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STATEMENT IN FAVOUR OF GENDER PERSPECTIVE As the IFSW President of the Latin American and Caribbean Region as well a woman and social worker specialised in Gender issues, I wish […]
Como Presidenta de la Región de América Latina y El Caribe de la Federación Internacional de Trabajadores Sociales (FITS), mujer y Trabajadora Social especializada en cuestiones de Género, quiero manifestar […]
The IASSW was informed about the initiative from the business group Excellentia – to organise a Social Work World Summit –, and it expresses its full agreement with the pronouncements […]
Esta semana la FITS ha sabido que los trabajadores sociales de Colombia han salido a las calles para manifestarse en contra de las reformas educativas del Gobierno que clasifican al […]
This week IFSW was alerted that social workers in Colombia have been demonstrating in the streets against their government’s educational reforms that have reclassified social work away from the field […]
Released today is a free issue of the African Journal of Social Work (AJSW) This refereed journal serves as a forum for exchanging ideas and knowledge relevant to social work […]
Two British social work educators are invited to Myanmar to offer a short course in social work training. Read of their experiences in the International Guardian Hub – an IFSW Media Partnership.
International Social Work is a peer reviewed journal designed to extend knowledge and promote communication in the fields of social development, social welfare and human services. Its major focus is […]
The Moroccan Association of Social Workers successfully held a training course for social workers the multi-disciplinary center for women in difficult situations, called the “Alwadayn community”. To read more.
The British Prime Minister, David Cameron, gave unexpected and strong support to social workers in his speech to his Conservative party’s annual conference in Manchester, England on 2 October 2013. As well […]
IFSW congratulates the Social Work Colleagues from Laos where the profession is continously growing. Social work education started in 2005. Since then, about 80 students have graduated each year. This […]
Nepal School of Social work has celebrated World Social Work day on 19th March 2013 with the global theme of “Promoting social and economic equalities” in college premises. The inauguration […]
60 students and professionals gathered at the Department of Social Work, University of Sarajevo, on Friday 15 March 2013, joined by the staff from the Department, reports Professor Darja Zavirsek […]
The Tanzania Emerging Social Workers Education Programme (TESWEP) has started to introduce a new teaching curriculum of social work programmes in order to implement a Bachelors of Arts in Social […]
A national network of schools for quality enhancement of social work education in India will be launched at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) on Thursday. “Aimed at addressing […]
The process of developing global standards for the education and training of the social work profession1 is as important as the product; the actual standards that have been developed. In […]
IFSW President Gary Bailey has been honoured to be one of the most 20 influential social work professor in the United States. His achievements as Associate Professor at Simmons College […]
9th September 2010 From Richard Hugman, Chair IFSW Ethics Commission: “There have been important developments in Vietnam. Since the Government of Vietnam issued a Decision to establish professional social work […]