IFSW’s Secretary General will take early retirement from 1 January 2010. He will be on vacation in December 2009 and therefore has effectively stopped working for IFSW as of December […]
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Murder of former PASWI President and Philippine Welfare Attaché
Information Type: NewsTopic: IFSWIFSW and the Philippine Association of Social Workers have been shocked by the murder of former PASWI President, Finardo G. Cabilao, who was working as a social welfare attaché based […]
IFSW President addresses Talentia 60th birthday conference
Information Type: NewsTopic: IFSW, Social WorkIFSW President David N Jones was in Helsinki Finland this week to join Talentia, the Finnish social work union, in their 60th birthday celebrations. Nicolai Paulsen, IFSW European President, also […]
IFSW President Dr David N Jones takes temporary role at inspectorate
Information Type: NewsTopic: IFSWPresident David N Jones has taken a temporary role at Ofsted – the UK Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills – pending a wholesale restructure of the […]
IFSW Statement on the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights December 10, 2008
Information Type: NewsTopic: Human Rights, IFSW, UNDignity And Justice For All Of Us After two World Wars the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was the first international statement of respect for each person in the world. […]
Andrew Mouravieff-Apostol medal to Argentina and UK
Information Type: NewsTopic: IFSWThe 2008 IFSW Medal and Diploma in Memory of Andrew Mouravieff-Apostol goes to two candidates, Professor Carlos Eroles from Argentina and Terry Bamford from the United Kingdom. The medals and […]
Gayle Gilchrist James 1940 – 2008
Information Type: NewsTopic: IFSWIFSW is sad to report the death of our former President Gayle Gilchrist James who died on 30th May 2008 after a long and courageous journey living with cancer. Many […]
25th Annual Social Work Day at the United Nations
Information Type: NewsTopic: IFSW, UNSocial Work Day at the UN is a gathering place for people around the world who are working to make a difference. For 25 years students, practitioners, and educators have […]
IFSW meets the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
Information Type: NewsTopic: IFSW, UN, ChildrenESSENTIAL ROLE OF SOCIAL WORK IMPLEMENTING THE UN CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD’ IFSW MEETS THE UN COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD The UN Committee on […]
Letter of sympathy Sweden’s Foreign Minister Anna Lindh
Information Type: StatementTopic: IFSWWe cannot understand that a Swedish minister once more has been assassinated. The information yesterday evening that Anna Lindh had been stabbed at NK in Stockholm and the message this […]