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Vered Slonim-Nevo

Vered Slonim-Nevo is an Israeli professor of social work at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, known for research on poverty, immigration, refugees and polygamy.

born 1953The Slonim-Nevo committeeResearch on refugees and immigrantsResearch on Bedouin polygamous familiesCo-founding Be'er-Sova

Occupation: scientist, social worker
Education: Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Vered Slonim-Nevo was born in 1953 in Jerusalem

Vered Slonim-Nevo was born in Jerusalem in 1953. She earned bachelor's and master's degrees in social work at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She then completed a PhD at UCLA.

She became a professor at the Spitzer Department of Social Work at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Her work links theory and practice, and she also treats individuals, couples and families. She wrote 2 books on social work interventions, used by students and professionals.

Her research covers youth at risk and HIV prevention, immigrants from the former USSR, polygamy among Bedouin families, families in poverty, and asylum seekers from Darfur. She has also studied forgiveness therapy and psychosocial factors in Crohn's disease.

In 2006 the minister of welfare appointed her to review social workers who write child custody reports in divorce cases, in what became the Slonim-Nevo committee. She co-founded the NGO Be'er-Sova, active in the Negev since 1999. In 2015 she helped build an 8-week course at the university for refugees from the Holot facility.