“In a society where the rights and potential of women are constrained, no man can be truly free. He may have power, but he will not have freedom.” Mary Robinson […]
Children
International Youth Day – 12 August 2012
Information Type: NewsTopic: UN, Children“Young people are a wellspring of ideas for innovation. They are today’s thinkers, problem-solvers and catalysts for peace,” said Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, in a statement issued on International […]
The global history of humanitarian action
Information Type: Website/Useful Link, NewsTopic: ChildrenA Policy Brief – New players through old lenses: Why history matters in engaging with Southern actors – has been published by the London based Overseas Development Institute. The author, […]
The Child Development index 2012: Progress, challenges and inequality
Information Type: News, Website/Useful LinkTopic: ChildrenThe Child Development Index (CDI) is published each year by Save the Children and offers a fascinating insight into the situations of children around the world with comparative statistics and […]
Social workers reaffirm commitment to confront child sexual abuse
Information Type: NewsTopic: ChildrenPress Statement – For Immediate Release Berne, 20th July 2012 New global guidance for social workers on the identification and protection of children from all forms of sexual abuse will […]
Child poverty is “high” on the agenda of the incoming EU Council Presidency
Information Type: Website/Useful Link, NewsTopic: ChildrenThe Social Affairs Attaché for the Cypriot permanent representation to the European Union, Niki Odysseos, has said that child poverty is “high” on the upcoming EU council presidency’s agenda. Cyprus becomes […]
IFSW welcome Special Representative on Violence Against Children (SRSG)
Information Type: NewsTopic: UN, Children‘The International Federation of Social Workers warmly welcomes the appointment of Ms. Marta Santos Pais by the United Nations Secretary-General as his Special Representative on Violence against Children at the […]
IFSW presenting statement to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
Information Type: NewsTopic: UN, ChildrenIFSW sent the following letter to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child January 30, 2009: IFSW was pleased to give evidence to the Committee on 1 February […]
Extreme Poverty and Human Rights: the Rights of the Poor
Information Type: NewsTopic: UN, ChildrenReport from a Seminar on the Draft Guiding Principles on “Extreme Poverty and Human Rights: the Rights of the Poor” Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Geneva […]
The best interest of the child
Information Type: StatementTopic: Children‘Children are not the people of tomorrow, but are people of today. They have a right to be taken seriously, and to be treated with tenderness and respect. They should […]
IFSW Statement on international adoptions
Information Type: StatementTopic: Children“IFSW welcomes the decision of the Vietnamese Department of International Adoptions (DIA) to suspend the acceptance of new adoption dossiers with the United States following discovery of widespread corruption in […]
IFSW meets the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
Information Type: NewsTopic: IFSW, UN, ChildrenESSENTIAL ROLE OF SOCIAL WORK IMPLEMENTING THE UN CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD’ IFSW MEETS THE UN COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD The UN Committee on […]
Childrens right to education
Information Type: StatementTopic: ChildrenSTATEMENT of the INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS International non-governmental organization in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and social Council to the 58th Session of the COMMISSION ON HUMAN […]
Statement on the attack on the UN, Baghad
Information Type: NewsTopic: Conflict, ChildrenThe International Federation of Social Workers is deeply shocked and saddened that the United Nations has been the direct target of a terrorist attack. The attack is a challenge to […]