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2012 Joint World Conference Participants

7/8/2012

2011–2012 Global Commission, Council on Global Learning, Council on External Relations, and Kendall Institute Participants

July 8, 2012
Preconference Workshop
Katherine A. Kendall Institute for International Social Work Education
Teaching and Training for Human Rights Practice
1:00 pm–3:30 pm (13:00–15:30)
K16/17 Stockholmsmässan
Presenters:
Lynne Healy
M. C. Terry Hokenstad
C. K. Law
Segei  Zelenev

July 9, 2012
11:00–12:30
Bringing in a Gender Perspective to Emergency Response: Defining Women’s Specific Protection Needs—Jocelyn Clare R. Hermoso

Hear Our Words and Understand Our Needs: Burundian and Burmese Refugee Women Resettlement Experiences—DeBrenna LaFa Agbényiga

14:00–15:30
Decolonizing Strategies: Addressing Colonial and Social Work Legacies With Indigenous Populations—David Androff

Experiences of Groupwork for Action and Impact—Carol Cohen

Navigating the United States Refugee Resettlement System: An Analysis of Structure, Process and Outcome—Mary Rogge

Isolation or Engagement: Promoting Social Work Under Oppressive Regimes—Lynne Healy

16:00–17:30
Water, Pesticides, and Our Children’s Well-Being: International Initiatives and Opportunities—Mary Rogge

July 10, 2012
11:00–12:30
Childhood Asthma Impact Across the Lifespan: Social Development Goals and Policy Recommendations—Kathleen Woehrle

14:00–15:30
Rethinking Alliances Between Self Help Groups and Social Workers—Carol Cohen
University Community Engagement: Social Work in High Poverty Communities Within Developed Nations—Kathleen Woehrle

Language and Its Role in Advancing Human Rights—David Androff

16:00–17:30
Empowerment Through Social Media—Andrea Bediako

July 11, 2012
11:00–12:00
Katherine A. Kendall Memorial Lecture

14:00–15:30
Building Indigenous Social Work for Children in the Midst of Armed Conflict: The Afghan Experience—Martha Bragin and Eileen Ihrig

Voices Within: Exploring the Discourse of Gendered Violence in Ghana-DeBrenna LaFa Agbényiga

16:00–17:30
Incorporating Journalism to Social Work: A Partnership for Social Action—DeBrenna LaFa Agbényiga and Josephine Norward

The Six Continents Project: A Method for Linking Social Work Classrooms Across the World Through Asynchronous Video Uploading—Diana Rowan

Promoting A Gender Perspective to Peacemaking: A Policy Evaluation of UN 1325—Jocelyn Clare Hermoso and Carmen Sugawara

16:45–17:30 
Teaching Human Rights in Social Work Education: Global Concepts and Local Applications—Lynne Healy and M. C. Terry Hokenstad

Posters:
Sharon Pittman—Climate-Change-Induced Human Migration: The Necessity of Collective Global Action

Barbara Shank—Empowering Economic and Social Improvement Worldwide