Recent Additions on the IFSW website
2008.05.04
IFSW News
Social Work Day at the United Nations 31 March 2008
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001308.html
WORLD SOCIAL WORK DAY 2008
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001263.html
News
EU releases social issues videos
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001334.html?force_folder=038000059
EU - Brazil dialogue on social issues launched
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001333.html?force_folder=038000059
UN: Health care must be scaled up to reduce maternal and child deaths
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001329.html?force_folder=038000059
Google software to tackle child abuse images
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001320.html?force_folder=038000059
UN and World Bank urge action against rising food prices
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001321.html?force_folder=038000059
World Bank chief calls for immediate food price action
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001322.html?force_folder=038000059
UN Treaty on Disability Rights now in force
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001313.html?force_folder=038000059
Social Work Day at the United Nations 31 March 2008
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001308.html?force_folder=038000059
New statement in England describing "Social work at its best: The roles and tasks of social workers"
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001306.html?force_folder=038000059
International Conferences
Social Development and Transition: Paths for Global-Local Partnership (26.11.2008)
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001309.html?force_folder=038000084
2nd ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL FORUM within the 13. GERMAN CONGRESS ON CRIME PREVENTION: AIF (2.06.2008)
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001310.html?force_folder=038000084
The Third Global Congress of Women (19.10.2008)
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001311.html?force_folder=038000084
WorldForum 2008 (29.09.2008)
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001312.html?force_folder=038000084
Children's Rights & Participation Conference (1.07.2008)
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001314.html?force_folder=038000084
7th Annual European Employee Assistance Conference (10.06.2008)
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001315.html?force_folder=038000084
2008 Annual World EAP Conference (15.10.2008)
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001316.html?force_folder=038000084
Social Work in Jordan: Exploring the Reality, Expanding the Vision (8.10.2008)
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001332.html?force_folder=038000084
1st World Forum Against Drugs (8.09.2008)
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001335.html?force_folder=038000084
New Directions in Population Health Research: Linking Theory, Ethics and Practice (12.11.2008)
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001336.html?force_folder=038000084
2008.03.20
IFSW News
WORLD SOCIAL WORK DAY 2008
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001263.html
IFSW supports World AIDS Day
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001179.html
IFSW active on Women's issues at the UN
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001299.html
Link added to:
IFSW supports South African social workers as they discuss forming a united professional body
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001042.html
IFSW Statement on Kenya
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001283.html
News
Women, Ageing and Health - A WHO framework for action
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001286.html
WHO: Older People in Emergencies - Considerations for Action and Policy Development
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001287.html
Red Cross urges action for women in war
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001293.html
Global protection centre opened in New York
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001292.html
Campaign launches child labour action plan
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001290.html
EU citizens' radio station launched
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001289.html
'Development must benefit poor' says UN chief
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001291.html
UNICEF: Landmark Research on Injuries among Asian Children
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001295.html
Singapore: Professionalisation Package for Social Workers
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001296.html
25th Annual Social Work Day at the United Nations
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001288.html
EU adopts child poverty and well-being report
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001297.html
Social Work in Social Change - The profession and education of social workers in South Africa
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001302.html
UN to hold conference on human trafficking
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001270.html
Permanent Catholic-Muslim Forum created
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001303.html
Lack of social workers puts 650 foster children 'at risk
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001304.html
International conferences
International Course on Children’s Rights
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001300.html
3rd World Forum on Human Rights
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001301.html
Other useful links
Better Care Network
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001298.html
2008.30.01
IFSW World Conference 2008 Updates on the page of David N Jones
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European Court of Human Rights ruling against France in adoption case for lesbian
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001255.html?force_folder=038000059
Statement on the occasion of Holocaust Memorial Day
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001254.html?force_folder=038000059
ILO: Global unemployment could increase by 5 million people in 2008
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001245.html?force_folder=038000059
New Handbook of International Health Economic Statistics
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001250.html?force_folder=038000059
UNICEF: In Sub-Saharan Africa 1 in 6 children die before 5th birthday
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001246.html?force_folder=038000059
Prohibiting Corporal Punishment of Children: New Guide to Legal Reform
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001244.html?force_folder=038000059
UN Internet Campaign to Eradicate Violence against Women
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001243.html?force_folder=038000059
UN appeals for international cooperation on "explosive" issue of migration
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001241.html?force_folder=038000059
Major new initiatives to promote tolerance launched at UN-backed forum
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001242.html?force_folder=038000059
Serious Human Rights Abuses in Congo
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001240.html?force_folder=038000059
1 of 5 children in the European Union live in poverty
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001237.html?force_folder=038000059
European Year of Intercultural Dialogue: We are all building one culture
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001238.html?force_folder=038000059
Is poverty a denial of people's human rights?
