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Newsletter

2011.1

Editor: Antoinette Lombard

University of Pretoria

South Africa

April 2011

antoinette.lombard@up.ac.za

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President Barbara Shank Vice Presidents Golam M. Mathbor Julie Miller-Cribbs Mark Rodgers Secretary-General Goutham M. Menon Associate Secretaries-General David Hollister Mahasweta Banerjee Jay Gabbard Treasurer Karen Sowers Chair SDI Board of Managers Mizan R. Miah SDI, Book Editor Michelle Livermore SDI, Editor Vijayan Pillai Editor, Newsletter Antoinette Lombard Information Technology Dhrubodhi Mukherjee, Director Members At-Large Chuck Cowger Ana Cristina-Viera Antoinette Lombard Brij Mohan Piotr Salustowicz Vijayan Pillai Michael Klassen Ce Shen Branch Presidents Roar Sundby - Europe Manohar Pawar – AP Héctor Cuadra Montiel – LA Representative Africa Antoinette Lombard For more information Visit our website at: www.icsd.info

Report from the President

I still have not recovered from our fabulous 17th Biennial International Symposium that we held in Dhaka, Bangladesh in January, 2011. Let me describe it for you! It was fabulous, exciting, challenging, intellectually stimulating, fun, collegial and one million + more positive adjectives that I can’t think of at this moment. Hats off to Golam Mathbor and Nazul Islam for their careful planning and perfect execution. Coming from Minnesota, Bangladesh was a wonderful respite from the cold and snow, without being hot and muggy. January is a perfect time to visit! The hotel was lovely and the service impeccable. Networking and collegiality were the hallmarks for our time together. Even though Professor Dr. Yunus was unable to be with us at the last moment and we had to work through the unexpected death of Dr. Choudury, President of the Independent University of Bangladesh, our host institution, the symposium came together offering valid and important learning experiences for all participants. I am proud to report that we had a successful book drive for the Institute of Social Welfare and Research at Dhaka University. Participants sent or brought with them a multitude of books to upgrade the social work library. Thank you to all who contributed! As there is ‘no rest for the wicked’ (as my mother would say), plans are well under way for our 18th Symposium.

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THE FINAL COUNTDOWN

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Report from the President - continued

Where are we going? Check the map because we are off to Kampala, Uganda in the heart of Africa. Dr. Hugo Kamya, Simmons College, Boston, USA and Dr. Edward Kirumira, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda are serving as co-hosts. The theme for this symposium is ‘Opening New Frontiers in Social Development; Challenges & Opportunities’. Tentative date is mid to end of July 2013. For those of you who are wondering why we are going to Uganda in the midst of their human rights turmoil, we are going to bear witness against the injustice of homophobia and to support our colleagues who are fighting against the harsh homophobic laws of many African nations. We are there to show support for all those who suffer injustice! In Dhaka, the Board of ICSD met and had an excellent meeting. Our primary topics of discussion were moving our Social Development Issues journal online (with some hard copy publication); how to increase our SDI partner roster, getting those fallen away partners back and getting new partners; increasing both individual and institutional memberships; fund development for the Jim Billups International Leadership Award; locating a new Director of Information Technology after the untimely death on November 12th of Dr. Carol Williams and updating of our website; formation of a nomination and elections committee to fill four board and the vice president for special projects positions; reports from our regional branches (European, Asia-Pacific and African) and development of our next newsletter. Please send articles, reports, and other information on conferences, etc. to Antoinette Lombard our newsletter editor. You can find our newsletter on the Lyceum Press website. So to wrap-up, I want to thank all of you who read this for your continuing commitment to social development and to our organization. As I read the papers, listen to MPR and watch the news (not FOX), I am so reminded of the importance of our individual and collective work in social development. I think about our symposium in Egypt and remember how exciting and peaceful it was then. Please, let’s keep the peoples of the Middle East and Africa and especially our colleagues in those areas in our thought and prayers. We definitely live in a challenging and important time and the work of our organization is more important now than ever. Following our April elections, I will have the honor of announcing our new board members. When you get this, it maybe too late to self-nominate for this election. Please consider future positions. Elections are held regularly and I am starting a file for filling future positions. Don’t be shy! Send me your name and vita and let’s get you involved. We need all the help we can get. Very soon, we will also have more information for you to begin your planning for Kampala. I am hoping to be able to attend our next Asia-Pacific Region Branch and our European Region Branch conferences in the summer of 2012. When the themes, dates and locations are finalized, we will let you know. Thank you for your commitment and support of ICSD. Happy spring! We are hoping that spring will come to Minnesota in the near future. Respectfully,

