Chapter 17. Global and International Social Work

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• 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.

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• 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?