A Conceptual Analysis of the Label “Street Children”: Challenges for the Helping Professions

Makofane, Mankwane Daisy

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“…The power of the spoken word such as "victim" has the potential to stigmatise and dehumanise. Makofane (2014) states that stigmatising beliefs are those unjustified negative things people believe about others that involve a moral judgement. This is also shown by Lacerda (2016) and Garcia (2013), who explain that the word's origin lies in the Latin term "victima": the animal offered in sacrifice to the gods.…”

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“…This article also offered recommendations for social work practice and academic settings to help deconstruct the discourses of victimhood. Importantly, caution must be exercised when using the term "victim" as the term may lead people to discriminate and stigmatise those who have been harmed by violence purposefully or inadvertently (Makofane, 2014). Papendick and Bohner (2017) asserts that in daily communications about GBV, people use the socially established term "victim", which refers to the person who falls victim to the perpetrator.…”

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“…For instance, there is a Setswana proverb that says Leina lebe seromo, which means the name given to a child will determine the direction that the child will take in life. This is akin to the English maxim "give a dog a bad name and hang him" (Makofane, 2014).…”

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From ‘Victim’ to ‘Survivor’: Deconstructing the Pervasive Notion of Victimhood in Discourses Around Programmes Dealing With Gender-Based Violence

Leburu¹

2023

SWORK

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Social workers are among key professionals rendering empowerment services to people affected by gender-based violence in South Africa. These services are rendered within the developmental and empowerment approaches that were introduced in the post-apartheid era. Although the introduction of democracy brought a paradigm shift towards a developmental approach, social welfare and social work, there is paucity of research that investigates the utilisation of the concept of “victim” within the empowerment services rendered to people harmed by gender-based violence. The concept of “victim” has not been extensively researched theoretically and empirically. This article critically analyses the usage of the concept of “victim” in the empowerment social work services and posits a deconstruction of the pervasive notion of victimhood in discourses around programmes dealing with gender-based violence. It is hoped that this article will stimulate debates and research focused on the labels adopted in the empowerment services, as well as in developmental and social work in different societal contexts. Keywords: developmental approach, empowerment, social work, survivor, victim

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From ‘Victim’ to ‘Survivor’: Deconstructing the Pervasive Notion of Victimhood in Discourses Around Programmes Dealing With Gender-Based Violence

Leburu¹

2023

SWORK

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“…A well-established social setting is very important for a child (Muthee, 2020). Social order may be adjudicated by how well children are treated (Makofane, 2014). Street children may be interpreted in different ways.…”

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Social Disorganization and Lack of Recognition Increase Stress Among the Street Children of Dhaka

Suha¹,

Sik²

2021

ASS

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In recent years, concern about the most vulnerable of Bangladeshis, street children, has increased significantly. Urban life presents these children with immense challenges to their general development and their place in society. Through hypothesizing a theoretical framework, this paper evaluates the lives and situations of street children living in the capital, Dhaka. Having reviewed the relevant literature, the hypothesis is grounded on a theoretical framework that contextualizes the lives of children living on the streets of Dhaka. The study finds that due to social disorganization and a lack of recognition, further stress is placed upon the city’s street children.

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Teachers’ perceptions of learners who are street children: A South African case study

Dladla

Ogina

2018

SAJE

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A Conceptual Analysis of the Label “Street Children”: Challenges for the Helping Professions

Cited by 5 publications

References 20 publications

From ‘Victim’ to ‘Survivor’: Deconstructing the Pervasive Notion of Victimhood in Discourses Around Programmes Dealing With Gender-Based Violence

From ‘Victim’ to ‘Survivor’: Deconstructing the Pervasive Notion of Victimhood in Discourses Around Programmes Dealing With Gender-Based Violence

Social Disorganization and Lack of Recognition Increase Stress Among the Street Children of Dhaka

Teachers’ perceptions of learners who are street children: A South African case study

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