| 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 |
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 |
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 |
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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| 03.04.08 |
Social Work Day at the United Nations 31 March 2008
SUMMARY OF MAIN SPEECHES
900 social workers and students gathered at the United Nations on Monday 31 March to mark the 25th...
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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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
IFSW active on Women's issues at the UN
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...
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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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| 10.03.08 |
IFSW Photo Competition
Be a part of this competition by entering a photo that captures the theme of Social Work: Making a World of Difference.
A panel of...
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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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| 07.03.08 |
25th Annual Social Work Day at the United Nations
Social Work Day at the UN is a gathering place for people around the world who are working to make a difference. For 25 years s...
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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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| 03.03.08 |
IFSW Statement on Kenya
The International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW) welcomes the recent development in Kenya towards national unity and co-operation...
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| 28.02.08 |
IFSW meets the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
‘ESSENTIAL ROLE OF SOCIAL WORK IMPLEMENTING THE UN CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD’
IFSW MEETS THE UN COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS ...
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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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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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| 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 |
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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| 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 |
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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| 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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| 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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| 19.12.07 |
UN will appoint Special Representative on Violence Against Children
The UN General Assembly has adopted a resolution to appoint for a period of three years a Special Representative on violence against...
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| 19.12.07 |
FAO: Protect the poor from soaring food prices
FAO (Food and Acricultural Organization of the United Nations) is urging governments and the international community to implement...
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| 19.12.07 |
UN calls for protection of migrant's human rights
New York, December 18
United Nations officials today called on all countries to protect the human rights of the world’s 200 million...
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| 18.12.07 |
New book on Human Rights and Social Justice
A new book by Social Work Professor Joseph Wronka (Springfield College, Massachusetts, USA) "Human Rights and Social Justice: Social...
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| 18.12.07 |
UNDP Human Development Report 2007/08: Climate change the defining human development challenge
Climate change is the defining human development challenge of the 21st Century. Failure to respond to that challenge will stall and...
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| 14.12.07 |
IFSW World Conference Brazil 2008
The web site for the upcoming IFSW World Conference now is available at http://www.socialwork2008.com
The conference called “The...
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| 14.12.07 |
Africa may lose tariff-free access to EU markets (World Press news)
The EU and Africa have failed to reach agreement on a new trading system after a two-day summit in Lisbon was divided on Zimbabwe and...
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| 14.12.07 |
Chronic diseases: the case for urgent global action
In a new Lancet report, editor-in-chief Richard Horton has highlighted that whilst chronic diseases are yet to be included formally in...
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| 13.12.07 |
UNICEF: Children among those most devastated by climate change
New York, December 12
Children are among those who are most devastated by climate change, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)...
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| 12.12.07 |
Nordic countries on top in gender equality
World makes progress on economic, political and education gaps; loses ground on health gaps.
Geneva, Switzerland, Thursday 8...
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| 12.12.07 |
NASW, USA celebrates Social Work Pioneer Jane Addams
Washington, DC, December 10
The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) is proud to celebrate Jane Addams Day today, December...
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| 12.12.07 |
Creating a World Fit for Children focus of the UN
As efforts over recent years to improve the lives of children show both considerable progress and the need for further action, the...
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| 11.12.07 |
UNICEF Report on Progress for Children released
New York, 10 December 2007 - A new report issued today by UNICEF reveals a wealth of detailed information on progress towards the...
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| 11.12.07 |
China's first Social Work Commission established
China's first social work commission was officially established yesterday. The Beijing Social Work Committee has pledged to resolve a...
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| 11.12.07 |
European Parliament approves the Charter of Fundamental Rights
The European Parliament gave its assent to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union with 534 votes in favour 85 against...
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| 11.12.07 |
European Paper on Women and Violence at Work
One person in 10 has suffered from some form of bullying, harassment or violence at work. The most vulnerable are women and those who...
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| 10.12.07 |
IFSW Statement on the Human Rights Day 2007
The Human Rights Day December 10, 2007 marks the start of a year-long commemoration of the 60th Anniversary of the Universal...
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| 03.12.07 |
Eileen McGowan Kelly Scholarship to the IFSW World Conference 2008
Announcement
Eileen McGowan Kelly Tribute Fund
Scholarship to IFSW World Conference
IFSW invites applications...
