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Silvana Martínez

Silvana Martínez holds a PhD in Social Sciences and a Master’s in Social Work from the National University of
Entre Ríos, Argentina. She has a degree in Social Work at the National University of Misiones, Argentina.

She currently works as professor-researcher in the National University of Misiones, Argentina, where she is
Professor of the Master in Social Policy at the National University of Misiones and the National University of
Mar del Plata, Argentina.

Since 2010 year she is President of the Argentine Federation of Professional Associations of Social Services.
Since 2012 year she is member of Women National Council of Argentina. Since 2014 year she is Regional
President of Latin American and Caribbean of International Federation of Social Workers and she integrates the
Management of Social Transformations (MOST) Programme.

In recent years, Silvana Martínez has given numerous international conferences in countries such as Argentina,
Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico and Cuba, on issues of social work, professional
organizations, gender, social inequalities, politics, ideology, social order and social violences.

Moreover, she is the author and co-author of scientific papers in journals of Social Sciences and Social Work.
Her fields of research and professional practice are: gender, power relations, social violence, human rights and
social work.

Silvana Martínez is author and co-author of following books:

Martínez, Silvana and Agüero, Juan (2014) Emancipatory Social Work: from discipline to indiscipline. Paraná,
Argentina: La Hendija Foundation Publishing. ISBN 978-987-1808-80-9.

Martínez, Silvana y Agüero, Juan (2014) Professional Social Work Organizations and Projects. Voices from
Latin America. Paraná, Argentina: La Hendija Foundation Publishing. ISBN 978-987-1808-82-3.

Martínez, Silvana y Agüero, Juan (2014) "The problem of institutional violence in relation to the rights of the
adolescents of Posadas and Grand Posadas in the area of sexual and reproductive health" in Ana Arias, Bárbara
García Godoy and Romina Manes (coord.) Selected Works of V International Meeting of Social Work.
Discussions on the construction of institutions. Contributions to the reconstruction of the public. University of
Buenos Aires. Faculty of Social Sciences. E-Book. ISBN 978-987-28642-6-2, Chapter 32, p. 541-570.

Martínez, Silvana (2013) Gender and power in political parties. The configuration of political practices in the
Radical Civic Union and the Justicialist Party of Misiones, Argentina. Saarbrücken, Deutschland: Editorial
Publicia. ISBN 978-3-639-55013-9.

Martínez, Silvana y Agüero, Juan (2012) “Democracies and social inequalities in Latin America” in Nigel Hall
(ed.) Social Work Around the World V: Building the Global Agenda for Social Work and Social Development.
Berne, Suiza: International Federation of Social Workers. ISBN 13-978-3-9522396-0-5, Chapter 16, p. 203-212.
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Martínez, Silvana (comp) (2012) Contexts and practices of Social work. The challenges to realize rights in
contemporary Argentina. Paraná, Argentina: La Hendija Foundation Publishing. ISBN 978-987-1808-22-9

Martínez, Silvana (comp) (2012) Aportes del Trabajo Social a los Procesos de Emancipación Social XXV
Congreso Nacional de Trabajo Social. Paraná, Argentina: La Hendija Foundation Publishing. ISBN 978-987-
1808-26-7.

Martínez, Silvana (2009) Sueños rotos…vidas dañadas. Violencia hacia las mujeres en contextos familiares.
Paraná, Argentina: La Hendija Foundation Publishing. ISBN 978-987-23931-6-8.

Martínez, Silvana y Agüero, Juan (2008) The political-ideological dimension of social work. Keys to an
emancipatory social work. Buenos Aires: Dunken Publishing. ISBN 978-987-02-2983-4.