IFSW supported Nobel Peace Prize to Irena Sendler on World Social Work Day 2007
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900 social workers and students gathered at the United Nations on Monday 31 March to mark the 25th anniversary of the annual social work...
The International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW) is a global organisation striving for social justice, human rights and social development through the development of social work, best practices and international cooperation between social workers and their professional organisations.
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April 15: World Social Work Day The world of social work celebrated "Social Work Making a World of Difference" on World Social Work Day April 15. See reports from around the world by clicking on the World Social Work Day poster on your right. Please send us reports of your celebrations of WSWD2008 to be added to the website
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The UN Commission on the Status of Women recently concluded its 52nd Session in New York as a follow-up to the Fourth World Conference on Women and to the twenty...
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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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Pope Benedict XVI has told the UN that the promotion of human rights remains "the most effective strategy for eliminating inequalities between...
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