Cultural rights and ethics

Question 1

True or false:
The IASSW/IFSW ethical standards + principles stress culture “must never” be used as an excuse to commit human rights violations or deprive certain groups of their rights in defense of maintaining traditional values.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

What is considered by some to violate the rights of women + girls because they’re based on the idea of the superiority of men over women? It affects about 100-140 million girls and women worldwide and represents significant problem reflecting gender power relations. In Africa it is a traditional cultural practice in many parts of Africa and seeking to eradicate it (erase it) can be interpreted as a threat to maintain traditional and customary cultural practices.

Answer 2

Female genital mutilation or female genital cutting

FGM

Question 3

True or false:

So while rights provide a normative standard, rights may come into conflict w/one another.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

True or false:
In Zimbabwe, women aren’t allowed to own land. And even when land is inherited, women aren’t allowed to keep it. It would pass on next in line in terms of an heir who was a male. And not long ago, a case was tried in Zimbabwe where the court ruled unanimously that women should not be able to inherit land because of the consideration in African society, amongst other factors, was to the effect that women were not able to look after their original family of birth because of their commitment to their new family via marriage.
“ I have to also respect as a social worker that if I was working w/someone from Zimbabwe, I would have to respect the culture.”
….”I might as a social worker talk about ways that it could be and seek change if that’s what the individuals or the organization I was working with were interested in.”
“Or I might have to accept it, even though personally I would have some issue with that…”

Answer 4

True