Barbara W. ShankBarbara W. ShankBarbara W. ShankBarbara W. Shank

President, ICSD

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ICSD President Barbara Shank with Mohammad Momen and Golam Rathbor at the ICSD Symposium President’s dinner Dhaka, Bangladesh

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THE FINAL REPORT FROM SYMPOSIUM CHAIR

Dhaka, BANGLADESH

The 17th ICSD International Symposium on Good Governance: Building Knowledge for Social Development Worldwide held at Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel in Dhaka, Bangladesh from January 3-7, 2011. ICSD President Barbara Shank inaugurated the symposium. Prof. Thomas Pearson, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs welcomed participants on behalf of Monmouth University, and Mr. Towhid Samad, Chairman of the Governing Council of the Independent University, Bangladesh welcomed the delegates as host country sponsoring institution of this symposium. This symposium was sponsored by Southern Illinois University Carbondale, School of Social Work, The University of Kansas, School of Social Welfare; Boston College, School of Social Work; American Institute for Bangladesh Studies (AIBS). Also, International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW), International Federation for Social Workers (IFSW), International Council for Social Welfare (ICSW), and Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) endorsed the symposium.

Professor Golam M. Mathbor delivered the keynote address on “Good Governance: Building Knowledge for Social Development Worldwide.” He noted that social uplift is a key to good governance. Mathbor also remarked that ignorance, prejudice, bigotry and other stereotypes are socially-constructed problems that continuously threaten our human rights and social and economic justice. The symposium underscored social worker’s role in social development thus to ensure good governance. Dr. Mathbor further stated that social workers should maintain socio-economic justice at the heart of their value-driven profession and expand vision of the social work’s role in stages of development. Participants focused and highlighted on symposium’s main theme through their presentations and discussions.

In retrospect – ICSD Biennial Symposium 2011

Golam Mathbor Symposium Chair

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A total of 210 delegates representing 42 countries attended the symposium including 32 delegates from host country Bangladesh. We used EasyChair online abstract submission software. Online submission of proposals began from March 1-July 15, 2010 and extended until August 30, 2010 at www.easychair.org/conferences. About 42 ICSD members served as abstract reviewers on international program committee. We received 216 (196 on EasyChair and 20 directly to Chair). There were 205 proposals accepted including 2 posters. Finally, 150 proposals were scheduled for presentation as 55 presenters could not attend symposium. Dr. Michael Sherraden delivered the first Shanti Khinduka lecture in Social Development. Dr. Nazrul Islam lectured for Plenary Session 2 on Intellectuals: Public, Private and Platonic. Dr. Richard Marshall, Economic Advisor of UNDP Bangladesh addressed Plenary Session 3 on Millennium Development Goals in place of Stefan Priesner, Country Director of UNDP Bangladesh. Professor Muhammad Momen delivered the Dan Sanders Peace and Justice Lecture during the closing ceremony. A President’s dinner was hosted on January 6, 2011 followed by a Cultural Show organized by IUB. Silver Wave Tours was contracted for post- conference tours (http://www.monmouth.edu/ICSD2011/postconferencetours.asp or info@silverwavetours.com). Tours included a trip to Cox’s Bazar (the longest unbroken Sea-Beach); the SUNDERBAN Tour (4 days) (the world's largest mangrove forest); a visit to the Srimongol Tea Garden (Dhaka); and full-day sightseeing trips in and around Dhaka.

ICSD Biennial Symposium 2011 – Final report cont’d

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Greetings and it was a pleasure to meet a number of you face to face recently in Dhaka, Bangladesh. On behalf of President Shank and the other ICSD Executive Board members, I would especially like to welcome all new members who joined our organization at the conference. We truly value your continued active participation in ICSD activities and support of our various initiatives worldwide. Our membership enrollment is ever increasing and represents all continents and many countries on our planet. Currently, we have 24 institutional members and 138 individual members and this number is growing. Remember that ICSD membership period is effective from the month of joining and extends until the same month in the following year. Therefore, I would like to advise you to renew your membership at your membership anniversary date so that you can avail full benefits of getting this newsletter, all volumes of Social Development Issues journal, and a discount rate while attending ICSD international and regional symposiums. Here is brief summary of our membership fees: Institutional fee for industrially developed countries-US $400 Institutional fee for developing countries-US $60 Individual membership fee for developed countries-US $60 ($110 for two years) Individual membership for developing countries-US $30 ($55 for two years) Student fee for developed countries-US $25 Student fee for developing countries-US $20 We have an online option for payment of membership fees and we strongly encourage you to pay your membership fees this way by visiting our ICSD website at www.icsd.info. Once you enter the membership database, please update your contact information and other particulars as well. On behalf of ICSD, please allow me to again welcome you as a new or continuing member. Wesley J. Gabbard, MSW, Ph.D. ICSD Associate Secretary-General for Membership

