Book Links

CHAPTER 13. International Social Work Practice

New Internationalist
http://www.newint.org/

This monthly print magazine, which first sparked my interest in global issues, is available on-line. It provides a clearly written and concise overview of the important global issues of concern to social workers. An excellent resource to kick-start an essay on international issues.

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
http://www.undp.org/

At the UN Millennium Summit, world leaders pledged to cut poverty in half by 2015. UNDP is charged with helping to make this happen. Their website contains comprehensive related links, publications and various UNDP speeches and reports. Their publications section has numerous complete books on-line including their annual Overcoming Human Poverty Report at http://www.undp.org/povertyreport

Heritage Canada, Human Rights Program http://www.pch.gc.ca/ddp-hrd

This comprehensive website has all the basic information about human rights in Canada and internationally. It contains most of the official UN human rights covenants and an excellent overview of how the international human rights system works.