The is article discusses the relationship between community-based human rights advocacy practice and peace education to understand how their intersections can promote social work practice that addresses domestic conditions significant to the advancement of sustainable peace between societies in regions of acute political conflict. A training program for social workers engaged in community-based human rights advocacy practice in the Middle East is described.
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