From the Membership Chair

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In Memoriam DR. CAROL WILLIAMS Honoring and remembering a remarkable women

Member’s corner

~Carol Williams~

A Celebration of Life “The unique knowledge, skills, talents, and unwavering commitment, are the strengths that Carol gave to each one of us. That was her professional gift to us and she will live within each one of us.” ~Excerpt from memorandum by Mit Joyner

~ Eulogy presented by Mit Joyner at Carol’s memorial service ~ 12 December 2010

Dr. Carol Williams was born in Jamestown, New Jersey. She earned her master's degree in Social Work and Ph.D. in Social Policy at Rutgers University, New Brunswick. She later returned to school and earned an M.S. in Computer Science from Stevens Institute of Technology. Prior to joining Kean University in 1979, Dr. Williams worked at various universities and colleges in New Jersey and New York, serving as a field instructor for Rutgers University School of Social Work and Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service, as well as a lecturer at Trenton State College and at Thomas A. Edison College. She also worked for public agencies in New Jersey to include the Department of Youth and Family Services, New Jersey Department of Civil Services, State Department of Labor and Industry, Outagamie County Department of Social Services in Wisconsin, Hubbard Junior High School in Plainfield and the Plainfield Public Library. After joining Kean, she taught in the undergraduate and graduate Social Work programs. As a senior member of faculty and a full professor, she founded and directed the master’s degree program in social work from 1995-2000. Carol was appointed chair and director of the department of graduate social work in 2009. In 2001, she was recognized as the Graduate Teacher of the year. As a result of her acumen in program growth, future sustainability of academic programs and the importance of increasing accessibility to higher education for others , the graduate social work program experienced significant enrolments with the addition of a three year program. At the time she took ill, Carol was seeking to establish a graduate social work program at Kean Ocean. Carol was an active member of the university community from 1981 through February of 2010. During that time, she served on various Faculty Senate Committees, General Education, School of Liberal Arts, the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences and the Nathan Weiss Graduate College.

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Carol’s Eulogy – cont’d

New publications – Dr. Brij Mohan

Member’s corner

At the national level, Carol was a well-known and highly respected active member of the Council on Social Work Education from 1980 serving on the board of directors, commission on conferences and faculty development, Coordinator of Media Technology, and chairperson of the Abstract Review Subcommittee. She was appointed CSWE senior scholar for 2006-2008. As a member of the Association of Baccalaureate Program Directors since 1994, Carol became the editor of PBD Update; editorial board member of the journal of baccalaureate social work; executive producer of the 25th anniversary CD, member of publications committee, Gerontology Committee on Information Technology and Social Work Education and chairperson of the subcommittee on Free Internet Resources. In 2007, she joined the International Consortium for Social Development and became its executive board director of information technology. In addition, Dr. Williams was a member of the New Jersey Chapter of the NASW; the National Association of Deans and Directors and Alpha Delta Mu. As a scholar and consultant for various organizations, she had an extensive record of publications and conducted numerous presentations and workshops at national and international conferences. At Kean, Carol was an untiring mentor to her junior colleagues in the department of social work, a model of integrity, hard-work and patience. A pet owner, she spent her spare time on weekends volunteering at a shelter for abandoned cats in Cape May. Carol was also a world traveler and a Star Trek fan who attended many conventions. She will be fondly remembered by her students as a genuinely caring teacher with an unwavering patience to listen, advise, encourage and support. Friends will miss her reassuring smile, her gentle spirit and her acts of commitment to social justice. Dr. Williams is survived by her loving husband of 30 years, O'Neal Williams. In honor of her years of dedication to the tenets of social work of increasing access to higher education for the underprivileged students, the Department of Social Work, in conjunction with the Kean University Foundation, is establishing a scholarship fund in her name.

“Requiem for Keynes, Ideology and Reform: a Keynote on Transformation Practice” Abstract In a BP-belied, Wall Street weary, Afghanistan anguished world, reality is hopelessly fraught with post-ideological angst and apogee. Policy innovations are prescient plans for a dubious 21st Century. We examine the interface of social change and policy innovations and argue for a global renaissance. However, in the wake of recent meltdowns—from Darfur to the Gulf of Mexico—it's time to revisit civic culture, modernity and social development in light of their cumulative impact on inter- and intra-societal relationships. The implications of this analysis validate innovative policy intervention as key to social transformation.

