Browsing UiS Brage by Author "da Luz Scherf, Erick"
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Challenges in making school social work a reality in Brazilian schools
da Luz Scherf, Erick (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-07)At the end of 2019, the presence of social workers became mandatory in Brazilian state-funded elementary schools. This brief note explores the challenges schools may have in translating the new legislation from paper to ... -
Challenging the colorblind curriculum: addressing race, ethnicity, and diversity in Social Work education in Portugal
da Luz Scherf, Erick (Master thesis, 2023-07)Social Work education must prepare students for culturally relevant practice, which includes teaching about race and ethnic diversity. To address racism and discrimination effectively in social work practice, social workers ... -
Critical Perspectives on Social Work and Social Policy Practice with Vulnerable Migrants in an Era of Emergencies
da Luz Scherf, Erick (Social Policy Review;, Chapter, 2022-06-27)The acceleration of global warming and climate change (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [IPCC], 2021), alongside democratic decay and the escalation of authoritarianism worldwide (Daly, 2020), the Covid-19 global ... -
Health care access by transgender persons in South Africa: Gender-based discrimination, human rights violations, and the role of the African human rights system
da Luz Scherf, Erick; Alves Lima Zanatta, Maria de Lourdes; Viana da Silva, Marcos Vinicius; da Silva, Jose Everton (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-12)LGBTQIA people, all around the world, experience violence, discrimination, and rights violations almost daily. In the field of human rights and healthcare more specifically, trans people have unique health risks and they ... -
Latin American perspectives on Indigenous social work: in search of mind, body, and soul
da Luz Scherf, Erick (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-12-09)Despite sharing different cultures, customs, and pasts, Indigenous peoples in Latin America often face similar problems such as eviction from their ancestral lands, persecution, cultural genocide, and loss of their ... -
The management (or lack thereof) of COVID-19 in Brazil: implications for human rights and public health
da Luz Scherf, Erick; Marcos Vinicius, Viana da Silva; Janaina, S. Fachini (Journal article, 2021-06-04)Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore how the COVID-19 pandemic has been managed in Brazil, especially at the Federal Administrative level, with the focus being on the implications for human rights and public ... -
Mary Mee-Yin Yuen, Solidarity and Reciprocity with Migrants in Asia: Catholic and Confucian Ethics in Dialogue
da Luz Scherf, Erick (Journal article, 2021-02-09)Book review: Mary Mee-Yin Yuen, Solidarity and Reciprocity with Migrants in Asia: Catholic and Confucian Ethics in Dialogue, Palgrave Macmillan: Cham, Switzerland, 2020; xiv 1 239 pp.; ISBN 978-3- 030-33364-5; eBook ISBN ... -
Oil giant, climate saviour, or somewhere in between? Human rights and the Norwegian climate paradox
da Luz Scherf, Erick; Viana da Silva, Marcos Vincius (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Norway’s recent decision to expand oil and gas exploration further North into the Barents Sea is contrasted with its active leadership role in global climate policymaking. We argue that this contradiction is a result of ...