From SEAP #2 2026 Social Scope NewsletterWritten by Laura Capote If the goal is to end violence and economic dependence on coca cultivation, then the starting point should not be militarization or eradication, but the reconstruction of rural life. The constant insistence of the US discourse on the war on drugs seems to reflect a moral crusade by successive US administrations to rid their country of drug use. However, the truth is far removed from this simplistic idea that is often perpetuated by the mass media. In reality, what the so-called “War on Drugs” seeks to achieve, as...

From SEAP #4 2026 Social Scope Newsletter Recently Malaysia’s progress on meeting fundamental child rights was reviewed in Geneva by a United Nations panel of experts. High on their list of key recommendations was to strengthen, without delay, professional social work in all sectors, especially in the public sector. To those working with children, especially child protection, this is no surprise. It has long been recognised that as a country we have a long way to go to provide the skilled, child and family sensitive interventions required to protect and nurture vulnerable children. This...

Featured Article From Global Newsletter - December 2025Insights from Namibia Gender-based violence (GBV) remains one of the most persistent social and human rights challenges in Namibia and across Southern Africa. The Problematic Mindsets Report presents a rare and critical contribution to GBV research by centring the voices of perpetrators, survivors, and frontline service providers to better understand the underlying drivers of violence and identify pathways for more effective prevention and response. Unlike many studies that focus exclusively on survivors, this qualitative...

Featured article from Global Newsletter May 2026 Written by Marta Lora-Tamayo Vallvé. Professor of Administrative Law, UNED. Department of Administrative Law. Director of the UNED-Lincoln Institute Chair on Land Policy Urban planning is a key component of social policy and plays a very important role in social well- being. How is urban governance changing? Urban governance is currently undergoing a double transformation. On the one hand, traditional regulatory and zoning-based planning systems are increasingly complemented—and in some respects displaced—by strategic, non-binding and...

“Love-Passing” is a collaborative project between CTBC Bank and ICSW TAIWAN that combines exercise intervention and cognitive courses.