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Dr. Rory Truell, Secretario General de la FITS, 10 de diciembre de 2016 En el Día Internacional de los Derechos Humanos, los trabajadores sociales celebramos y abogamos por un marco […]
By Dr Rory Truell, IFSW Secretary-General On International Human Rights Day, social worker’s celebrate and advocate for a broader framework of Rights. One that does not only focus only on individuals, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Declaración de la FITS. La victoria de Trump resalta el fracaso de los sistemas democráticos contemporáneos, la importancia del compromiso de las personas en su futuro y la reafirmación […]
Statement from IFSW: Trump’s victory highlights the failure of contemporary democratic systems, the importance of people’s engagement in their futures and the reaffirmation of the social work roles in political […]
This month IFSW Secretary-General, Rory Truell meet with the Turkish Association of Social Workers in Ankara. The visit was organised to bring messages of support and solidarity to Turkish social workers […]
Maria Moritz the organiser of the Refugee Ticker reports on progress: Exactly one year ago the Refugee Ticker on ifsw.org has been launched. Since this Sept 15 in 2015 407 […]
OTTAWA, May 10, 2016 – IFSW member The Canadian Association of Social Workers (CASW) commends the federal government’s decision to officially adopt the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous […]
IFSW STATEMENT: World Social Work Day March 15th 2016 Vienna Social workers from 26 countries and refugee representatives met today to formulate plans that strengthen the social work response […]
In der sogenannten Flüchtlingskrise stehen SozialarbeiterInnen und SozialpädagogInnen an vorderster Front. Die Soziale Arbeit ist herausgefordert, professionell zu helfen: den Flüchtlingen, den Institutionen und jenen, die in den Zielländern zu […]
L’Association canadienne des travailleuses et travailleurs sociaux (ACTS) applaudit à la décision du gouvernement fédéral d’annuler les coupes effectuées par le gouvernement précédent et de rétablir intégralement, d’ici avril 2016, […]
OTTAWA, February 19, 2016 – The Canadian Association of Social Workers (CASW) celebrates the federal government’s decision to reverse cuts made by the previous government, and fully restore all refugee […]
La Fédération Internationale du Travail Social (IFSW) publie un communiqué en soutien à l’Organisation des Nations Unies (ONU) pour mettre fin aux mutilations génitales féminines (MGF). À la suite de la […]
Following the United Nations’ International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, held on 6 February 2016, IFSW continues to support this initiative. Female genital mutilation (FGM) comprises all […]
IFSW wishes to support our social work academic colleague in Turkey who is facing detention along with other academics following their support for a petition calling for peace and criticizing […]
As representatives of the Association of Social Workers of the Czech republic (hereinafter the SSP ČR) we issue this statement in the matter of so called migrant crisis, which seems […]
The Canadian Association of Social Workers (CASW) affirms the Liberal Government’s commitment to bring 25,000 Syrian refugees to Canada before year’s end. Especially in the wake of recent high-profile […]
IFSW Secretary-General, Rory Truell visited Vienna and Munich last week to see first hand the social work response to the refugee crisis. This is his report: These are a few […]
Social workers from around the world are advocating for the rights of refugees, supporting families and children to reach safe places, integrate into new environments, and establish/rebuild family and social networks. To […]