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| 01.12.07 |
IFSW supports World AIDS Day
This is a time for reflection about the lives lost and the work yet to be done. "Leadership" is the theme this year in the five-year...
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| 27.11.07 |
UN Human Rights Council - Conseil des droits de l'homme - Consejo de Derechos Humanos
The new UN Human Rights Council has selected the first countries to be examined under the new Universal Periodic Review [UPR] ...
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| 27.11.07 |
Climate change 'could bring an end to globalisation'
Climate change could bring globalisation to an end by 2040, according to a new report from leading national security experts, with...
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| 27.11.07 |
Social workers and colleagues at serious risk of physical violence and injury
A study for the English Local Government Association suggests that there are up to 50,000 attacks on social workers and social care...
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| 27.11.07 |
CRIN launches global portal for using child rights law
The Child Rights Information Network (CRIN) is developing a guide for child rights advocates on how to use human rights complaints...
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| 27.11.07 |
Magna Carta recognises public social workers in the Philippines
The Philippines government has passed a new law recognising the important role of government social workers and giving them more...
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| 27.11.07 |
State of the World’s Street Children: Violence
This report is the first of a new series highlighting the problems which street children face in their everyday lives. The report,...
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| 27.11.07 |
URUGUAY: First Latin American country to ban corporal punishment [news]
On 20 November 2007 Uruguay became the first Latin American country to ban all physical and humiliating punishment of children. The...
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| 25.11.07 |
Dans l’intérêt supérieur de l’enfant: l’harmonisation des lois en Afrique orientale et australe
The African Child Policy Forum has released a report and several related papers about the successes and challenges of bringing ...
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| 25.11.07 |
In the Best Interests of the Child: Harmonising Laws in Eastern and Southern Africa
The African Child Policy Forum has released a report and several related papers about the successes and challenges of bringing ...
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| 22.11.07 |
UN lowers estimate of worldwide HIV/AIDS cases by 6m – although prevalence increases in some countries
The UN has revised downwards its global estimate of the numbers infected with HIV/AIDS, as a result of better information and...
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| 20.11.07 |
Financial Security for Women Seniors in Canada/La sécurité financière des femmes âgées au Canada
Financial Security for Women Seniors in Canada
A document entitled “Financial Security for Women Seniors in Canada” (2007) has just...
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| 20.11.07 |
Rwanda to sign 'One UN' Pact
The Rwandan government and the UN in Rwanda will today (20/11/07) sign the "One UN - Delivering as One Reform" programme, through ...
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| 19.11.07 |
IFSW Statement on the Devastation in Bangladesh/ Déclaration de la Fédération des travailleurs sociaux relative à la catastrophe qui touche le BENGLADESH
Bangladesh has once again been hit by a devastating natural disaster. The cyclone Sidr, the most destructive storm that has hit the...
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| 19.11.07 |
Engaging Muslim youth
© Photographer: Grzegorz Lepiarz | Agency: Dreamstime.com
There are concerns in many countries over the potential and actual...
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| 15.11.07 |
Economic growth in Africa improving
The economic outlook for Africa is improving after a decade of growth of 5.4% for the continent that matches global rates, the World...
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| 14.11.07 |
IFSW Statement on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights
© Koubatian | Dreamstime.com
International Movement ATD Quart Monde, a non-govermental organisation focusing on poverty issues and...
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| 14.11.07 |
ILO: Climate change a major threat to the Millenium Development Goals
© Rinderart | Dreamstime.com
Climate change is widely seen as a threat to our health, our wealth and our planet. Yet, it also ...
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| 13.11.07 |
UNESCO launches social science tool to support policy-making
Immediately following UNESCO's 34th General Conference, which re-affirmed the importance of creating the conditions for a genuine...
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| 08.11.07 |
Nations review global commitment to stop the use of child soldiers
Rama Yade, France's deputy foreign minister in charge of human rights, has, ‘encouraged U.N. member states to "break the vicious ...
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| 08.11.07 |
World Health Organisation - Commission on the Social Determinants of Health
This is the first draft of a report of this significant WHO project linking health and social development. There are many areas of...
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| 08.11.07 |
British Conservative Opposition Leader praises social workers
The Leader of the British Conservative Party and Leader of the official Parliamentary Opposition, David Cameron, praised social ...
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| 08.11.07 |
EU Parliament clears access to cheap medicines for poor nations
The European Parliament has endorsed an international agreement on improving access to medicines for developing countries, following...
