhaps help the ongoing issues regarding international adoptions?

- LBGTQ Laws and Punishments in Africa
  Loving who they love, in some parts of Africa, may cost people their lives.

- Female Genital Cutting Continues Despite International Opposition
  The difficult issue of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/FGC) is a major human rights struggle.

Audio Clips

- Civilian Casualties and Drone Strikes
  Amnesty International and human rights groups speak out against the alleged war crimes involved in the United States’ drone strike program.

- Is Charity Always Helpful?
  On the surface it looks great—but is “voluntourism” as beneficial to the visited communities as it is to the company profiting off the placement of the volunteers?