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During the IFSW visit to the Afghanistan Social Work Organisation, Rory Truell spoke with Fardeen Yusofi, a local social worker about one of the 8000 women and family cooperatives that […]
This week’s escalation of conflict in Israel and Palestine highlights the failures in developing a step-by-step peace process based on trust, understanding and the acknowledgement that all people have rights. […]
(In the photo: Members of the ASO board with IFSW representatives) At a press conference today in Kabul, the Afghanistan Social Work Organization (ASO) invited speakers from The Ministry of […]
Photo: ASO board members with IFSW representatives in Kabul During their visit, IFSW representatives are learning from the highly skilled and committed members of the Afghanistan Social Workers Organisation who […]
At a time when Afghanistan is going through significant challenges and support from many international humanitarian agencies has withdrawn, because of the recent Taliban government decision preventing women from working […]
Dear colleagues, Happy New Year to all of you! On behalf of the Executive, Commissioners, Ambassador, Secretary General and the Secretariat I am delighted to present you the 2022 End […]
The above image shows Dignity Shopping at the Kamianets-Podilskyi Social Supermarket and children’s activities at the Community Social Work Centre “Thank you IFSW so much for all the support. It […]
World Social Work Day has been celebrated around the globe since 1983. This year, IFSW and UNRISD teamed up once again to mark the Day at the United Nations in […]
IFSW is pleased to announce that three more national associations of social work have been admitted as full members. The National Alliance of Professional Social Workers of Kazakhstan, the Guinea-Bissau Association […]
74 years have passed since the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the United Nations (UN) in 1948, following the Second World War, as a basis for freedom, justice […]
A 74 años de la Declaración Universal de los Derechos humanos adoptada por las Naciones Unidas (ONU) en 1948, luego de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, como base para la libertad, […]
IFSW UN Asia-Pacific Representative Dr Sebastian Cordoba addressed the UN ESCAP Committee on Environment and Development this week advocating for greater climate action from Member States. The statement drew attention […]
Operating under different names, but since 1947 BPSW (The Netherlands) can be proud of a flourishing social workers association that already exists for 75 years, and still going strong. As […]
La violencia contra las mujeres y las niñas es la violación de los derechos humanos mas extendida en todo el mundo. Antonio Guterres Secretario General de las Naciones Unidas La […]
Violence against women and girls may be the world’s longest, deadliest pandemic António Guterres The International Federation of Social Workers in Latin America and the Caribbean (IFSW LAC) joins the […]
IFSW Secretary-General, Rory Truell met with the Malaysian Social Workers Association, these are some of his reflections. Chow Kit, a suburb in the Centre of Kuala Lumpur, offers mix of […]
Time and date: Friday 25th November 2022 at 5pm CET Speaker: Tatevik Karapetyan- ARMENIA Please join us for a meeting of New Social Workers from IFSW Europe. It is one of […]
Along with other partners, IFSW is delighted to launch the 2023 World Social Work Day poster. The theme, ‘Respecting diversity through joint social action’, stems from the People’s Charter for […]
‘Social workers have among the most difficult working conditions of all equivalent professions’, is the key finding of new research just published in International Social Work journal. ‘This has detrimental […]