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| 08.11.07 |
Commonwealth Commission on Respect and Understanding - Civil Paths to Peace
Civil Paths to Peace contains the analyses and findings of the Commonwealth Commission on Respect and Understanding, established in...
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| 06.11.07 |
Jim Ife addressing the role of social work under the new international agendas
Emeritus Professor Jim Ife, Centre for Human Rights Education at Curtin University, Perth, Australia presented the Inuagural Hokenstad...
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| 05.11.07 |
UN unveils online tool in battle against global poverty
1 November 2007 – The United Nations has teamed up with technology leaders Google and Cisco to launch a new online site to track ...
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| 04.11.07 |
WHO publishes new standard for documenting the health of children and youth
The first internationally agreed upon classification code for assessing the health of children and youth in the context of their ...
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| 02.11.07 |
Caring for Children Affected by HIV and AIDS
UNICEF’s Innocenti Research Centre has highlighted the urgent need to support families and communities to care for children orphaned ...
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| 26.10.07 |
UN Environment Report: No major issues for which the foreseeable trends are favourable
Nairobi/New York, 25 October: The United Nations Environment Programme says that major threats to the planet such as climate change,...
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| 25.10.07 |
Expanding access to safe abortion
Expanding access to safe abortion around the world is on the agenda at a groundbreaking Global Safe Abortion Conference just held in...
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| 19.10.07 |
New Report on Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children
A second Global Report has been pubished on the Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children. It reviews progress towards...
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| 19.10.07 |
IFSW Statement on Burma
IFSW - the international body for social work, representing half a million professional social workers around the globe — is shocked ...
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| 19.10.07 |
IFSW Statement on the International Day for Eradication of Poverty October 17, 2007
For social work, poverty alleviation is a front line issue. Since professional social work was established some hundred years ago,...
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| 18.10.07 |
Poverty and development
Neoclassical economics has traditionally posited that the process of development entails changes in incomes over time. Larger income...
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| 18.10.07 |
The Millennium Development Goals: Progress in Asia and the Pacific 2007
Asia is on the way to halve extreme poverty by 2015, reflecting the impact of the region's dynamic economy on the lives of its nearly...
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| 15.10.07 |
Will you listen - young voices from conflict zones
A new youth report, jointly prepared by the Women's Commission, Global Youth Action Network, UNICEF and UNFPA, will accompany the...
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| 15.10.07 |
World Social Security Forum - Building a “Social Security Floor”
The first ever World Social Security Forum took place last week, organized by the International Social Security Association (ISSA) and...
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| 15.10.07 |
AARP Profit From Experience Survey: Perspectives of Employers, Workers and Policymakers in G7 Countries on the New Demographic Realities
Employers, employees and governments in the G7 countries need to work together to ensure that employment programs and policies are age...
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| 15.10.07 |
Determining the Best Interests of Unaccompanied and Separated Children: Lessons from Guinea
In most refugee situations the majority of separated and unaccompanied children are reunified with their families. However, a number ...
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| 15.10.07 |
Commonwealth urges better negotiation skills for small states
Commonwealth Deputy Secretary-General Ransford Smith has said that effective negotiation is key to resolving disputes and reaching...
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| 10.10.07 |
World Teachers' Day
On October 5 each year, teachers’ organisations world-wide mobilise to ensure that the needs of future generations are taken into...
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| 05.10.07 |
Elisabeth Reichert with new book on social work and human rights
Challenges in Human Rights
A Social Work Perspective
Columbia University Press
Elisabeth Reichert is a professor at the...
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| 01.10.07 |
OECD health data 2007: statistics and indicators for 30 countries
OECD Health 2007, released on 18 July 2007, offers the most comprehensive annual source of comparable statistics on health and health...
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| 01.10.07 |
Fewer children under five are dying
The UN children’s agency, UNICEF, says that fewer children under the age of five are dying, thanks to immunisation programmes and anti...
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| 01.10.07 |
UN Human Rights Council - 'Adopt guiding principles on extreme poverty' IFSW demands
On Thursday, 27 September 2007, on the one-but-last day of the 6th session of the UN Human Rights Council, a panel discussion was...
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| 25.09.07 |
IFSW plays key role in UN NGO meeting on the social impact of climate change
The 60th Annual Conference for Non-Governmental Organizations based at the United Nations met last week for a 3 day global briefing on...
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