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  1. Introduction Culture, Human Rights, and Social Work: Colonialism, Eurocentricism, and Afrocentricity
  2. 1 Disrupting Popular Discourses on Ilobolo: The Role of Emancipatory Social Work in Engendering Human Rights and Social Justice
  3. 2 Nigerian Marital Cultural Practices and Implications for Human Rights
  4. 3 Socio-Cultural Constructions of Intensive Mothering and Othermothering: Domestic Workers’ Experiences of Distance Parenting and their Conceptualization of Motherhood
  5. 4 Misrecognition of the Rights of People with Epilepsy in Zimbabwe: A Social Justice Perspective
  6. 5 Harmful Cultural Practices against Women and Girls in Ghana: Implications for Human Rights and Social Work
  7. 6 The Intersection of Culture, Religion (Islam), and Women’s Human Rights in Ethiopia: Private Lives in Focus
  8. 7 The Implications of a Patriarchal Culture for Women’s Access to “Formal” Human Rights in South Africa: A Case Study of Domestic Violence Survivors
  9. 8 Child Marriage Among the Apostolic Sects in Zimbabwe: Implications for Social Work Practice
  10. 9 “Everybody Here Knows This, If You Want to Go to School then You Must Be Prepared to Work”: Children’s Rights and the Role of Social Work in Ghana
  11. 10 Human Rights and Medicalization of FGM/C in Sudan
  12. 11 Cultural Dimensions of HIV/AIDS and Gender-Based Violence: A Case of Alur and Tieng Adhola Cultural Institutions in Uganda
  13. 12 When National Law and Culture Coalesce: Challenges for Children’s Rights in Botswana with Specific Reference to Corporal Punishment
  14. Conclusion: Emancipatory Social Work, Ubuntu, and Afrocentricity: Antidotes to Human Rights Violations
  15. List of Contributors
  16. Index
  17. Author Index
  18. Subject Index

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