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President of the Iran Association of Social Workers Speaks on the Countries Challenges: The Iran Association of Social Workers strongly empathizes with Mahsa Amini’s family for the big loss they […]
Global Agenda Ubuntu Webinars Global agenda- Theme one ubuntu ASIA PACIFIC REGION WEBINAR Webinar : 10th August, 2022, 08.00 UTC Location: By Zoom The Global Agenda Taskforce […]
Migrants of African descent Murdered at Spain-Morocco Border On the 28 June, 2022, the IFSW Africa Region raised a concern on human rights on the lives of migrants. On June […]
IFSW Europe hosts a webinar on the 15 March 2022, World Social Work Day, at 18.00 CET REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED The link for the webinar has been sent to […]
Social work has responded over many decades to the human tragedies that follow the war. The military aggression in Ukraine will result in death, destruction, more human rights abuses, large-scale […]
Statement of the IFSW – Asia Pacific Regional Commission to the United Nations on Afghanistan The International Federation of Social Workers. UN Commission Asia-Pacific expresses its deep concern about […]
IFSW African Regional Human rights commission Concern on human rights state in the Region The IFSW African Regional Human rights commission’s attention is drawn to some social injustices and […]
The 2021 United Nations Theme for Human Rights Day is ´EQUALITY – Reducing inequalities, advancing human rights´. The International Federation of Social Workers and World Federation of Public Health Association […]
The images broadcast from Belarus mirror many other horrific situations around the world where the abuse of people is a product of failed political processes. It is illustrated by nation-states […]
On the Polish-Belarusian border, human rights are violated, as well as conventions signed by the Polish government, such as the European Convention on Human Rights, the United Nations Convention on […]
The IFSW a non-governmental organization in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council issued the following statement to the UN 60th Session of the Commission for Social Development. The […]
IFSW AND UNRISD (UN Research Institute for Social Development) have invited The Commonwealth Organisation for Social Work (COSW) to be a formal partner in a new format world summit on […]
We are glad to be part of this great initiative represented by our Secretary-General. The EAP/Occupational Group is pleased to announce a successful first Zoom Meeting of the newly formed […]
The IFSW Human Rights Commission is extremely concerned about the alarming and continued rise of Islamophobia across the globe that is being accentuated by national governments of late. Islamophobia, loosely […]
The African region recently recognized outstanding social work leaders in their region. We congratulate the following for receiving outstanding recognition in the field of Social Work against Gender Based Violence […]
Over 270 million people a year migrate internationally. Among them are 20.4 million refugees. The International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW) Human Rights Commission observes International Migrants Day to honor […]
It is now 72 years since the UN adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The UN theme for this year is Recover Better – Stand up for Human Rights. […]
IFSW Europe, member of International Psychogeriatric Association (IPA), is inviting you to be a guest in a webinar on Human Rights and Mental Health of Older Adults. We would like […]
The school of social work at Monmouth University which has operated as a base for the profession’s advocacy at the United Nations headquarters in New York is preparing to offer […]
Grave concern about court judgment: Demand for social workers’ protection when performing humanitarian duties Lau Ka-tung, a registered social worker, was convicted today (17 June 2020) of impeding a police […]