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IFSW is co-facilitating the ´Co-Building a New Eco-Social World: Leaving No One Behind´ people´s summit. Today’s press release (link), issued by the summit partners, invites all people globally to contribute […]
People across the globe are inviting world leaders to join them in working together towards creating a new eco-social world as we emerge from the pandemic. The people’s summit ‘Co-Building a New Eco-social World: Leaving No One Behind´ takes place next June (link). Through our representative organisations, 100s of […]
Breast cancer awareness Month Event: Essential chat with Mit Topic: From Personal to Professional: Knowledge and Awareness of Breast Cancer Date: 22nd October 2021 Time: 2pm Venue: Online Questions about breast […]
Founded in 2004 as the The Journal of Social Work Values and Ethics, the journal aims to examine the ethical and values issues that impact and are interwoven with social […]
World Mental Health Day is celebrated on October 10th. This year’s theme is: “Mental Health in an Unequal World.” The world is becoming more polarized. Poverty levels are on the […]
Working together to raise awareness and reduce stigma On behalf of IFSW EUROPE we stand with the International Psychogeriatric Association (IPA) in recognizing 1-10 October as Older Adult Mental Health […]
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Events in Afghanistan have moved quickly in the last few weeks. There is and will continue to be uncertainty for everyone, both for the people who remain in Afghanistan and […]
Last week’s Climate Report by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (1) highlights significant global concerns on climate change and a call for immediate and drastic changes to […]
Download the Report The 2021 Joint Report of the European Commission and the Social Protection Committee on Long-Term Care is the most comprehensive overview to date of a policy area […]
In acknowledgement of this year’s global social work theme Ubuntu, the Journal of International Social Work is providing free access to an article on ‘ubuntu and its potential impact on […]
IFSW has been working with a range of partners to build a global conversation on what local and global values, policies and practices are needed when we emerge out of […]
The Australian Association of Social Workers has recently made a decision for the 26th Asia-Pacific Regional Social Work Conference 2021 to be now held completely online (virtual). This decision […]
The Department of Social Work and Social Administration at Makerere University, the International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW) and IFSW Africa Region are pleased to announce the launch […]
(foto: Hilary Weaver y Xanthis Suárez García) El Ejecutivo de la FITS ha nombrado a Hilary Weaver como Comisionada global de la Comisión Indígena. Hilary, una trabajadora social lakota, residente […]
(photo:Hilary Weaver & Xanthis Suárez García) The IFSW executive has appointed Hilary Weaver as the global Commissioner of the Indigenous Commission. Hilary, a Lakota social worker residing in Haudenosaunee Territory […]
IFSW welcomes the G7’s pledge to provide 1 billion COVID vaccines to the countries that cannot afford them. IFSW Secretary-General Rory Truell commented, “This is a positive start and shows […]
Click here for the Iran Association of Social Workers report on World Social Work Day activities.
Equal access to vaccines requires political will to work with communities and health, primary care and social professions to find a global solution to a global crisis. IFSW Secretary-General Rory […]
The UN Agenda 2030 is a milestone agreement – never before in history has a total of 193 nations established and agreed upon one common agenda. The SDGs consist of […]