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Archives News 2005
Archives News 2005
30.12.05
30.12.05
By ROLAND FLAMINI
UPI Chief International Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- By this time next year Kofi Annan will be packing his bags ready to hand over...
28.12.05
By Lynne Dulaney-MacNicol
An upcoming Canadian–European exchange program will enable eight University of Calgary social work students to work with displaced ...
24.12.05
The Palestinian Union of Social Workers and Psychologists held its second General Assembly December 22-23, 2005 in Ramallah. Representatives of all 9 branches...
23.12.05
The "Make Poverty History" Campaign is looking back at 2005 as a year where important steps forward in the fight against poverty were taken, and says that:
The...
15.12.05
About one-third of the estimated 150 million children born worldwide each year are never registered by their governments, making these "invisible" children more...
29.11.05
Together with a number of other non-govermental organizations, IFSW has signed the letter below to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Louise...
22.11.05
IFSW joined with a number of other non-governmental organizations (NGO's) today to present statements to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights in support of...
19.11.05
National Child Day Leaves Many Families Asking When Celebrations Will Begin
Since its adoption by the United Nations in 1989, the Convention of the Rights of the...
17.11.05
A survey among Danish social workers shows that 79 % are happy with their work every day, while 18 % are mostly happy. The President of the Danish Association of...
17.11.05
According to the national census, Zimbabwe had 50,000 child-headed households in 2002; three years later the figure has jumped to 318,000.
New statistics released...
15.11.05
The social worker associations in Rwanda, Sudan and Swaziland have applied for IFSW membership, meaning that the Federation is set to expand its African network ...
09.11.05
IFSW this week co-signed the following statement delivered to the United Nations and the government of Iran. The statement was initiated by UN Watch in...
08.11.05
This postcard showing European social workers gathered in Cyprus in May 2005 on a background of a map of Europe has been produced by the Finnish Association of...
02.11.05
Press release
$Social Work Action Day
November 8, 2005
$The Role of Social Workers in Europe
IFSW Europe has decided to highlight the Social Work Profession in...
31.10.05
IFSW sent October 31, 2005 an appeal to the President of Singapore to commute a death sentence for an Australian citizen of Vietnamese background. This was done...
26.10.05
2005 Human Security Report claims perception of increased violence differs from reality
UNITED NATIONS
A new report says that almost all forms of political ...
20.10.05
IFSW President Imelda Dodds visited an international social work conference in Mexico in early October 2005, aiming at taking steps to include Mexico in IFSW...
22.10.05
This independent survey reveals positive public support for social workers and recognition of the complex and necessary role they play. It also reveals that there...
19.10.05
Message from IFSW to the World Day to Overcome Extreme Poverty 17 October 2005
The International Federation of Social Workers sends its greetings to the organisers...
30.06.05
The Swiss Association of Social Workers merged in June 2005 with two social educator groups and changed its name to AvenirSocial (French for Social Future). The...
15.10.05
The third International Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Compendium has been published. Presenting essential information on the status of EAPs from over 35...
18.10.05
The IFSW FAST (Families and Survivors of the Tsunami) project will from December 2005 until August 2006 conduct a number of workhops in Sri Lanka to assist school...
17.10.05
IFSW Press has published a small book in memory of Lisbeth Mattsson, IFSW's Communications Officer, who passed away due to cancer in December 2004. The book, with...
06.06.05
The IFSW General Meeting 2004 approved two new member organisations, the Palestinian Union of Social Workers and Psychologists and the Papua New Guinea Social...
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