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The 2018 World Social Work Day poster is now available. The theme ‘Promoting Community and Environmental Sustainability’ is running for its second and final year as a part of the […]
Our President, Ana Lima-Fernandez, together with Rory Truell, General secretary of IFSW celebrated WSW Day 2017 participating in the event on Social Work and Sustainable Development at the UN in […]
World Social Work Day 2017 has been a major success with social workers holding events and taking actions in all parts of the globe. Click here to see videos, photos […]
Thank you to all our members and partners who made this happen! The world came together on 21 March 2017 as social workers, civil society, people who use services, […]
IFSW members and social workers worldwide, Happy Social Workers Day 2017 The third Tuesday of every March is World Social Work Day, this month the 21st of March. The event […]
Date: March 11th (Sat), 2017 Venue: Japan Women’s University, Tokyo
IFSW is delighted to announce the winner of the 2017 World Social Work Day Poster. More than 400 submissions were received from many places in the world. Submissions had to […]
World Social Work Day 2017 (WSWD) is on the 21st of March. The theme ‘Promoting Community and Environmental Sustainability’ relates to the third pillar of the Global Agenda for Social Work and Social […]
The International Federation of Social Workers – European Region (IFSW Europe) along with the European Association of Schools of Social Work (EASSW) and Union Professionnelle Francophone des Assistants Sociaux […]
Platinum, indie rock band cousins, James and Rab Allan from the Glaswegian act Glasvegas put in a surprise performance at the Scottish Association of Social Worker’s (SASW) annual awards ceremony […]
This week IFSW organized a World Social Day event at the United Nations Head Quarters in New York. More than 500 social workers, educators, students and United Nations officials attended to […]
IFSW members from all over the world have celebrated WSWD with the common theme ‘Promoting the Dignity and Worth of Peoples’ Professional Social workers, Practitioners and Students in Kochi, Kerala, […]
Dr Rory Truell, IFSW Secretary-General’s speech at the United Nations on World Social Work Day ينبغي أن تتعلّق الحماية الاجتماعية بالحقوق الاجتماعية و العيش بكرامة. يعيش 73% من سكان العالم دون […]
Por 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 […]
The 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 […]
International Social Work Day is recognised on March 17th and this year the Global Agenda theme Promoting the Dignity and Worth of Peoples speaks very much to the human rights […]
To mark the occasion of 2015 World Social Work Day, IFSW Executive Members and leadership have made video messages to global / regional members and to social workers everywhere. More […]
Social workers work in just about every country and community, dealing on a daily basis with hard stuff: homelessness, depression, abuse, addiction, poverty, broken families, illness, fear and recovery. Our […]
Social workers all over the world celebrated 2014 World Social Work Day with the theme: Social and Economic Crises – Social Work Solutions. The day has been a major demonstration […]
Dr Rory Truell, Secretary-General of The International Federations of Social Workers 2014 World Social Work Day Message. Each year World Social Work Day takes on new energy and significance. All […]