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001239.html?force_folder=038000059
Children's Rights in 2007 and 2008
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001223.html?force_folder=038000059
Austria: Vienna Declaration on Economisation and Professionalism in Social Work
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001222.html?force_folder=038000059
14 countries have now ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001224.html?force_folder=038000059
United Nations World Youth Report 2007 - Young People's Transition to Adulthood: Progress and Challenges
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001221.html?force_folder=038000059
UNICEF: Challenges for 2008 in Latin America and the Caribbean
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001219.html?force_folder=038000059
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The 3rd Nordic Conference on Victimology and Victim Support
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001226.html?force_folder=038000084
2nd ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL FORUM
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001227.html?force_folder=038000084
The Association of Children’s Welfare Agencies 2008 Conference
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001228.html?force_folder=038000084
16th Annual HIV/AIDS Update Conference
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001229.html?force_folder=038000084
Social Development and Transition: Paths for Global-Local Partnership
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001230.html?force_folder=038000084
International Disability Studies Conference
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001231.html?force_folder=038000084
7th European Social Science History Conference
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001232.html?force_folder=038000084
30th International Symposium on Social Work with Groups
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001233.html?force_folder=038000084
Veterinary Social Work Summit
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001234.html?force_folder=038000084
Youth Justice 2008
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001235.html?force_folder=038000084
5th Summer Institute for New Global Health Researchers
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001251.html?force_folder=038000084
International People`s Health University (IPHU)
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001252.html?force_folder=038000084
2008 Strength in Unity Conference
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001253.html?force_folder=038000084
Human Rights Fieldwork - Principles, Strategies and Skills (BIR08)
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001256.html?force_folder=038000084
Justice Sector Reform: Applying Human Rights Based Approaches
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001257.html?force_folder=038000084
2007.30.12
Your unique opportunity to buy a personal souvenir of the IFSW 50th jubilee
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IFSW World Conference Brazil 2008
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001198.html?force_folder=038000059
IFSW supports World AIDS Day
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001179.html?force_folder=038000059
IFSW Statement on the Human Rights Day 2007
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001183.html?force_folder=038000059
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Eileen McGowan Kelly (1946-1996)
www.ifsw.org/en/p38000051.html
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International Policy on HIV / AIDS
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001031.html
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UN will appoint Special Representative on Violence Against Children
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001212.html?force_folder=038000059
FAO: Protect the poor from soaring food prices
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001209.html?force_folder=038000059
UN calls for protection of migrant's human rights
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001208.html?force_folder=038000059
UNDP Human Development Report 2007/08: Climate change the defining human development challenge
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001204.html?force_folder=038000059
New book on Human Rights and Social Justice
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001205.html?force_folder=038000059
Africa may lose tariff-free access to EU markets (World Press news)
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001201.html?force_folder=038000059
Chronic diseases: the case for urgent global action
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001199.html?force_folder=038000059
UNICEF: Children among those most devastated by climate change
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001194.html?force_folder=038000059
Nordic countries on top in gender equality
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001192.html?force_folder=038000059
Creating a World Fit for Children focus of the UN
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001191.html?force_folder=038000059
NASW, USA celebrates Social Work Pioneer Jane Addams
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001193.html?force_folder=038000059
