key: cord-0053487-fcw41dnt
authors: Mapp, Susan; Gabel, Shirley Gatenio
title: Addressing Pandemics Through a Chorus of Voices
date: 2020-12-07
journal: J Hum Rights Soc Work
DOI: 10.1007/s41134-020-00151-z
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doc_id: 53487
cord_uid: fcw41dnt

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great deal of attention in the USA, Giwa, Mullings, Adjei, and Karki extend that analysis to Canada, lamenting the lack of social work research and attention to this vital issue, while Smith Ahern looks at food sovereignty issues in the USA given the historical use of food control as a method of social control.

The next four articles explore issue related to children, starting with Mohammed and Nooraini reporting on their qualitative study that explored potential precursors to rape in juvenile offenders in Malaysia. Muridzo and Chikadzi move us to the continent of Africa by exploring the Victim Friendly System for survivors of sexual abuse in Zimbabwe and factors that keep it from reaching its full potential. Sarfo, Yendork, and Naidoo look at effective methods of working with married girls in Ghana, and Ninkov, writing from Hungary, analyzes the education of gifted children by comparing the approach of countries in Eastern Europe with those in Western Europe and elsewhere.

Grudziewska and Mikołajczyk keep us in Eastern Europe through their study examining the personal dignity of those with disabilities in Poland, while Dutta rounds out this issue with a "Human Rights in Action" piece discussing the importance of aligning the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights with internal frameworks in India.

We continue to urge our readers and partners to work together to support those voices less heard and issues that do not receive enough attention. Human rights as well as our social work values require us to work together in such a fashion, and it is the only way forward to a world based on human rights.

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