- December 10, 2024On December 10th, International Human Rights Day, Hillary Weaver, the IFSW Global Indigenous Commissioner, delivers the Federation’s Human Rights Day message.
- December 2, 2024The International Association of Schools of Social Work, the International Council of Social Welfare and IFSW have jointly announced the 20225 World Social Work Day theme: ‘Strengthening Intergenerational Solidarity for Enduring Wellbeing’.
- November 28, 2024IFSW is delighted to announce the publication of Volume 21, Number 2 of the International Journal of Social Work Values and Ethics.
- November 25, 2024Photo: Authors of the paper with members of the advisory group and discussion panel in Doha at the World Innovation Summit for Health.
- November 25, 2024The issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women (MMIW) remains significant across the world.
- November 20, 2024Photo: Members of the Korean Association of Social Workers at the AvenirSocial office in Bern This month the Korean Association of Social Workers met their Swiss and British counterparts for shared learning and strengthening links.
- 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.
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World Social Work Day is on the 18th of March 2025. It is the key day in the year that social workers worldwide stand together to advance our common message globally.
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