Placing Gender in Social Work: The Local and National Dimensions of Gender Relations

Scourfield, Jonathan

doi:10.1080/02615470600905861

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“…The context is central to social work research. Drawing on the study of social work and gender relations in the context of Wales, Scourfield (2006) argues that social workers need to consider the ways gender is localized, while remaining sensitive to wider discourses of gender relations. He conceptualizes gender as relational and attends to the multiple and varied social practices of men and women and how they relate to each other.…”

Section: People: International Journal Of Social Sciences Issn 2454-5899mentioning

confidence: 99%

Challenges of Gender Mainstreaming in Collaborative Transnational Research

Mukashema

Bokore

King

et al. 2019

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This paper addresses some of the challenges of gender mainstreaming in the context of a Rwanda-Canada social research project. The study partnership includes a team of academics from the Social Sciences Department at the University of Rwanda and three Canadian universities which are Calgary, St.Thomas and York. The ultimate goal of the research project is to create knowledge that could be used to train social workers to respond appropriately to the complex social issues of post-genocide Rwanda. The research team started by documenting the current practice of social

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Section: People: International Journal Of Social Sciences Issn 2454-5899mentioning

confidence: 99%

Challenges of Gender Mainstreaming in Collaborative Transnational Research

Mukashema

Bokore

King

et al. 2019

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“…He maintains that women both support and challenge men's organizational positions in social work and that women are both active and passive in the production of the gendered and professional identities of male social workers(see also Christie, 2006). He also points to the need to consider the particular organizational cultures in which this is taking place (see also Scourfield, 2006). Furthermore, although agreeing that there seems to be a tradition in social work of men ending up in particular areas and further up in organizations, he claims that a focus on the tradition in relation to gender and social work may under‐emphasize the significance of other social factors, such as race, sexuality, disability and class, in the employment of social workers (Christie, 1998, p. 507).…”

Section: Men In Social Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

Inequality Regimes and Men's Positions in Social Work

Dahlkild-Öhman

Eriksson

2011

Gender Work & Organization

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The aim of this article is to contribute to the exploration of men's positions in professions numerically dominated by women through an in depth analysis of the gendering practices in groups of social workers. The empirical material consists of interviews with three work groups in Sweden, each with one man and several women as members. The analysis focuses upon gendering practices in the interview setting. It shows how the positions occupied by the men in the sample confirm or undermine constructions of masculinity as dominance. Furthermore, it is argued that to fully understand men's positions in these groups the analysis needs take other forms of inequality into account in addition to gender. It is shown that in the empirical cases under scrutiny men's positions are shaped by regimes of inequality where age and gender relations, as well as notions of professional experience, are interconnected.

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“…To do so, it is necessary to recognise the unique role of practitioners in discovering and interpreting subjugated knowledge (Figueira-McDonough et al, 2001). Gender relations in social work continue to be a core issue of the research of knowledge in practice (Lyons and Taylor, 2004;Scourfield, 2002Scourfield, , 2006Van den Bergh, 1995) and diversity and structural oppression (Morrow and Messinger, 2006;White, 1995). Scourfield (2006) argues that as well as being sensitive to wider discourses of gender relations, social workers need to consider the ways in which gender is localised.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Gender relations in social work continue to be a core issue of the research of knowledge in practice (Lyons and Taylor, 2004;Scourfield, 2002Scourfield, , 2006Van den Bergh, 1995) and diversity and structural oppression (Morrow and Messinger, 2006;White, 1995). Scourfield (2006) argues that as well as being sensitive to wider discourses of gender relations, social workers need to consider the ways in which gender is localised. Gender practices vary according to local culture, and social workers tend to construct their clients in line with local images of men and women.…”

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Gendering social work in Russia: towards anti‐discriminatory practices

Iarskaia‐Smirnova

Romanov

2008

Equal Opportunities International

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Purpose-This article seeks to uncover the gendered nature of discourses in social services and social work textbooks and their impact on the professional identity of social workers in Russia. Design/methodology/approach-It is based on qualitative methodology, referring to interview material, and discourse analysis of the Russian textbooks used in social care education. It addresses three dimensions of gender: labour market policies and women's work/low wages; identity constructions of the social workers; and the discourse of gender in teaching material and textbooks. Findings-The research shows that, by setting up inadequate wage policies for social workers, the state has reinforced the societal assumption of cheap women's labour. In addition, power relations in social work practice reinforce social inequalities. The ideology of a specific female work-capacity is reproduced in social work, as in other forms of care work. Research limitations/implications-The findings highlight that gender differences are represented as biologically materialised substances, while social conditions of their construction are not taken into account. Single mothers are often portrayed as immoral or unfortunate and considered dangerous for their own children and society as a whole. Practical implications-In the education and professional development of social workers, major emphasis needs to be given to anti-discriminatory practice and critical thinking. Originality/value-The lack of professionalisation of social work is explained in terms of gender inequality in the social order, which is mirrored in the conditions of labour market and therefore especially in ''female work''.

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Placing Gender in Social Work: The Local and National Dimensions of Gender Relations

Cited by 7 publications

References 17 publications

Challenges of Gender Mainstreaming in Collaborative Transnational Research

Challenges of Gender Mainstreaming in Collaborative Transnational Research

Inequality Regimes and Men's Positions in Social Work

Gendering social work in Russia: towards anti‐discriminatory practices

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