Advancing Social Justice Through Anti-Oppressive Social Work Practice: Scope And Challenges In Northeast India
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This paper critically explores the application of Anti-Oppressive Practice (AOP) within the social work practices in Northeast India to challenge historical and contemporary forms of social injustice. It emphasizes the pivotal role AOP can play to mitigate the adverse effects of conflict, human rights violations, and discriminatory policies on ethnic and vulnerable communities. The need for culturally tailored and indigenous approaches in social work is highlighted to promote social equity and integration. This paper charts the development of social work education in the region and advocates for AOP in the social work educational framework and practice for comprehensive development. With the help of secondary sources, case studies and case illustrations from the region are presented in order to build the scope of practice.
The paper underscores the systematic oppressive practices in the region and advocates for inclusion of pedagogical understanding of the region in social work education and practice. The paper proposes scope of AOP in the region and advocates for strategic interventions policy reforms in the region to foster social justice, equality, and community empowerment. The paper further emphasizes for more empirical research and community-specific strategies.
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