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Moving beyond contemporary discourses: children, prostitution, modern slavery and human trafficking (2020)
Journal Article
Charnley, H., & Nkhoma, P. (2020). Moving beyond contemporary discourses: children, prostitution, modern slavery and human trafficking. Critical and Radical Social Work, 8(2), 205-221. https://doi.org/10.1332/204986020x15945756343791

The relationship between prostitution, modern slavery and human trafficking is much debated in the academic literature. By contrast, discussion of children’s involvement in prostitution as a form of modern slavery and human trafficking constitutes a... Read More about Moving beyond contemporary discourses: children, prostitution, modern slavery and human trafficking.

Extending Voice and Autonomy through Participatory Action Research: Ethical and Practical Issues (2020)
Journal Article
Kong, S. T., Banks, S., Brandon, T., Chappell, S., Charnley, H., Hwang, S. K., …Ward, N. (2020). Extending Voice and Autonomy through Participatory Action Research: Ethical and Practical Issues. Ethics and Social Welfare, 14(2), 220-229. https://doi.org/10.1080/17496535.2020.1758413

Participatory action research always operates in the tension of extending the voice of people who are marginalised and unheard in the society. A workshop, ‘Extending Voice and Autonomy through Participatory Action Research: Ethical and Practical Issu... Read More about Extending Voice and Autonomy through Participatory Action Research: Ethical and Practical Issues.

Resisting neoliberalism in social work education: learning, teaching, and performing human rights and social justice in England and Spain (2020)
Journal Article
Martínez Herrero, M. I., & Charnley, H. (2020). Resisting neoliberalism in social work education: learning, teaching, and performing human rights and social justice in England and Spain. Social Work Education, 40(1), 44-57. https://doi.org/10.1080/02615479.2020.1747421

In an increasingly complex, globalized world, many of the problems confronting social workers are rooted in structural inequalities created or deepened by uncontrolled neoliberal market mechanisms. Yet neoliberal political agendas dominating the glob... Read More about Resisting neoliberalism in social work education: learning, teaching, and performing human rights and social justice in England and Spain.

Children’s rights and residential care in Taiwan: An exploration of the tensions between global standards and culturally situated practices (2019)
Journal Article
Chiu, W. C., & Charnley, H. (2021). Children’s rights and residential care in Taiwan: An exploration of the tensions between global standards and culturally situated practices. International Social Work, 64(6), 837-856. https://doi.org/10.1177/0020872819833429

This article examines the tension between the rhetoric of children’s rights and the realities of residential care for children in Taiwan. After reviewing Chinese and English literature, we present an empirical study of children’s experiences of life... Read More about Children’s rights and residential care in Taiwan: An exploration of the tensions between global standards and culturally situated practices.

"If I were given the chance", understanding the use of leisure time by adults with learning disabilities (2019)
Journal Article
Charnley, H., Hwang, S., Atkinson, C., & Walton, P. (2019). "If I were given the chance", understanding the use of leisure time by adults with learning disabilities. Disability and Society, 34(4), 540-563. https://doi.org/10.1080/09687599.2018.1522244

Despite UK government policy emphasising the rights and choices of people with learning disabilities, opportunities to choose fulfilling leisure activities remain severely constrained. Following a brief literature review we present a co-inquiry study... Read More about "If I were given the chance", understanding the use of leisure time by adults with learning disabilities.

Human rights and social justice in social work education: a critical realist comparative study of England and Spain (2018)
Journal Article
Martínez Herrero, M. I., & Charnley, H. (2019). Human rights and social justice in social work education: a critical realist comparative study of England and Spain. European Journal of Social Work, 22(2), 225-237. https://doi.org/10.1080/13691457.2018.1540407

The history of social work as a profession and academic discipline is inextricably linked with principles of human rights (HR) and social justice (SJ). The Global Standards for social work education promote HR and SJ as unifying themes, yet there is... Read More about Human rights and social justice in social work education: a critical realist comparative study of England and Spain.

