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Social Protection and Social Development in Swaziland

Transforming Social Interventions to Address HIV/AIDS and Poverty

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Social protection and social development have emerged as key priorities in the Kingdom of Eswatini in Africa. With the highest prevalence rate of HIV/AIDS globally, there is an urgent need to assist the poor and to build communities using a person-centered approach. The person-centered approach emphasizes participatory approaches in which people chart their path to end poverty and to improve their social and economic well-being. Social workers play a central in ensuring meaningful engagement and involvement of beneficiaries of the social development agenda. This chapter shares reflections of practical experiences as a social development facilitator who became a social worker and eventually a social work educator in Eswatini. The context of Eswatini will be discussed including the impact of HIV and AIDS mortality which has affected young and able-bodied parents, resulting in many households being increasingly headed by grandparents or children referred to as “skipped generation” or child-headed households.

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  1. Department of Sociology and Social Work, University of Eswatini (UNESWA), Kwaluseni, Eswatini

    Clement N. Dlamini

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  2. University of Calgary, Edmonton, AB, Canada

    Julie Drolet

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Dlamini, C.N. (2020). Social Protection and Social Development in Swaziland. In: Todd, S., Drolet, J. (eds) Community Practice and Social Development in Social Work. Social Work. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1542-8_25-1

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