Social work within a Jamaican Rastafarian community - A study of values regarding women

Abstract: Author: Karin Tutturen Nilsson Title: Social work within the Rastafarian Community – A study of values regarding women Supervisor: Jan Magnusson This is a qualitative field study of social work within the Rastafarian community in purpose to investigate how values regarding women within the group reflect in social work executed by Rastafarians. The Rastafarian group is often portrayed as patriarchal in the literature while there are ideals in social work to treat all people equally. Based on this, focus is on how Rastafarian social workers relate to the values and ideals which exist regarding women within the Rastafarian Community in their professional role. The paper provides a possible approach of how the Rastafarians role as social workers affects the Rastafarian Community’s values regarding women.