- October 24, 2024Image: Jioji Ravulo, Malakai Waqa Kaitani, Nathan Chong-Nee, Andrzej Frank, Yvonne Crichton-Hill, At the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Samoa, a team of six social workers, including representatives from IFSW member organisations in Fiji and New Zealand, played a crucial role in shaping discussions on key issues affecting communities across the Commonwealth.
- October 24, 2024A three-year global comparison of the working conditions of social workers, just published in The British Journal of Social Work, finds that ‘social workers across the world are exposed to chronically difficult working conditions’, in comparison to almost all other human service and similar professions.
- October 23, 2024IFSW in partnership with The Bern University of Applied Sciences (BFH) in Switzerland are delighted to announce the publication of Social Work as a Global Profession: Handbook for Teaching and Learning.
- October 21, 2024The UN Secretary-General’s Harmony with Nature Report, 2024 has once again highlighted the essential role of social work in driving transformative change.
- October 10, 2024The Commonwealth Organisation for Social Work (COSW) will play a key role in advancing social work perspectives at the upcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Samoa from 20 to 26 October 2024, with indispensable support from associations in Aotearoa New Zealand and Fiji.
- October 8, 2024IFSW United Nations representatives Sebastian Cordoba, Evelyn Tomaszewski and Anne Deepak attended the UN’s Summit of the Future (as part of the General Assembly High-Level Week) and parallel events advocating urgent action to address inequality, human rights protections, global conflicts and climate change.
- October 8, 2024IFSW is pleased to announce a series of webinars, in collaboration with the Identity Rights Working Group, aimed at addressing access to justice for children whose identity rights have been contravened.
- September 26, 2024We are pleased to invite you to the online book launch of Social Work as a Global Profession: Handbook for Teaching and Learning, on Wednesday, 23rd October 2024, from 12:15 to 13:15 Central European Time (CET).
The World Social Work Day poster for 2024 is now available!
World Social Work Day is on the 19th of March 2024. It is the key day in the year that social workers worldwide stand together to advance our common message globally.
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