Child Protection and Social Inequality: Understanding Child Prostitution in Malawi (2018)
Journal Article
Nkhoma, P., & Charnley, H. (2018). Child Protection and Social Inequality: Understanding Child Prostitution in Malawi. Social Sciences, 7(10), Article 185. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci7100185

This article draws on empirical research to develop understandings of child prostitution, previously theorised on the basis of children’s rights, feminist, and structure/agency debates, largely ignoring children’s own understandings of their involvem... Read More about Child Protection and Social Inequality: Understanding Child Prostitution in Malawi.

Honourable Sacrifice: a visual ethnography of the family lives of Korean children with autistic siblings (2010)
Journal Article
Hwang, S., & Charnley, H. (2010). Honourable Sacrifice: a visual ethnography of the family lives of Korean children with autistic siblings. Children & Society, 24(6), 437-448. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1099-0860.2009.00228.x

Literature on the siblings of disabled children has been dominated by western psychosocial theories that focus on stresses associated with being a 'young carer' or on children as active agents realising their 'rights' rather than as the victims of fa... Read More about Honourable Sacrifice: a visual ethnography of the family lives of Korean children with autistic siblings.

'I feel like a giant, like a star, a proper actor.’ Reflections on a service user-led evaluation of a drama project using participatory visual research methods (2010)
Journal Article
Charnley, H., & Hwang, S. (2010). 'I feel like a giant, like a star, a proper actor.’ Reflections on a service user-led evaluation of a drama project using participatory visual research methods. Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 7(2), 149-158. https://doi.org/10.5920/mhldrp.2010.72149

This article describes the processes of supporting ‘Full Circle from ARC, Stockton’, a group of nine men and women with learning disabilities2, to develop skills in using visual research methods to evaluate their own drama project that grew from thei... Read More about 'I feel like a giant, like a star, a proper actor.’ Reflections on a service user-led evaluation of a drama project using participatory visual research methods.

Developing Cultural Competence as a Framework for Anti-heterosexist Social Work Practice: Reflections from the UK (2007)
Journal Article
Charnley, H., & Langley, J. (2007). Developing Cultural Competence as a Framework for Anti-heterosexist Social Work Practice: Reflections from the UK. Journal of Social Work, 7(3), 307-321. https://doi.org/10.1177/146801730708407

This article examines the continuing marginalization of sexual orientation in social work practice. Taking the findings and recommendations of a small scale exploratory study as our starting point, we review United Kingdom (UK) research on social wor... Read More about Developing Cultural Competence as a Framework for Anti-heterosexist Social Work Practice: Reflections from the UK.

Reflections on the Roles and Performance of International Organisations in Supporting Children Separated from their Families by War (2007)
Journal Article
Charnley, H. (2007). Reflections on the Roles and Performance of International Organisations in Supporting Children Separated from their Families by War. Ethics and Social Welfare, 1(3), 253-268. https://doi.org/10.1080/17496530701602774

During the 16-year civil war in Mozambique thousands of children were separated from their families as a direct or indirect result of conflict and displacement. International organizations lent support to a national family tracing and reunification p... Read More about Reflections on the Roles and Performance of International Organisations in Supporting Children Separated from their Families by War.

The Sustainability of Substitute Family Care for Children Separated from Their Families by War: Evidence from Mozambique (2006)
Journal Article
Charnley, H. (2006). The Sustainability of Substitute Family Care for Children Separated from Their Families by War: Evidence from Mozambique. Children & Society, 20(3), 223-234. https://doi.org/10.1002/chi.883

This article presents the findings of an empirical study exploring the sustainability of the substitute family in supporting children separated from their families during Mozambique's 16-year civil conflict. It describes shifts in the boundaries that... Read More about The Sustainability of Substitute Family Care for Children Separated from Their Families by War: Evidence from Mozambique.