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United Nations, New York, December 2011 - "Make a wish for Human Rights" - Electronic music artist Pogo has visualized human rights in a one-of-a-kind Mash Up video featuring people from around the world reflecting on what human rights means to them. The video underscores this year's social media campaign, which is all about understanding and participating in a celebration of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and its 30 guiding principles.
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United Nations, New York, December 2011 - "Make a wish for Human Rights" - Electronic music artist Pogo has visualized human rights in a one-of-a-kind Mash Up video featuring people from around the world reflecting on what human rights means to them. The video underscores this year's social media campaign, which is all about understanding and participating in a celebration of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and its 30 guiding principles.
Human Rights Day 2011 - Geneva Event - "Social Media and Human Rights"
Human rights go 'viral' (Video in English, Arabic and Chinese) New York Event - Join the discussion about human rights as the United nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, takes your questions sent through social media via #AskRights.
Dubai: Social workers must now be licensed
A new ruling that makes licensing for social workers mandatory has been implemented to protect the city's most vulnerable.
All social workers must apply for a professional licence from the Community Development Authority (CDA) before July 2012, it was announced yesterday, in accordance with Dubai Government's Executive Decision No 20 of 2011.
"Our goal is to protect members of our community," said Dr Omar Al Muthanna, chief executive of the Social Regulatory and Licensing sector at the CDA. "There may be vulnerable groups in the community or those experiencing a vulnerable time in their life, and it's their right to be aided by professionals who can make sound decisions on their behalf when needed."
In passing the law, Dr Al Muthanna said, the Dubai Government considered recent events like the deaths of Ahmed Al Ali, an Emirati man who was misdiagnosed and refused treatment overseas, and Mohammed Saif Al Abdouli, an Emirati man who died after being denied his social welfare payment.
Social workers - including therapists, counsellors, case workers at the Ministry of Social Affairs and special needs teachers - will only be given licences if they have a tertiary qualification from an accredited university and one year's experience in the field.
Only volunteers are exempted from the licence, which will be issued for free, and must be renewed every two years.
"We urge all social care professionals to apply for the mandatory licence, which will help us to establish a strong database of social service professionals," he said.
"We were able to get some numbers from other government departments about those who fit the social worker category and it is approximately 400, but obviously we expect that number is far higher," said Dr Al Muthanna.
Source: The National
All social workers must apply for a professional licence from the Community Development Authority (CDA) before July 2012, it was announced yesterday, in accordance with Dubai Government's Executive Decision No 20 of 2011.
"Our goal is to protect members of our community," said Dr Omar Al Muthanna, chief executive of the Social Regulatory and Licensing sector at the CDA. "There may be vulnerable groups in the community or those experiencing a vulnerable time in their life, and it's their right to be aided by professionals who can make sound decisions on their behalf when needed."
In passing the law, Dr Al Muthanna said, the Dubai Government considered recent events like the deaths of Ahmed Al Ali, an Emirati man who was misdiagnosed and refused treatment overseas, and Mohammed Saif Al Abdouli, an Emirati man who died after being denied his social welfare payment.
Social workers - including therapists, counsellors, case workers at the Ministry of Social Affairs and special needs teachers - will only be given licences if they have a tertiary qualification from an accredited university and one year's experience in the field.
Only volunteers are exempted from the licence, which will be issued for free, and must be renewed every two years.
"We urge all social care professionals to apply for the mandatory licence, which will help us to establish a strong database of social service professionals," he said.
"We were able to get some numbers from other government departments about those who fit the social worker category and it is approximately 400, but obviously we expect that number is far higher," said Dr Al Muthanna.
Source: The National
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