ABSTRACT

Nigeria has been observed as a country with cultures, religious beliefs and legislation that drive negative perceptions, discrimination and oppression of sexual minorities. This calls for the intervention of social workers with the mandate of ensuring social justice and the protection of minorities. We explored the perception of potential social workers in the penultimate and ultimate years about sexual minorities to highlight their preparedness for this undertaking. The data collected from 18 students using semi-structured interviews were coded with NVivo 12 and analyzed in themes. We found that 16 of the sampled 18 students had negative perceptions of sexual minorities, which resulted in the widespread endorsement of oppression and abuse of homosexuals. We also found that Nigeria’s social work education curriculum is limited in preparing students for practice with sexual minorities. We concluded by recommending a review of the social work education curriculum for more inclusive training.

摘要

尼日利亚一直被视为一个文化、宗教信仰和立法导致对性少数群体的负面看法、歧视和压迫的国家。这需要社会工作者的干预，以确保社会正义和保护少数群体。我们探讨了潜在社会工作者在倒数第二年和最后几年对性少数群体的看法，以强调他们对这项工作的准备。使用 NVivo 12 对使用半结构化访谈从 18 名学生收集的数据进行编码，并按主题进行分析。我们发现，在抽样的 18 名学生中，有 16 人对性少数群体有负面看法，这导致人们普遍认可对同性恋者的压迫和虐待。我们还发现，尼日利亚的社会工作教育课程在培养学生与性少数群体进行实践方面存在局限性。我们最后建议对社会工作教育课程进行审查，以进行更具包容性的培训。