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“The world is thirsty for peace and humanity” Naming days for special occasions may provide chances to speak about related topics. The World Social Work Day is one of these […]
Greetings and Happy World Social Work Day! As President of the IFSW Asia Pacific Region, I wish you all a very happy World Social Work Day 2020, an annual celebration […]
IFSW has altered the World Social Work Day poster. The earlier version was created last year and depicts a handshake. In the current situation with the Covid 19 Virus, we […]
The current pandemic has impacted on the social work community in multiple and extraordinary ways. Social work training and education has not been immune from the changes and adaptations our […]
In many European countries, social services providers have created support services for people in quarantine or for people who are at home in self-isolation. It is necessary that social services […]
An open letter to The International Council of Nurses and the World Medical Association, Dear colleagues in nursing and medicine facing the Covid 19 pandemic, On behalf of the International […]
Every year, we take a step back to reflect on the progress made towards achieving gender equality and celebrate the contributions and the role of every woman in our society. […]
The Social Work Role In many countries social workers are supporting communities that are affected or fearful of the Covid 19 Virus. Social work has an important role in the […]
On International Woman’s Day IFSW celebrates the power of women in creating choice for all people. From the women’s protests throughout the world claiming their rights and ability to make […]
Our societies are changing and new challenges are emerging that require new or updated answers of social workers to set the proper measures and services that are in line with […]
This statement contains information on planned IFSW events and the role of social workers in the fight against the Corona Virus: Social workers are proactively supporting communities and societies in […]
The four Social Work Associations in Japan – Japanese Association of Certified Social Workers (JACSW), Japanese Association of Psychiatric Social Workers (JAPSW), Japanese Association of Social Workers (JASW) and Japan […]
IFSW has released its End of Year Report for 2019. The report covers many of the activities that took place last year strengthening the social work profession and its positive […]
The organizations and associations in the “Social Work in German-Speaking Regions and amongst German-Speaking Minorities” network have been engaged in a dialogue for a number of years already. An intensive […]
Social workers joined the 13 different organizations in the private care, health and social sector who demonstrated today in the street to reduce the working hours from 38,5 to 35 […]
The global representatives of the International Federation of Social Workers met in London with representatives of IFSW’s sister organizations, The International Association Schools of Social Work and the International Council […]
World Social Work Day Celebration in Japan The Japanese Federation of Social Workers (JFSW) is proud to welcome IFSW Global President Dr. Silvana Martinez to deliver a memorial lecture at […]
Worldwide tributes recognise international social worker Terry Bamford following his sudden death on Sunday IFSW is deeply distressed to report the very sad news that Terry Bamford, who has been […]
Last January 20 and 21, social workers from Sri Lankan, Japan and Cambodia met in Colombo, Sri Lanka hold an International Workshop on Strengthening Families: Role of Social Workers The […]
IFSW celebrates #SWSD2020 at the UN Geneva with the Workshop “Community engagements for social and environmental justice” at the UN Geneva, in the International Conference Centre. Wednesday, 18 March 2020 […]