| 31.07.08 |
Significant gains in preventing HIV, but not enough
While there have been significant gains in preventing new HIV infections in a number of heavily-affected countries and reducing the...
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| 29.07.08 |
South African Judge New UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said that he was “gratified” that his
nomination of South African judge Navanethem Pillay as the new...
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| 22.07.08 |
South Africa: The real test of the social work profession in its response to local needs
Durban - Social Development Minister Zola Skweyiya has challenged delegates attending the International Schools of Social Work ...
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| 21.07.08 |
World Habitat Day 2008 to be led from Luanda, Angola
The United Nations has designated the first Monday in October each year as World Habitat Day. The idea is to reflect on the state of...
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| 15.07.08 |
Social Work Educators' World Conference to open in Durban
Durban - The ability of social worker to fulfil the needs of vulnerable in developing countries is expected to be discussed at the...
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| 14.07.08 |
UNICEF's New Child Protection Strategy
UNICEF’s Executive Board has adopted the UNICEF Child Protection Strategy at its annual June session. The strategy outlines the...
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| 26.06.08 |
New European portal for researchers
The European Commission has launched a new web portal regrouping existing information and services aimed to increase mobility of...
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| 23.06.08 |
Public Services Day: Joint Call for Action
Education International (EI), Oxfam and Public Services International (PSI) has made a call to world leaders on Public Services Day...
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| 18.06.08 |
New UNHCR guidelines on the best interests of the child
The UN High Commission for Refugees has released a set of guidelines aimed at protecting and promoting the rights of children which...
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| 12.06.08 |
Global Humanitarian Forum Geneva to hold its first Annual Meeting
In the aftermath of Myanmar’s Cyclone Nargis and in view of the ongoing global food crisis, the Forum’s President Kofi Annan has ...
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| 12.06.08 |
Israeli Social Workers Fight for Professional Conditions
For the last 2 months the Israeli Social Workers Union has demanded that the Finance Ministry fund an additional 1,000 social work...
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| 10.06.08 |
Europe: Social situation in 2007 report released
The Social Situation Report is the European Commission's main tool for monitoring developments in the social field across the EU ...
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| 29.05.08 |
Xenophobia & anti-immigrant riots in South Africa UPDATE
Following on the previous news item dated 21/5/08 a consortium of South African social worker organisations led by Prof Visanthie...
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| 27.05.08 |
Child soldier efforts "too little, too late"
The Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers has said that despite progress, "efforts to end the recruitment and use of child...
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| 22.05.08 |
WHO: Noncommunicable diseases now biggest killers
The global burden of disease is shifting from infectious diseases to noncommunicable diseases, with chronic conditions such as heart...
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| 21.05.08 |
Xenophobia and anti-immigrant riots in South Africa
South Africa has been left in shock after an eruption of violence on a scale not seen since the end of apartheid. Anger at substantial...
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| 16.05.08 |
ILO launches process aimed at adopting new international labour standard on HIV/AIDS in the world of work
Many countries are taking significant steps to tackle the issue of HIV/AIDS in the workplace and their new regulations could help in...
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| 09.05.08 |
Council of Europe adopts new convention on adoption
The Committee of Ministers has just adopted a new convention on child adoption, on the occasion of its 118th session in Strasbourg....
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| 08.05.08 |
Healthcare out of reach for over 200 million children
A new report from Save the Children UK has revealed for the first time the number of children worldwide who can not get access to...
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| 07.05.08 |
Council on Social Work Education (USA) announces awards program for advancing education for international social work
Read the announcement
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| 05.05.08 |
EU removes qualification transfer barriers
The European Commission and EU Council have signed a joint recommendation to improve the mobility of learners and qualified workers in...
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| 05.05.08 |
Pope promotes human rights at UN
Pope Benedict XVI has told the UN that the promotion of human rights remains "the most effective strategy for eliminating inequalities...
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| 24.04.08 |
EU releases social issues videos
Three new videos have been released by the EU's Directorate General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities, to promote...
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| 24.04.08 |
EU - Brazil dialogue on social issues launched
The European Commission has signed an agreement with Brazil which paves the way for structured dialogue on improving social cohesion....