China's first Social Work Commission established
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001188.html?force_folder=038000059
European Paper on Women and Violence at Work
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001187.html?force_folder=038000059
European Parliament approves the Charter of Fundamental Rights
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001186.html?force_folder=038000059
UNICEF Report on Progress for Children released
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001185.html?force_folder=038000059
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Improving Outcomes For Vulnerable Children And Young People
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001207.html?force_folder=038000084
IX International Congress on Traumatic Stress
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001206.html?force_folder=038000084
Canada Social Work National Conference 2008
www.ifsw.org/en/p38000992.html?force_folder=038000085
2008 International Gambling Conference
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001181.html?force_folder=038000084
Marginalized Youth
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001182.html?force_folder=038000084
The 3rd International conference of Psychotraumatology and Mediation
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001177.html?force_folder=038000084
21st International Conference of Social Work
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001178.html?force_folder=038000084
2007.11.27
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UN lowers estimate of worldwide HIV/AIDS cases by 6m – although prevalence increases in some countries
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001160.html?force_folder=038000059
UN Human Rights Council - Conseil des droits de l'homme - Consejo de Derechos Humanos
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001168.html?force_folder=038000059
News and Views from IASSW, ICSW and IFSW
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001022.html
Climate change 'could bring an end to globalisation'
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001169.html?force_folder=038000059
Magna Carta recognises public social workers in the Philippines
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001170.html?force_folder=038000059
Social workers and colleagues at serious risk of physical violence and injury
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001171.html?force_folder=038000059
State of the World’s Street Children: Violence
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001173.html?force_folder=038000059
URUGUAY: First Latin American country to ban corporal punishment [news]
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001174.html?force_folder=038000059
UNESCO launches social science tool to support policy-making
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001138.html?force_folder=038000059
ILO: Climate change a major threat to the Millenium Development Goals
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001143.html?force_folder=038000059
IFSW Statement on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001147.html?force_folder=038000059
Economic growth in Africa improving
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001148.html?force_folder=038000059
ILO Decent Work Research Prize 2008
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001150.html?force_folder=038000059
IFSW Statement on the Devastation in Bangladesh/ Déclaration de la Fédération des travailleurs sociaux relative à la catastrophe qui touche le BENGLADESH
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001155.html?force_folder=038000059
Financial Security for Women Seniors in Canada/La sécurité financière des femmes âgées au Canada
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001157.html?force_folder=038000059
Engaging Muslim youth
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001156.html?force_folder=038000059
Rwanda to sign 'One UN' Pact
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001158.html?force_folder=038000059
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International organizations in social work
www.ifsw.org/en/p38000234.html
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ChildONEurope seminar - Child Participation in Daily Life
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001139.html?force_folder=038000084
Fice 2008 Congress
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001140.html?force_folder=038000084
3rd European Congress of Family Science
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001141.html?force_folder=038000084
Social Statistics and Ethnic Diversity
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001142.html?force_folder=038000084
Latino Social Workers Conference (USA)
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001144.html?force_folder=038000084
IACD Conference 2008
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001151.html?force_folder=038000084
Conference on Ecology and Community Development: People and places in a changing world
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001152.html?force_folder=038000084
5th UK/ European Symposium on Addictive Disorders
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001153.html?force_folder=038000084
What role for NGOs in the international arena?
