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Children
Social workers help Romania’s abandoned children off the streets
Information Type: News, Website/Useful LinkTopic: Children
An article in the Guardian written by IFSW Secretary-General, Rory Truell, highlights the key roles of social work in Romania’s development. Follow this link to the Guardian. Related content: IFSW News […]
IFSW Joins Celebrations of Universal Children’s Day, But Says There is Much More To Do
Information Type: NewsTopic: ChildrenThe International Federation of Social Workers is pleased to join the global celebrations today on Universal Children’s Day, 20 November. Today also marks the UN General Assembly adoption of the […]
Refugee children arriving in the UK need warm support – not cold bureaucracy
Information Type: News, Website/Useful LinkTopic: Children
IFSW President Ruth Stark writes about social work values when supporting child refugees entering the UK. “Finally, after years and months of waiting, the UK government has conceded it has […]
Unaccompanied children, age assessment and social protection systems
Information Type: NewsTopic: ChildrenDavid Davies, Conservative MP for Monmouth in Wales, has welcomed unaccompanied children who have finally been allowed into the UK from Calais with a loud questioning of whether they are […]
Coming Together For Child Protection In India
Information Type: NewsTopic: ChildrenInternational Conference and Social Work Professionals’ Congress on ‘Social Work Intervention against Drug Abuse among Children’ Date: November 7-8, 2016 Venue: BCM College, Kottayam, Kerala Report
Child Protection Rapid Assessment Report From Yemen
Information Type: NewsTopic: ChildrenYGUSSWP-report
iNPSWA/IFSW-AP Child Labor & Trafficking Workshop In India
Topic: IFSW, Children(Co-sponsored by the Japanese Center for Social Welfare Promotion and National Examination via the Japanese Coordinating Body for IFSW Membership) Program brochure Program schedule by the Japanese Coordinating Body (JCB) […]
Palestinian Social Workers Stand Against Child Detention
Information Type: StatementTopic: Conflict, ChildrenIFSW is concerned by the continuing detention of Palestinian children in Israeli jails and this follows our previous Statement made on Human Rights Day in 2014, endorsing UNICEF’s call for Palestinian […]
Joint open letter to the European Council – Time to act to ensure children’s rights in the EU’s migration policy: 10 action points
Information Type: News, Website/Useful LinkTopic: Children
Dear European Heads of State or Government and Ministers of the Interior and Foreign Affairs, Dear Mr. Tusk, Significant numbers of children from third countries migrate to Europe, for a […]
HRC Side Event Promoting the Need to Prevent Unnecessary Family Separation
Information Type: NewsTopic: UN, Children
On 22nd of September, during the regular Session of the Human Rights Council (HRC), the Working Group on «Children without Parental Care» held a Side Event promoting the need to […]
HRC Side Event Promoting the Need to Prevent Unnecessary Family Separation
Information Type: NewsTopic: UN, Children
On 22nd of September, during the regular Session of the Human Rights Council (HRC), the Working Group on «Children without Parental Care» held a Side Event promoting the need to […]
WhiteFlowers’ Lobby at the Houses of Parliament, London
Information Type: NewsTopic: Children250 survivors of abuse in children’s homes, boarding schools and foster homes formed a lobby within the Houses of Parliament in London. Arranged through John Mann, MP, survivors, supporters, journalists, […]
From IFSW President: Child Sex Abuse Inquiry Time 4 Action & Justice
Information Type: NewsTopic: ChildrenAt our General Meeting in Melbourne, Australia in July 2014 IFSW we approved guidance for social workers working with sexual abuse. Colleagues from throughout the world spoke to the issues […]
IFSW European President Presents on ‘The Best Interests of the Child’ in Brussels
Information Type: NewsTopic: ChildrenThis week IFSW Regional President for Europe, Cristina Martins was invited to present at a European Conference on “the Best Interests of the Child” held in Brussels. In her presentation […]
STATEMENT ON THE DETENTION OF PALESTINIAN CHILDREN
Topic: Children
On Human Rights Day 2014 IFSW wishes to express its concern over the treatment of Palestinian minors who have been arrested and interrogated by the Israeli authorities for alleged stone-throwing […]
IFSW Intern Participates in 25th Anniversary of the Adoption of the CRC at UN Headquarters
Information Type: NewsTopic: UN, ChildrenThe Convention on the Rights of the Child is an international treaty adopted by the United Nations on November 20, 1989, establishing global standards to ensure the protection, survival, and […]
IFSW celebrates 25 Years of the UNCRC
Information Type: NewsTopic: Children
Today the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child reached a milestone in its history. Celebrations across the world celebrate the commitment by governments to treat children and young […]
Guiding Principles for Social Workers Working with Others to Identify and Protect Children From all Forms of Sexual Abuse
Information Type: News, PolicyTopic: ChildrenThis policy statement has been drafted in response to the following resolution of the General Meeting 2012: That this General Meeting: Acknowledges that in every sector of society in all […]
International Surrogacy – meeting the needs of children or adults? A call for international action to safeguard children’s best interest
Information Type: NewsTopic: ChildrenIFSW condemns the actions of the Australian couple who abandoned Gammy, the twin born through an international surrogacy arrangement in Thailand. It calls on the international community to address the […]