Inequality & Rights: Child Protection & the Family Justice System
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About this Event
This year on World Social Work Day we ask you to join us to reflect on the important concerns facing children and families and professions who work with them in these challenging times. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated existing social and economic inequalities facing marginalised groups. The rights of individuals, and groups in such a context present a keen challenge for professionals working in the child protection and family justice systems. This symposium, organised jointly by the Departments of Law and Criminology, & Social Work, brings together important debates to discuss key issues of concern. Located within a framework of human rights and social justice, the symposium seeks to contribute to scholarly, and policy and practice understandings.
Programme (Chair – Professor Ravinder Barn):
2.00 – 2.10 – Welcome address - Robert Jago, Head of Law and Criminology, & Social Work, RHUL
2.10 – 2.45 – Sir James Munby - Our treatment of the vulnerable – challenges for the family justice system
2.45 – 3.00 – Q&A
3.00 – 3.10 – Break
3.10 – 3.30 – ATD Fourth World/PFAN - Families’ experiences during the pandemic
3.30 – 3.50 – Professor Brid Featherstone - From the Individual to the Social – Building back better
3.50 – 4.20 – Panel discussion
4.20 – 4.30 – Professor Anna Gupta - Reflections and closing address