Book contents
- Learning through Social Work Stories-that-Matter
- Learning through Social Work Stories-that-Matter
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Meet the Editors
- Meet the Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Storying-to-Learn: How Stories-that-Matter Help Us Appreciate Social Work in Action
- Chapter 3 The Shortest Distance between Two People Is a Story
- Chapter 4 The Gift of Social Work
- Chapter 5 Dreams, Reality, and Invisibility
- Chapter 6 Who Do I Want to Be as a Social Worker?
- Chapter 7 Social Work in Need of Activism
- Chapter 8 On My Toes
- Chapter 9 A Story of Love, Family, and Mental Health
- Chapter 10 Pieces of Walnut
- Chapter 11 “Kurdistan Is My Country”
- Chapter 12 Living in a Pause
- Chapter 13 Promissory Notes and Other Forms of Consent
- Chapter 14 For Some People You Make a Difference, You Carry Their Hope
- Chapter 15 Partner in Decolonization
- Chapter 16 Human Rights Approaches of Pashtun Tahafuz Movement
- Chapter 17 Empathy from Origin
- Chapter 18 Welfare Transitions in an Agrarian Community
- Chapter 19 Former Refugee Youth in Rural Northern Norway
- Chapter 20 Social Work
- Chapter 21 Reflections on Psychiatric Social Work in an African Setting
- Part II Lenses and Lessons
- Index
- References
Chapter 16 - Human Rights Approaches of Pashtun Tahafuz Movement
A Case of De Facto Social Work?
from Part I - Storying-to-Learn: How Stories-that-Matter Help Us Appreciate Social Work in Action
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 August 2025
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Book contents
- Learning through Social Work Stories-that-Matter
- Learning through Social Work Stories-that-Matter
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Meet the Editors
- Meet the Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Storying-to-Learn: How Stories-that-Matter Help Us Appreciate Social Work in Action
- Chapter 3 The Shortest Distance between Two People Is a Story
- Chapter 4 The Gift of Social Work
- Chapter 5 Dreams, Reality, and Invisibility
- Chapter 6 Who Do I Want to Be as a Social Worker?
- Chapter 7 Social Work in Need of Activism
- Chapter 8 On My Toes
- Chapter 9 A Story of Love, Family, and Mental Health
- Chapter 10 Pieces of Walnut
- Chapter 11 “Kurdistan Is My Country”
- Chapter 12 Living in a Pause
- Chapter 13 Promissory Notes and Other Forms of Consent
- Chapter 14 For Some People You Make a Difference, You Carry Their Hope
- Chapter 15 Partner in Decolonization
- Chapter 16 Human Rights Approaches of Pashtun Tahafuz Movement
- Chapter 17 Empathy from Origin
- Chapter 18 Welfare Transitions in an Agrarian Community
- Chapter 19 Former Refugee Youth in Rural Northern Norway
- Chapter 20 Social Work
- Chapter 21 Reflections on Psychiatric Social Work in an African Setting
- Part II Lenses and Lessons
- Index
- References
Summary
1. How can de facto social work be supported in the fight for human rights? 2. As the author writes in this story, working in conflict areas might be dangerous. Think of how social workers can help to secure people in situations where they are threatened because of their engagement or political opinions. How do you think social workers can become a part of changing the everyday life of people in these situations? 3. In what way can de facto social work lead to collaborative support from a community in danger?
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- Learning through Social Work Stories-That-MatterGlobal Perspectives, pp. 216 - 233Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025
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