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BASW visit to Palestine

BASW visit to Palestine. October - November 2011. Rupert Franklin & Guy Shennan. BASW in Palestine 2011. Our Purpose Our Observations Future Plans. Guy Rupert Sarah Dave. Riad Arar. Defence for Children International, PUSWP, Hebron Branch. Raed Amira. Chair, PUSWP, Bethlehem Branch.

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BASW visit to Palestine

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  1. BASW visit to Palestine • October - November 2011 Rupert Franklin & Guy Shennan

  2. BASW in Palestine 2011 • Our Purpose • Our Observations • Future Plans

  3. Guy Rupert Sarah Dave

  4. Riad Arar • Defence for Children International, • PUSWP, Hebron Branch

  5. Raed Amira • Chair, PUSWP, Bethlehem Branch

  6. BASW-PUSWP meetings • Nablus • Tulkarem • Bethlehem • Hebron • Jerusalem • Jenin

  7. Issues facing social workers in Palestine - include... • The effects of the Israeli occupation • Illegal settlements • The Separation Wall • Movement • House demolitions • Child prisoners • The de-Arabisation of East Jerusalem

  8. Children’s rights • DCI conference, Al-Najah University, Nablus • Qurtuba School, Hebron • Ofer Military Court, Juvenile Session • Treatment & Rehabilitation Centre for the Victims of Torture

  9. Children’s Conference organised by DCI & An-Najah University The photos don’t show it but there was excellent participation by young people

  10. We were not allowed to take our cameras into Ofer Military Court.The following images are from the internet...

  11. 23 January 2012 www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jan/22/palestinian-children-detained-jail-israel?INTCMP=SRCH Letters 26 January

  12. TRC - Treatment & Rehabilitation Centre for the Victims of Torture

  13. Next... • BASW Palestine Network Group • Website • IFSW • Mirroring Norway-Palestine social work links • Ongoing contact with social workers in Palestine • Knowledge exchanges • Further visits and developing placement opportunities • Seminars, conferences, networking in the UK

  14. Local connections • Tower Hamlets & Jenin Friendship Association www.thjfa.org.uk • Newham Jenin • Hackney - Beit Sourik • Palestine Solidarity Campaign, and its Tower Hamlets branch • Jane Lindsay, social work lecturer, Kingston University...

  15. Further contact • If you want to be kept in touch with developments in the links between UK & Palestinian social workers, please leave us your email address on the mailing list • Thank you • Rupert Franklin & Guy Shennan • Contact - guyshennan@sfpractice.co.uk

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