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Social work educators and students are working tirelessly providing critical services in the aftermath of the earthquakes in Nepal. Ms. Pradipta Kadambari, CEO of the Nepal Schools of Social Work […]
Since the Nepal earthquake struck on the 25th April social workers have been responding and engaging fully in the rescue and recovery efforts. Mr Om Krishna Shrestha, Secretary General of the Social Workers’ […]
Social workers from The Social Work Association of Nepal (SWAN), educators and students are at the frontline of the rescue efforts in Kathmandu. Emailing IFSW, Om Krishna Shrestha, Secretary-General of […]
Last week the IFSW Secretary-General was invited to participate in a live interview with BBC World. The BBC was covering an issue on workers safety in Bangladesh following another building […]
In 2013 on the 24th of April, 5000 workers went to work in a building they knew well – The Rana Plaza. Workers at that building spend 16 hours a […]
Los Trabajadores Sociales de la Región de América Latina y El Caribe se solidarizan con el pueblo de Bangladesh, en especial con los trabajadores de Rana Plaza que el […]
The International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW) – Region of Latin America and the Caribbean – adheres to the Declaration signed by Daniel Asiedu, President of IFSW – Africa Region […]
La Federación Internacional de Trabajadores Sociales (FITS)- Región de América Latina y El Caribe- se adhiere a la declaración firmada por Daniel Asiedu, Presidente de FITS –Región África- ante la […]
The Region of Latin America and the Caribbean of the International Federation of social workers expresses its deep concern at the disappearance of 43 preservice of Ayotzinapa occurred on September […]
La Región de América Latina y El Caribe de la Federación Internacional de Trabajadores Sociales expresa su profunda preocupación ante la desaparición forzada de 43 estudiantes normalistas de Ayotzinapa ocurrido […]
The Ebola virus disease (EVD) which seem to have originated in a remote village in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1976 was first notified in West Africa in March […]
The International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW) shares the shock of the rest at the world at the tragedy resulting from the shooting down of Malaysian Airways flight MH17. We […]
On 13 May 2014 an explosion occurred at a coal mine in Soma, Turkey. According to official statements this was caused by faulty electrical equipment and resulted in 298 people […]
Hosted by the Philippines Association of Social Workers, the Secretary-General of The International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW), Dr. Rory Truell, visited the areas affected by Typhoon Yolanda last November. […]
After the recent catastrophe in the Philippines, the IFSW Secretariat spoke with the Philippine Association of Social Workers, Inc (PASWI) and asked how can the International Social Work Community […]
Dear Colleagues- The images are of the devastation in the Philippines is both shocking and devastating to watch. Our hearts go out to the thousands of people whose lives have been […]
On World Humanitarian Day every year, the United Nations remembers those who have been killed while working with the UN to help others. In 2011, 308 humanitarian workers were killed, […]
It is not long since the Great East Japan earthquake, the tsunami, and the resulting nuclear crisis had a crippling effect on the people of Japan. Indeed, it was only […]
Dear IFSW Members in Japan: The images and stories coming to us of the earthquake and tsunami are devastating to watch and shocking. Many of us within the IFSW have […]
The information overload in today’s technologically fast-paced world tends to produce short memories. So it might surprise people to know that it’s only been a year plus two days since […]