USING PERSONA DOLLS AS AN ANTI-OPPRESSIVE TECHNIQUE IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN SOCIAL WORK CURRICULUM

Authors

  • Vivienne Bozalek University of the Western Cape, Bellville.
  • Carol Smith Personal Doll Training, SA., South Africa.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15270/46-3-159

Abstract

The South African Constitution and Bill of Rights (1996) outlaws discrimination on the basis
of race, culture, faith, gender and disability, etc. It addresses economic as well as human rights;
however, we still live with discrimination, oppression and inequality. Xenophobic attacks have
highlighted the seriousness of the levels of discrimination that persist in our country. South
Africa is still a deeply divided and unequal society, where there is “race” and gender privilege
plus deep-seated structural inequality

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2014-06-13

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Bozalek, V., & Smith, C. (2014). USING PERSONA DOLLS AS AN ANTI-OPPRESSIVE TECHNIQUE IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN SOCIAL WORK CURRICULUM. Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk, 46(3). https://doi.org/10.15270/46-3-159

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