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| 21.04.08 |
UN: Health care must be scaled up to reduce maternal and child deaths
With over 10 million women and children in developing countries still dying every year from largely preventable and treatable causes, ...
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| 17.04.08 |
UN and World Bank urge action against rising food prices
A United Nations body has urged world leaders to reform farming rules to boost global agriculture and prevent a world food crisis. The...
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| 17.04.08 |
Google software to tackle child abuse images
Engineers at internet search engine Google have developed new software to help in tracking down child sex predators and search for...
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| 17.04.08 |
World Bank chief calls for immediate food price action
World Bank president Robert Zoellick has said that the international community must "put our money where our mouth is" and provide...
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| 04.04.08 |
UN Treaty on Disability Rights now in force
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the entry into force of the first international treaty on the human rights of persons...
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| 02.04.08 |
New statement in England describing "Social work at its best: The roles and tasks of social workers"
After over 18 months of consultation and consideration, the English General Social Care Council, working with partner organisations,...
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| 20.03.08 |
Permanent Catholic-Muslim Forum created
Agreement has been reached to set up a permanent Catholic-Muslim Forum - the first of its kind — which is to hold its inaugural summit...
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| 20.03.08 |
Lack of social workers puts 650 foster children 'at risk
The Irish Association of Social Workers said the failure of health authorities to fill vacant social work posts and recruit new social...
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| 20.03.08 |
Social Work in Social Change - The profession and education of social workers in South Africa
This study from South Africa forms part of a series of studies on professions and professional education being conducted by the Human...
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| 12.03.08 |
Singapore: Professionalisation Package for Social Workers
The Singapore Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS) is working to strengthen social work services in Singapore ...
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| 12.03.08 |
EU adopts child poverty and well-being report
The European Union's Social Protection Committee has endorsed a new report drawn up by the EU Taskforce on Child Poverty and Well-...
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| 12.03.08 |
UNICEF: Landmark Research on Injuries among Asian Children
Injuries resulting from drowning, suffocation and road accidents are among the leading killers of Asian children, according to...
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| 07.03.08 |
Global protection centre opened in New York
A new Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect has been opened in New York, with the aim of serving as "a catalyst for moving...
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| 07.03.08 |
"Development must benefit poor' says UN chief
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has said 2008 must be dedicated to bringing the benefits of globalisation to the "bottom billion" of...
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| 07.03.08 |
Red Cross urges action for women in war
Many women are unable to benefit from post-war peace because they face the additional burden of finding out what happened to missing...
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| 07.03.08 |
EU citizens' radio station launched
The European Commission has announced the opening of a radio station to keep EU citizens up to date with news from Brussels and across...
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| 07.03.08 |
Campaign launches child labour action plan
The 'Stop Child Labour' campaign has launched an 18-point action plan to help businesses eradicate the use of child labour at any ...
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| 04.03.08 |
Women, Ageing and Health - A WHO framework for action
This report summarizes the evidence about women, ageing and health from a gender perspective and provides a framework for developing...
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| 04.03.08 |
WHO: Older People in Emergencies - Considerations for Action and Policy Development
Older people have often been overlooked in disasters and conflicts, and their concerns have rarely been addressed by emergency ...
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| 26.02.08 |
Childhood deaths "need not be a lottery"
Save the Children UK has published a report comparing child mortality rates with national income around the world. The report shows ...
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| 26.02.08 |
UN appeals for maternal death aid
The UN Population Fund has made an appeal for nearly 500 million (£250 million) to help save the lives of millions of women in...
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| 26.02.08 |
History of International Health Policies
Italian Global Health Watch (OISG) has produced a historical paper on the evolution of international health policies and institutions,...
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| 08.02.08 |
UN stresses important role of employment in development
UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro has underlined the important role that employment and decent work play in promoting...
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| 08.02.08 |
Fill the Cup: New UN campaign to combat hunger among school children
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today unveiled a new global fundraising and awareness campaign to benefit the nearly 60...
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| 07.02.08 |
Vital drugs access given to HIV/AIDS research group
A group working on the development of a gel or cream barrier to the sexual transmission of HIV has been granted permission by drugs...