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New Publications – cont’d

Member’s corner

Dr. Manohar Pawar

Social Development Critical Themes and Perspectives Edited by Manohar S. Pawar and David R. Cox

This edited collection demonstrates that the ideas inherent in social development are practical and not utopian. By discussing and delineating a social development approach, the book argues the need for practicing it at local or grassroots-level communities to promote universal social justice and wellbeing.

Towards this end, several leading scholars have presented critical and inspiring thoughts on the significance and usefulness in development of genuine participation of people, bottom-up strategies, self-reliance, capacity building, and egalitarian and empowering partnerships. The world’s contemporary problems persist in part because the social development approach in its comprehensive form has not been planned and implemented at local, national and global levels. Social Development presents the optimistic argument that the application of social development ideas can help create a world in which almost all people’s wellbeing can be significantly enhanced.

Dr.Vijajan K. Pillai

Women’s Reproductive Health in Yemen by Drs.T.S.Sunil and Vijajan K.Pillai

The authors began a number of studies to learn more about Yemeni women’s reproductive health under the conditions of dire social and economic disadvantages caused by extreme poverty.

Women’s reproductive health has emerged as an area of concern among development agencies and international agencies such as the United Nations. Even though there is no uniform definition of reproductive health, this study characterized reproductive health by focusing on the three components of fertility: intercourse, conception, and gestation. This method directs attention to the context of reproduction in developing countries. In addition, the book reveals the previously underappreciated role of abortion in contributing to the first stages of fertility decline. The study finds that higher economic levels and improved social conditions for women do help bring about real improvements in many dimensions of reproductive health.

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Social Development Issues Journal

Call for SDI Publication Partners

INVITATION TO SUPPORT SDI AS PUBLICATION PARTNER

Dear Dean/Director/Chair We are writing to request your continued support of Social Development Issues for 2011-2012. There are two different ways we are asking for your support. The first is as a publication partner, and the second is that you encourage your faculty to submit manuscripts for consideration for publication to Dr. Vijayan Pillai, our editor. As you know, our publication partners contribute $1,000 to support the publication of three issues of the journal. Partners are recognized as supporters in the front of each issue and also with a marketing ad later in the publication. We have now instituted a three-year partnership program in the amount of $2,500, which will provide convenience and added benefit. One of our colleagues suggested that, since they would be losing their federal stimulus monies at the end of the year, this three-year partnership would work well for them.

We have now instituted a three-year partnership program in the amount of $2,500, which will provide convenience and added benefit. One of our colleagues suggested that, since they would be losing their federal stimulus monies at the end of the year, this three-year partnership would work well for them. We hope we can to count your School of Social Work as one of our publication partners. If you decide to be a partner, please send us an e-mail at the addresses below and we will send you an invoice promptly. We look forward to hearing from you and we look forward to receiving submissions from your faculty. Sincerely

Mizan R. Miah Barbara Shank Chair, SDI Board of Managers President, ICSD

miah@siu.edu BWSHANK@stthomas.edu

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Conferences and Regional News

First Announcement - The 18th Biennial ICSD Symposium : 15 - 19 July 2013 KAMPALA, UGANDA

Building on the importance of good governance that the Dhaka symposium underscored, the 2013 ICSD conference to be held in Kampala, Uganda will examine new and emerging issues in social development. Major issues and challenges confront the global community. These issues pose serious concerns for practitioners, policy activists and researchers. The symposium will attempt to examine new emerging issues of social development such as the impact of civil war on communities, child soldiers, and labor; and human trafficking; long standing concerns including the Millennium Development Goals; policy limits; institutional autonomy; poverty and hunger; global climate change; continuous marginalization and social exclusion; social justice and human rights issues; mobilization of governmental, non-governmental, and civil society institutions that address the widening gap between rich and poor by leading scholars from all over the world. With Africa, and Uganda, as the location for this conference, attention will be drawn to the importance of the developing world and its contribution to these issues. They all present challenges and opportunities into the future. Aims and Objectives * To identify region-specific issues and challenges in social development * To identify region-specific issues and challenges in social development * To discuss and analyze the roles, responsibilities and opportunities for social

development * To explore regional, national and global opportunities through collaborations and

sustainability toward social development. The planning committee will involve various stakeholders to build a program that will be designed to attend to the specific branches of the ICSD in the next few months. Simmons College School of Social Work and Makerere University are proud to be co-hosting this conference. We invite that various groups participate in building an agenda for this conference. Any suggestions are welcome.

