An action plan to help social workers fight against austerity measures is to be drawn up by the International Federation of Social Workers. The move was announced by Secretary-General Rory Truell […]
Social Protection
Repensando la protección social como plataforma para la dignidad, los derechos y el empoderamiento: Mensaje del día mundial del trabajo social 2015
Information Type: NewsTopic: World Social Work Day, Human Rights, Social ProtectionPor el Dr. Rory Truell, Secretario General, Federación Internacional de Trabajadores Sociales La protección social debe tratarse de los derechos humanos y de vivir con dignidad. El 73% del mundo […]
2015 World Social Work Day: ‘Promoting the Dignity and Worth of Peoples’
Information Type: NewsTopic: Social Protection, World Social Work DayThe Guardian have published a part of the IFSW Secretary-General’s speech that will delivered on WSWD at the UN Aids: Rethinking Social Protection as a Platform for Dignity, Rights and […]
Spanish Social Workers and People That Use Social Work Services Stand Together Against Austerity
Information Type: NewsTopic: Social ProtectionIFSW expressed full support and solidarity with Consejo General del Trabajo (the Spanish Council of Social Workers) by joining them in their campaign against austerity at the European Parliament held […]
Consejo General del Trabajo Social Wins Social Journalism Award
Information Type: News, Website/Useful LinkTopic: Social ProtectionThe IFSW member for Spain Consejo General del Trabajo Social has won an award for their scientific journal Servicios Sociales y Política Social (Social Services and Social Policy). The Journal has been […]
STATEMENT BY IFSW AFRICA REGION ON THE OUTBREAK OF EBOLA DISEASE
Topic: Disaster, Social ProtectionThe Ebola virus disease (EVD) which seem to have originated in a remote village in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1976 was first notified in West Africa in March […]
The Orange Tide: “Best example of social work led social-action in the world right now”
Information Type: NewsTopic: Social ProtectionWhile attending the IFSW European Regional Meeting in Madrid this month, IFSW Secretary-General, Dr Rory Truell was interviewed by the Spanish General Council of Social Workers on some of the issues and trends […]
Se dispara la demanda de ayudas sociales en España
Information Type: NewsTopic: Social ProtectionEn el último año el número de familias que han implorado ayuda de los servicios sociales por los recortes ha crecido un 74%. Son datos del estudio realizado por el […]
Los trabajadores sociales exigen a la UE que gobierne para las personas
Information Type: NewsTopic: Social ProtectionMadrid, 16 may (EFE).- Los trabajadores sociales de toda Europa ha exigido al nuevo Parlamento Europeo que gobierne para las personas y no para el mercado. El Consejo General del […]
Los trabajadores sociales exigen al nuevo Parlamento Europeo que gobierne para las personas y no para el mercado
Information Type: NewsTopic: Social ProtectionLos representantes de los trabajadores sociales de toda Europa han debatido este fin de semana cómo los recortes sociales y las políticas de austeridad están afectando a las familias. La presidenta del […]
Cuts in expenditure on social services constitute false economy
Information Type: NewsTopic: Social ProtectionPress Release from the IFSW Delegates Meeting 2014 Madrid, Spain Social workers from the length and breadth of the European Economic Area (EEA) are assembling in Madrid for the annual […]
Greece: Social Work Day of Action
Information Type: NewsTopic: Social ProtectionOn Wednesday the Greek public sector social workers shut schools, left hospitals and public services on emergency staffing levels to protest against Government plans to fire a number of public […]
IFSW Supports: A Social Protection Floor for Everyone
Information Type: NewsTopic: Social ProtectionThe IFSW supports the Internal Labour Organizations (ILO) recommendation 202 concerning ‘National Floors on Social Protection’. Social Protection Floors give guarantees for basic income security and access to essential health […]
United Nations Global Compact 2014-16 strategy for engagement with the private sector
Information Type: News, Website/Useful LinkTopic: Social Protection, EnvironmentThe UN Global Compact released its 2014-2016 strategy on 10 February 2014, which lays out how the initiative will work to make corporate sustainability a transformative force in achieving a […]
‘Social Intervention in Troubled Times’ – 1,300 Spanish social workers attend national congress
Information Type: NewsTopic: Social Protection, ConferenceMore than 1,300 Spanish social workers came together in Marbella, Spain on 14 – 16 November 2013 for the national social work congress of the Consejo General del Trabajo Social […]
Voices for Development – Outcomes from African Region conference
Information Type: News, Website/Useful LinkTopic: Social ProtectionSocial workers from across Africa met in Johannesburg in September 2013 to send messages to their governments and international development agencies. The Voices For Development Conference will inform regional and national governments […]
Global hunger down, but millions still chronically hungry
Information Type: News, Website/Useful LinkTopic: Social ProtectionSome 842 million people, or roughly one in eight of the world’s total population, suffered from chronic hunger in 2011-13, not getting enough food to lead active and healthy lives according […]
United Nations calls for a more sustainable, just and prosperous world for all
Information Type: NewsTopic: Social ProtectionAs the world’s leading economies prepared to meet in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on 5-6 September 2013, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on countries to show leadership and commitment to […]
Social Workers at the Alter Summit in Greece calling for an End of European Austerity Policies
Information Type: NewsTopic: Social ProtectionYouth unemployment in Europe threatens a social crisis
Information Type: NewsTopic: Social ProtectionThe European Union has recognised that youth unemployment – which exceeds 50% in some countries – presents a major risk to social stability. European leaders warned on 28 May […]