TY - BOOK A2 - Spitzer, Helmut A2 - Twikirize, Janestic M. A2 - Wairire, Gidraph G. T1 - Professional Social Work in East Africa : Towards Social Development, Poverty Reduction and Gender Equality N2 - Prevalent poverty and related problems in the East African region call for substantial action from various stakeholders, including social workers. This book, based on comprehensive empirical research, portrays an emerging yet powerful profession that has a significant role to play in the endeavour towards social development, social justice, human rights and gender equality. The book is the first of its kind to provide first-hand theoretical and empirical evidence about social work in East Africa. Y1 - 2014 UR - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/60675 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-606758 SN - 978-9970-25-370-8 PB - Fountain Publishers CY - Kampala ER -