Call For Papers: Social Work and Sexualities Conference 2020, Mumbai, India
AlfonsoSocial Work & Sexualities 3rd International Conference: Laws, policies, guidelines and gender-sexuality identities – Mumbai 2020
Alfonso
Hello, introductions and way forward!
Meet the new co-chairs for the Sexuality and Social Work Group, Alfonso and Missy.
Call For Papers: Deadline for submissions EXTENDED TO FEBRUARY 19th 2018 // Appel aux communications : date limite pour les soumissions REPOUSSÉE JUSQU’AU 19 FÉVRIER 2018
2nd International Sexuality and Social Work Conference, August 8th – 10th 2018, Montreal, Canada
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: February 19th 2018
Sexuality and social work: how is the social worker doing?
For more than 10 years now I have been working as a social worker assisting sex workers. Humanitas PMW in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, is a NGO that offers specialized support to anyone who makes or made money with sex, irrespective of for example the type of sex work, their gender, age, ethnicity or residence status.
Conservative Christian Beliefs and Sexual Orientation in Social Work: Tackling the tough questions
The work involved in “Conservative Christian Beliefs and Sexual Orientation in Social Work: Privilege, Oppression and the Pursuit of Human Rights” seems to have only widened in terms of where we are in the U.S. with regard to oppression, privilege, and human rights.
Relationships: What Keeps People Happy?
In Britain, the ESRC funded research project Enduring Love asked the question: what are people’s experiences of long-term relationships?
Compound Harms: What the Literature Says About U.K. and U.S. Transgender Young People in Survival Sex
Transgender (trans)* young people engaging in survival sex in the United Kingdom and the United States is a major research gap and this blog will introduce a limited selection of compound harms featured in a broader interdisciplinary literature review compiled for my PhD thesis.
Rights and pleasure go hand in hand
A UK social work student, Ann*, was on placement in an Adult Services Team. In a case discussion Ann proposed that perhaps the recent unusual and more frequent challenging behaviour of a young man with Learning Difficulties could be related to sexual needs.