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| 07.02.08 |
UN to hold conference on human trafficking
The first large-scale international conference on human trafficking is to be staged in Vienna, Austria this month.
About 1,000...
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| 07.02.08 |
Chance of new rights for EU carers
Millions of carers in the European Union could win new rights to flexible work following a landmark ruling in the European Courts.
A...
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| 30.01.08 |
Ban Ki-moon urges action on child soldiers
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged the Security Council to impose sanctions on militaries and groups that make use of child...
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| 30.01.08 |
UN Anti-corruption conference opens in Bali
More than 1,000 representatives are meeting in Bali, Indonesia this week (from 28th January) for a review of the UN Convention against...
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| 25.01.08 |
European Court of Human Rights ruling against France in adoption case for lesbian
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that France discriminated against a lesbian nursery school teacher by refusing to let her...
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| 24.01.08 |
ILO: Global unemployment could increase by 5 million people in 2008
GENEVA (ILO News) – Economic turbulence largely due to credit market turmoil and rising oil prices could spur an increase in global...
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| 24.01.08 |
Statement on the occasion of Holocaust Memorial Day
The UN General Assembly decided in 2005 that the United Nations will designate 27 January -– the anniversary of the liberation of the...
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| 24.01.08 |
New Handbook of International Health Economic Statistics
The new handbook is designed to be an easy and portable international reference guide to indicators of health care and health ...
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| 24.01.08 |
UNICEF: In Sub-Saharan Africa 1 in 6 children die before 5th birthday
With some 26,000 children under the age of five dying every day, bolstered strategies are crucial to save lives, the United Nations...
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| 24.01.08 |
Prohibiting Corporal Punishment of Children: New Guide to Legal Reform
Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children (GIEACPC) has published a new guide to legal reform to support states in...
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| 24.01.08 |
UN Internet Campaign to Eradicate Violence against Women
United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) Goodwill Ambassador and Academy Award-winning actress Nicole Kidman was the first ...
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| 21.01.08 |
UN appeals for international cooperation on "explosive" issue of migration
Acknowledging that migration is an “explosive and often divisive” political issue in many nations, United Nations Deputy Secretary...
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| 21.01.08 |
Major new initiatives to promote tolerance launched at UN-backed forum
Projects aimed at promoting understanding among cultures in the areas of media and youth were among the key initiatives launched at ...
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| 19.01.08 |
Serious Human Rights Abuses in Congo
Photographer: Teresa Newton. Agency: Dreamstime.com
At present a war is taking place in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and more...
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| 18.01.08 |
Is poverty a denial of people's human rights?
A report released by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation in the United Kingdom indicates that being poor in the United Kingdom can mean...
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| 18.01.08 |
1 of 5 children in the European Union live in poverty
A fifth of the children in the EU live in poverty, a new report has concluded. Yet despite such widespread hardship in one of the most...
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| 18.01.08 |
European Year of Intercultural Dialogue: We are all building one culture
The Grand Mufti of Syria this week told Members of the European Parliament that he did not believe in the conflict of cultures because...
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| 07.01.08 |
Children's Rights in 2007 and 2008
A big year for child rights came to a climax in December 2007 with the follow-up to the UN Special Session on Children in New York....
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| 07.01.08 |
Austria: Vienna Declaration on Economisation and Professionalism in Social Work
A group of Austrian social workers have in a project formulated a declaration against the increasing economisation and de...
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| 07.01.08 |
14 countries have now ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
As 14 countries (Bangladesh, Croatia, Cuba, El Salvador, Gabon, Hungary, India, Jamaica, Mexico, Namibia, Nicaragua, Panama, South...
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| 04.01.08 |
United Nations World Youth Report 2007 - Young People's Transition to Adulthood: Progress and Challenges
A recent UN report, the World Youth Report 2007 - Young People's Transition to Adulthood: Progress and Challenges, has found that...
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| 02.01.08 |
UNICEF: Challenges for 2008 in Latin America and the Caribbean
Reducing infant mortality and chronic malnutrition, mitigating the impact of natural disasters, and slashing the toll of domestic...
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