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56 Int'l Soc. Work 3 (2013)

handle is hein.journals/intsocwk56 and id is 1 raw text is: Editorial International Social Work 56(1) 3-6 Editorial @ The Author(s) 2012 Reprints and permission: sagepub. co.ulk/journalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10. 1177/0020872812464330 isw.sagepub.com OSAGE We are pleased to serve as guest editors for this special edition produced under the auspices of the Association of Schools of Social Work in Africa (ASSWA). According to Hessle (2011) the continent lacks locally driven child related research. He warns of the risk that research from the Global North subjects local resources to exploitation by using the Global North's superior material resources; by monopolizing the research questions; by using the results to promote the researchers' own careers; and by neglecting practice and policy implementation (p. 2). This edition reflects the views of colleagues who represent the situation of children in diverse contexts in sub-Saharan Africa. A unique and interesting addition is an article on child rights in disasters in the Asia Pacific region and possible lessons that can be derived for Africa. In 1993 the World Conference on Human Rights adopted the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, which proclaimed, inter alia that, democracy, development and respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms are interdependent and mutually reinforcing. In many parts of Africa lack of democracy compromises development and the culture of human rights. There is also a decided link between conflict and human rights violations. As cogently enunciated by Heyns and Stefiszyn (2006: 1) conflict is the ever-present shadow, the permanent alternative to human rights, with poverty, inequality, conflict and human rights violations being closely intertwined. As children's rights are human rights, these intersec- tions are highlighted in the articles in this edition. Despite the fact that sub-Saharan Africa is now the world's second fastest growing region after Asia with a GDP forecast of 5.8% for 2012 (Thouvenot, 2012), it is still the world's poorest region. It has the world's largest proportion of people living with HIV/AIDS; children orphaned on account of AIDS; children who are the victims of armed conflicts; chil- dren who are denied access to education and to health care; and high rates of infant and child mortality. Africa's recent economic growth disguises the huge variations in the region, and it begs the question about whether this growth will translate into labour-absorbing capacity, democratic practices, development and enhanced human rights, including children's

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