They came in large numbers- the young, the old and the young at heart.
And they had their hearts’ fill as they sang and sashayed along to the familiar tunes as...
Archives News 2006
Archives News 2006
15.12.06
15.12.06
11 December 2006 – The only way to achieve the key principles of international relations – collective responsibility, global solidarity, the rule of law, mutual...
15.12.06
13 December 2006
The General Assembly today adopted a landmark disability convention, the first human rights treaty of the twenty-first century and one that ...
15.12.06
By Rachel Bonham-Carter
NEW YORK, USA, 10 December 2006 – On its 60th anniversary, UNICEF is launching a report that says gender equality is critical to child...
11.12.06
In a joint statement from UN Watch, the International Federation of Social Workers and a number of other NGO's, to be delivered to the UN Human Rights Council...
11.12.06
The Minister of Social Development Zola Skweyiya has appealed to youth awaiting their matric results and those going to Grade 12 next year to consider social work ...
29.11.06
Press Release from the World Aids Campaign:
Efforts to halt AIDS are falling far short of their targets. Over 25 million people have been lost to AIDS so far, and ...
20.11.06
By resolution 836(IX) of 14 December 1954, the General Assembly recommended that all countries institute a Universal Children's Day, to be observed as a day of...
09.11.06
ILO Online - No. 60 - Friday 3 November 2006
$Social protection for all: challenges and policies
In 1948, in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the...
09.11.06
The National Association of Social Workers has created a consumer Web site, www.HelpStartsHere.org, that connects consumers with information and resources on 30...
31.10.06
FAO Head calls on world leaders to honour pledges
30 October 2006, Rome - Noting that promises are no substitute for food, FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf today...
18.10.06
The number of people on social work courses in England increased by nearly a fifth from 2000 to 2004, according to new research.
There was also a three per cent ...
18.10.06
LAUNCH OF THE SOCIAL CARE CODE OF PRACTICE FOR INTERNATIONAL RECRUITMENT ON 20 October 2006
Ivan Lewis, Minister at the Department of Health to launch the Social...
18.10.06
The United Nations has launched a major Study on Violence Against Children. The International Federation of Social Workers has been actively involved in the NGO...
13.10.06
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2006, divided into two equal parts, to Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank for their ...
12.10.06
SOCIAL WORK: MAKING A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE
We can all indulge in long and erudite debates about where and when social work started and what this history has to say...
07.10.06
The report presents initial results based on interviews with 24 000 women by carefully trained interviewers. The study was implemented by WHO (World Health...
06.10.06
The Minister for Employment & Social Affairs, Marie-Pierre Lloyd, has thanked all social workers for their invaluable contribution to improving the quality of life...
02.10.06
Monday 2 October is World Habitat Day.
The United Nations has designated the first Monday in October every year as World Habitat Day to reflect on the state of...
29.06.06
INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS
$GENERAL MEETING
JUGENDWOHNHEIM (HOME FOR YOUNG PEOPLE) SALESANIUM, ST. WOLFGANGS-PLATZ 11 (See note at the end for...
10.06.06
IFSW US member organization National Association of Social Workers has together with a number of other US Non-Governmental Organizations sent the following letter ...
31.05.06
Important progress seen in tackling AIDS, but epidemic continues to outpace response, says new comprehensive global AIDS update.
New report cites positive trends...
18.05.06
Concerned that some issues continue not to receive sustained media attention or slip off the radar screen, the United Nations Department of Public Information (DPI)...
04.05.06
Commonwealth Organisation for Social Work (COSW) is an organisation for citizens of the Commonwealth who are interested in supporting social work and social...
04.05.06
Thursday 4 May 2006 (ILO/06/15)
GENEVA (ILO news) - Child labour, especially in its worst forms, is in decline for the first time across the globe, the...
04.05.06
This special issue focuses on study abroad and international field placements, from the perspectives of students, educators, and host country facilitators....
02.05.06
By Jane O'Brien
NEW YORK, 1 May 2006 – A worldwide study to be released tomorrow by UNICEF reveals that some 5.6 million children die every year in part because...
25.04.06
24 April 2006 – Virtually every country in the world is affected by the crime of human trafficking in millions of people for sexual exploitation or forced labour,...
19.04.06
The return of millions of people to recovering nations such as Afghanistan, Angola and Sierra Leone has contributed to a sharp global decline in the number of...
07.04.06
With at least 10 million people dying each year from largely preventable infectious diseases and complications of pregnancy and delivery, the United Nations today...
23.03.06
ENCOUNTERING THE SPIRIT OF COMMUNITY IN NARRATIVE THERAPY AND IN CUBAN SOCIAL PROGRAMS
$January 15-19, 2007
Convention Palace, Havana, Cuba
Narrative therapy and...
17.03.06
March 17 (Bloomberg) -- The number of people from Russia, Turkey, India and other nations who sought asylum in 38 industrialized countries decreased 15 percent last...
16.03.06
In an historic vote, the United Nations General Assembly yesterday voted overwhelmingly on a resolution to establish a new Human Rights Council to replace the much...
11.03.06
10 MARCH 2006 | GENEVA/NEW YORK
An ambitious global immunization drive has cut measles deaths by nearly half between 1999 and 2004, the World Health Organization...
07.03.06
In March of every year, the Canadian Association of Social Workers (CASW), along with its member organizations and social workers throughout the country, celebrates...
01.03.06
Statement by the Board of CONGO (Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative Status with the United Nations) on the proposed UN Human Rights...
23.02.06
UNAIDS has launched a new version of its website complete with a new navigation, branding and logo (www.unaids.org ).
The website, which will also be available...
22.02.06
Statement from the International Federation of Social Workers on the Landslide in the Philippines
Once again, a natural disaster has killed hundreds of people,...
19.02.06
INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS
The year 2006 is the 50th Anniversary of the IFSW and to acknowledge this significant event for the World of Social ...
27.01.06
The European Commission has launched a new website on the Roma.
The site aims to provide information on the EU’s activities in support of the Roma, Gypsy and...
20.01.06
Violence against women being classified as social problem
New Delhi: The fact that studies and surveys are now raising the issue of violence against women is the...
02.01.06
1 January 2006
Dear social work colleagues
I am pleased to send you New Year greetings from the IFSW Europe Executive, Ana Radulescu [IFSW Europe Honorary...
01.01.06
Since the IFSW Web Site was re-launched October 24, 2005 we have received 51 555 visits. The most popular section is our information about upcoming Conferences,...
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