20 March 2021 is UN Anti-Racism Day, organised by Stand Up To Racism and the TUC. The Social Workers Union (SWU) supports this international day of action to unite against racism, antisemitism, anti-Roma racism, Islamophobia, Sinophobia, and fascism.
Children as young as three were shipped abroad with the promise of a better life – only to find themselves enduring a life of child slavery, abuse and neglect.
As social workers, we must do better, not only to protect our female-majority workforce, but also to champion the rights of the women and girls we support