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001106.html?force_folder=038000084
IFSW- Canada- Social Work National Conference 2008
www.ifsw.org/en/p38000992.html?force_folder=038000085
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Social Work Education Network
socialworkeducation.net/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page
International Association for Community Development
www.iacdglobal.org/Index.htm
People's Health Movement
www.phmovement.org/en
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UNICEF: Programme Specialist, Geneva
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001161.html?force_folder=038000165
Human Rights Watch: Researcher on Children's Rights in Asia
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001162.html?force_folder=038000165
UN Research Institute for Social Development: Research Fellow
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001166.html?force_folder=038000165
2007.11.25
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In the Best Interests of the Child: Harmonising Laws in Eastern and Southern Africa
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001164.html
Dans l’intérêt supérieur de l’enfant: l’harmonisation des lois en Afrique orientale et australe
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001165.html
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African Child Policy Forum
www.ifsw.org/en/p38000037.html
2007.11.8
Download the Golden Jubilee Brochure Your unique opportunity to buy a personal souvenir of the IFSW 50th jubilee
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Nations review global commitment to stop, the use of child soldiers
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001132.html?force_folder=38000041
British Conservative Opposition Leader praises social workers
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001133.html?force_folder=38000041
EU Parliament clears access to cheap medicines for poor nations
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001135.html?force_folder=38000041
World Health Organisation - Commission on the Social Determinants of Health
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001136.html?force_folder=038000041
Commonwealth Commission on Respect and Understanding - Civil Paths to Peace
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001137.html?force_folder=038000041
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2007.10.15
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World Social Security Forum - Building a “Social Security Floor”
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001083.html?force_folder=038000059
AARP Profit From Experience Survey: Perspectives of Employers, Workers and Policymakers in G7 Countries on the New Demographic Realities
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001084.html?force_folder=038000059
Commonwealth urges better negotiation skills for small states
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001081.html?force_folder=038000059
Will you listen - young voices from conflict zones
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001086.html?force_folder=038000059
Determining the Best Interests of Unaccompanied and Separated Children: Lessons from Guinea
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001085.html?force_folder=038000059
World Teachers' Day
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001073.html?force_folder=038000059
Elisabeth Reichert with new book on social work and human rights
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001071.html?force_folder=038000059
The Social Work Podcast
socialworkpodcast.com
International Social Security Association
www.issa.int
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DCI Palestine: Advocacy and Research Officer
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001080.html?force_folder=038000165
ECPAT: Several positions
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001069.html?force_folder=038000165
Save the Children, Sweden: Field Manager Darfur
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001070.html?force_folder=038000165
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Global Forum for Health Research Annual Forum 11 (07.10)
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001011.html?force_folder=038000084
XIth ISPCAN European Regional Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect (07.11)
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001067.html?force_folder=038000084
Researching Children Conference 2007 (07.12)
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001076.html?force_folder=038000084
The Eighth Annual "Nefesh Israel" Conference (08.01)
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001075.html?force_folder=038000084
17th Conference of the International Association for Research in Juvenile Criminology (08.03)
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001074.html?force_folder=038000084
The 2nd Asian Pacific Problem Gambling and Addictions Conference (08.05)
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001068.html?force_folder=038000084
33rd Global Conference of ICSW (08.06)
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001066.html?force_folder=038000084
34th Biannual Congress of the International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW) (08.07)
www.ifsw.org/en/p38000912.html?force_folder=038000084
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European Newsletter
www.ifsw.org/en/p38000405.html
Updates on IFSW Europe Delegates Meeting 2007
www.ifsw.org/en/p38000644.html
Social Exclusion and Social Work in Europe - Facilitating Social Inclusion
www.ifsw.org/en/p38000947.html
2007.10.01
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OECD health data 2007: statistics and indicators for 30 countries
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001063.html?force_folder=038000041
Fewer children under five are dying
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001064.html?force_folder=038000041
Updates links on United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples has been approved
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001057.html?force_folder=038000059
UN Human Rights Council - 'Adopt guiding principles on extreme poverty' IFSW demands
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001065.html?force_folder=038000059
IFSW plays key role in UN NGO meeting on the social impact of climate change
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001060.html?force_folder=038000059
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Cross Cultural Professional Exchange Program - Exchange International
www.ifsw.org/en/p38000996.html
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'Phenomena in Juvenile Delinquency: New penal forms'
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001061.html?force_folder=038000084
Cultural Diversity and Vulnerable Families
www.ifsw.org/en/p38000989.html?force_folder=038000084
IFSW World Conference 2008
www.ifsw.org./en/p38000308.html?force_folder=038000083
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IFSW Statement on World Habitat Day 2007
www.ifsw.org/cm_data/Habitat071001.pdf
IFSW message of solidarity to social workers in Peru after the earthquake
www.ifsw.org/en/p38001040.html
page last updated on 04.05.2008