30 March 2020 The IFSW’s Asia Pacific Representatives to the UN in Bangkok have come together calling for immediate and urgent action from governments across the region to meet the […]
Environment
IFSW Statement on Australian Fires
Information Type: Statement, NewsTopic: Environment
IFSW Member the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) has issued a statement supporting the social work role in assisting people affected by the devastating fires and calling for action […]
Social Work Promoting Community and Environmental Sustainability Volume 3
Information Type: NewsTopic: Human Rights, Social Work, Environment
IFSW is thrilled, once again, to create a platform that highlights the important and inspiring work of social workers around the world who are taking up the Global Agenda as […]
IFSW Climate Justice Program Launched
Information Type: NewsTopic: Environment
On World Environment Day, 5th June, IFSW is pleased to announce the launch of the IFSW Climate Justice Program that provides education, advocacy and social work action projects for climate […]
Policy for Socially Just, Fair and Sustainable World Trade Agreements
Information Type: PolicyTopic: Environment, Ethics, Social WorkApproved by the IFSW Executive Policy IFSW promotes the need for international trade agreements to be socially just, fair and sustainable as measured against the World Fair Trade Organisation’s principles, […]
Promoting Community and Environmental Sustainability Volume 2: Call for Chapter Proposals
Information Type: NewsTopic: EnvironmentPromoting Community and Environmental Sustainability: A Workbook for Global Social Workers and Educators, Volume 2 CALL FOR WORKBOOK CHAPTER PROPOSALS Call for Workbook Chapter Proposals Submission Deadline: Proposals accepted immediately […]
Call for contributions to an IFSW book on ‘Promoting Community and Environmental Sustainability’
Information Type: NewsTopic: IFSW, EnvironmentDear IFSW Members, Friends and Supporters As you are aware the current and third theme of the Global Agenda for Social Work and Social Development is: “Promoting Community and Environmental […]
NASW (US) supports Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s protest against pipeline project
Information Type: NewsTopic: Human Rights, Environment
IFSW Member The National Association of Social Workers in the United States of America supports the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s protest against the Dakota Access Pipeline Process. Read NASW’s […]
Social Workers Stand In Solidarity With Indigenous Communities And Protestors Protecting Their Environments From Exploitation.
Topic: Human Rights, Environment
Statement from The Tangata Whenua Social Workers Association of Aotearoa New Zealand The Tangata Whenua Social Workers Association of Aotearoa New Zealand unequivocally supports the Standing Rock Sioux in their […]
Global Agenda for Social Work and Social Development: African Region Plans Second Report
Information Type: NewsTopic: Environment
This week 150 social workers from throughout Africa came together to plan the regional report on the social challenges facing Africa and social work perspectives on the solutions. The report […]
Global events for 2015 ‘World Social Day’ and Upcoming Conferences
Information Type: Website/Useful Link, NewsTopic: Conference, Environment
We are fast approaching World Social Work Day: 17th March 2015 There are many events being organised under the joint banner ‘Promoting the Dignity and Worth of Peoples’. On this […]
Nigerian Social Workers Act on Global Agenda
Information Type: News, Website/Useful LinkTopic: Environment
IFSW member the Nigeria Association Of Social Workers gathered last week to plan their work on the second pillar on the Global Agenda for Social Work and Social Development: “Promoting […]
The National Association of Social Workers – USA briefing paper on the implications for local social worker of the Global Agenda
Information Type: News, Website/Useful LinkTopic: EnvironmentIFSW welcomes The National Association of Social Workers – USA briefing paper on the implications for local social workers of the Global Agenda for Social Work and Social Development. The […]
Globalisation and the environment
Information Type: PolicyTopic: EnvironmentIntroduction Globalisation is the process by which all peoples and communities come to experience an increasingly common economic, social and cultural environment. By definition, the process affects everybody throughout the […]
The First Global Report on Social Work and Social Development: Promoting Social and Economic Equalities
Information Type: Website/Useful Link, NewsTopic: Human Rights, Environment‘The First Global Report on Social Work and Social Development: Promoting Social and Economic Equalities’ was launched in Melbourne, Australia today. “This marks a historic moment in the evolution of […]
United Nations Global Compact 2014-16 strategy for engagement with the private sector
Information Type: Website/Useful Link, NewsTopic: Social Protection, EnvironmentThe UN Global Compact released its 2014-2016 strategy on 10 February 2014, which lays out how the initiative will work to make corporate sustainability a transformative force in achieving a […]
Extreme weather can be the ‘most important cause of poverty’: Cause or the inflammation of symptoms?
Information Type: NewsTopic: EnvironmentRecently, the IFSW News highlighted the report of the Overseas Development Institute describing the effects of environmental degradation and extreme weather on the most vulnerable: the world’s poor. News of […]
Extreme weather can be the ‘most important cause of poverty’
Information Type: News, Website/Useful LinkTopic: EnvironmentNew research suggests that extreme weather events will keep people poor in many parts of the world. The authors argue that where disasters like drought are prevalent, they can be […]
IFSW Connect, International Social Work and the Global Agenda: What’s it all about?
Information Type: NewsTopic: EnvironmentIt took a while, but here I am – finally gathering my thoughts for the IFSW Blog. As a professional social worker administrating the IFSW Connect website, it seemed logical […]
Centre for Post-crisis Leadership and Development
Information Type: NewsTopic: EnvironmentA new Centre for Post-crisis Leadership and Development (CPLD) has been launched with a seminar at the Overseas Development Institute.