Our third ICSD Symposium in Africa

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ASIA PACIFIC First Announcement - International Conference : 27–30 June 2012 Yogyakarta, Java

Conferences and Regional News

Venue

Hotel Hyatt Regency Yogyakarta

http://yogyakarta.regency.hyatt.com

MAIN THEME Envisioning New Social Development Strategies Beyond Millenium Development Goals

Several sub-themes include: Social Development and MDGs; MDGs-past and future; asset-building policy; conditional cash transfers; labor and social protection; poverty reduction; gender and development; productive ageing; child welfare; disabilities; social development and social work/welfare education; environment: climate change, water and food security; post-disaster relief and reconstruction; peace and conflict; grassroots level community development, etc. KEY-NOTE SPEAKER Prof. James Midgley (Harry and Riva Specht Professor of Public Social Services and Dean Emeritus of the School of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley, USA).

KEY CONTACT : Sirojudin (Abbas), ABD. School of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley. Email: icsdap2012@gmail.com

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AFRICA

Conferences and Regional News

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION: Deadline: January 31, 2012 Applicants are advised to submit abstracts (in English) via E-mail attached as a word document to icsdap2012@gmail.com by using the format set out below, hard copy or disk, according to the format mail to: ICSD-AP Conference 2012/IPSPI Secretariat: Jalan Matraman Raya No. 68, Jakarta Timur, Indonesia 13110. Format: Abstracts should include the following details and sequence, and be in Microsoft Word, 12 point font.

1. Presenter details (names, addresses, telephone numbers, fax and email) 2. Presentation format (oral or poster?) 3. Title (not to exceed 15 words) 4. Abstract overview (not to exceed 50 words) 5. Keywords (4 to 5) 6. Abstract (between 300-500 words) 7. Audio-visual equipment if needed

PAPER SUBMISSION: Deadline: May 15, 2012 Format for writing papers: should use Microsoft Word for Windows; Time Roman 12 point font; Left margin 3 Cms; Right, top and bottom margin 2.5cms; and double-spaced.

ASIA PACIFIC Conference – cont’d

Formal launch of the ICSD Africa region

in July 2013 in Uganda.

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Treasury

INTERNATIONAL CONSORTIUM FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT FUN D - CHECKING (100401741) July 1, 2010 - June 30, 2011

1st Quarter (July - September 2010)

Beginning Balance $ 22 763.63

Income 1 450.00

Expenses 1 344.83

Ending Balance $ 22 381.80

2nd Quarter (October - December 2010)

Beginning Balance $ 22 381.80

Income 1 948.50

Expenses 1 147.80

Ending Balance $ 23 182.50

3rd Quarter (January - February 2011)

Beginning Balance $ 23 182.50

Income 100.00

Expenses 0.00

Ending Balance $ 23 282.50

Checking

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Treasury - continued

INTERNATIONAL CONSORTIUM FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT FUN D - SAVINGS (180650037) July 1, 2010 - June 30, 2011

1st Quarter (July - September, 2010) Beginning Balance $ 41 168.36 Income 5.17 Expenses 0.00 Ending Balance $ 41 173.53

2nd Quarter (October - December 2010) Beginning Balance $ 41 173.53 Income 5.17 Expenses 0.00 Ending Balance $ 41 178.70

3rd Quarter (January - February 2011) Beginning Balance $ 41 178.70 Income 3.31 Expenses 0.00 Ending Balance $41,182.01

Savings

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Treasury - continued

INTERNATIONAL CONSORTIUM FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT FUN D - BILLUPS FUND (176593572) July 1, 2010 - June 30, 2011 1st Quarter (August - September, 2010) Beginning Balance $ 5 266.90 Income - Donations (See note) 1 150.00 Income – Interest earned 0.68 Expenses 0.00 Ending Balance $ 6 417. 58

2nd Quarter (October – December 2010) Beginning Balance $ 6 417.58 Income - Donations (See note) 1 500.00 Income – Interest earned 0.86 Expenses 0.00 Ending Balance $ 7 918.44

3rd Quarter (January – December 2011) Beginning Balance $ 7 918.44 Income - donations 50.00 Income –Interest earned 0.63

Expenses 0.00 Ending Balance $ 7969.07 Note: Donations - Khinduka, Tracy, Hokenstad, Mienert, Cnaan Estes, David, Canda, Sherraden, Guzzetta

Billups Fund

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Contributions We will be publishing our next Newsletter within a few months. Please continue to contribute news and photographs on events, achievements and social development interests in your regions and branches.

These can be forwarded to Antoinette Lombard at antoinette.lombard@up.ac.za

Next Edition Mid 2011