Tag: Human Rights

© United States Holocaust Memorial Museum A couple of days ago, we commemorated the liquidation 71 years ago of the ...

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex (LGBTI) children are often victims of bullying and violence in schools, at home and ...

I started writing this article at a time when hundreds of people were taking to the streets to protest the ...

Washington, D.C.- More than 70 Members of the U.S. House of Representatives, led by Congresswoman Barbara Lee, sent a letter ...

Far too often, police officers in many European countries resort to excessive use of force against protesters, mistreat persons in ...

Not surprisingly, Fox News presenter Clayton Morris had to apologise for his ‘ignorant and stupid’ comments mocking the new gender ...

“A sick thing”. “Human trafficking in children”. “A gaping loophole with life threatening outcomes”. These are just few of the ...

Armenian Genocide Memorial Monument in Yerevan History continues to divide Armenian and Turkish officialdom, but there are many civil society, ...

Social workers from across the world will be turning up at workplaces in the UK for a series of seminars ...

In recent news, Somalia became the 195th country to ratify the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child ...

The year 2014 was filled with significant momentum towards a more equal nation for individuals identifying as LGBT. After dozens ...

In 2013, Florida lawmakers chose to implement the Normalcy Act; a law that requires their state government to allow foster ...

The problems of mass incarceration and prison over-crowding are finding an unusually audience lately. Advocacy for prison reform is gaining ...

As the new school year is underway, I just wanted to take a moment to urge teachers to think about ...

In the wake of #Ferguson, we can all agree that something needs to be done. I think we can all ...

This is a Letter to the Editor that I received from a member of the social work community. Although I ...

As Editor-in-Chief of Social Work Helper, I recently published an article entitled A Grand Response from Social Work is Needed ...

Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe is the latest in a long line of sports "stars" to come out as gay in ...

On Saturday, Donald Trump tweeted that ‘The U.S. cannot allow EBOLA infected people back.” He qualified this by saying that “People that ...

Recently, I had to opportunity to catch up with Philip Patston who is a phenomenal speaker, advocate, and expert on ...