Chapter 6 - Social Work and Social Justice

Human Rights

Human Rights USA - information about human rights education

Peacenet - links to information about "peace, social and economic justice, human rights, and the struggle against racism"

Yale University Links - UN information on human rights

Human Rights Web - introduction to human rights, history of the human rights movement, links to human rights legal and political documents, ways to promote human rights, links to human rights resources

Human Rights Interactive Network - human rights links

Minnesota Human Rights Library - virtual library on human rights, including links to treaties and UN documents, material on human rights education and refugee material, and links to other web-based resources

Civil Rights

National Civil Rights Museum - virtual tour on civil rights

Injustice Line - accounts of injustice and racial oppression

National Urban League - audio/video archive

American Civil Liberties Union - organizational information, news, focus papers, and library of resources on civil rights and civil liberties

US Equal Opportunity Commission - information about the commission, filing a charge, enforcement statistics, technical assistance, and links to related sites

Disability

National Council on Disability - index of links to government documents; legal, political resources, Centers for Independent Living, and assistive technology resources; links about coming to terms with disability, aging, children; directories; and bibliographic resources

Disability Rights Activist - information about disability rights, tools for activists, news, conference notices, links to indexes and publications, and guidelines for accessible web design

Sexism

Sexual Harassment Training - web-based training to define sexual harassment, recognize the behavior, understand legal rights and procedures, avoid behaviors that could be construed as harassment, and explain sexual harassment to others

Women Watch - UN activities for the social development and empowerment of women around the world

Womensnet - news headlines, action alerts, newsgroups, and links to resources about women's issues

National Organization for Women - organizational and membership information, chapter notes, news, links and information about issues of interest to women

Feminist.com - news, women's services, links to numbers issues important to women

Racism

Project Change - web site devoted to hate crimes

Racial Equality - ACLU news, updates, and papers on racial equality

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