by David Niven | Jun 9, 2022 | Children, crime, Diplomacy, humanitarian, International, Latest Episode, Media, Podcasts, safeguarding, Social Work, Ukraine, victim, war
I talk with Professor Lena Dominelli on Ukraine. We talk of her new book ‘Putin’s War in Ukraine’ and the challenges of reconstruction and disaster management. She is a qualified social worker and holds a Chair in Social Work at the University of Stirling....
by David Niven | May 23, 2022 | charity, health, humanitarian, International, Latest Episode, Mental Health, Podcasts, Social Work, Ukraine, Uncategorized, victim, war
Professor Johnston Hong-Chung WONG is a welcome return guest. He co-founded —Social Workers Across Borders in 2005 and talks of social work in mainland China and Hong Kong. Since then, this ,mainly voluntary, charity, has responded to tsunamis, earthquakes and...
by David Niven | Apr 23, 2022 | adult care, charity, Children, humanitarian, International, Latest Episode, Mental Health, Podcasts, Social Work, traffiking, Ukraine
Raisa Kravchenko adds to more voices from Ukraine. She was, until very recently, Executive Director, Board Chair and co-founder in 2004 of the All Ukrainian NGO Coalition for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities. It is a network of 118 Ukrainian local...
by David Niven | Apr 15, 2022 | Children, crime, humanitarian, International, Latest Episode, law enforcement, Media, Podcasts, Social Work, traffiking, Ukraine, Uncategorized, victim, war
Professor Oksana Boyko starts the series of social work voices from Ukraine. As the war continues, she shares her understandably strong feelings and begins the reflection on the activity of social work in the middle of this invasion. This recording is of an interview...
by David Niven | Dec 8, 2021 | charity, Child Abuse, Children, Children & Social Care, crime, Diplomacy, education, government, health, humanitarian, International, Latest Episode, law enforcement, Media, Media Training, Mental Health, Podcasts, Research, safeguarding, Sexual Abuse & Domestic Violence, Social Media, Social Work, suicide, traffiking, Training
Aagje Ieven is Secretary General at Missing Children Europe www.missingchildreneurope.eu , where she is responsible for the strategic development and day-to-day management of the organization. In this second podcast we talk of a significant group of missing children...
by David Niven | Nov 1, 2021 | adult care, charity, Children & Social Care, covid19, disability, discrimination, education, government, health, humanitarian, International, Latest Episode, Mental Health, Myalgic encephalomyelitis (M.E.), Podcasts, Research, Training
Sonya Chowdhury is the Chief Executive of UK Charity Action for M.E., working with children, families and adults affected by the neurological condition M.E.; a role served since September 2012. Myalgic encephalomyelitis (M.E.) affects 250,000 people in the...