IFSW Asia Pacific is seeking Expressions of Interest for: • One IFSW Asia Pacific Regional Commissioner (also called Main Representative for Asia Pacific Region) based […]
United Nations
IFSW Statement Regarding Trafficking and Exploitation
Information Type: News, StatementTopic: Poverty, Human Rights, Social Work, UN, Migration
IFSW Human Rights Commission. Statement Regarding Trafficking and Exploitation. Trafficking and exploitation continue to be a tragic reality for many women, children and men worldwide. No country is immune to […]
Report on the Learning Session on High Level Political Forum 2019
Topic: IFSW
The High Level Political Forum (HLPF) is the highest annual meeting of the United Nations don the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 1 . It contains a review of 6 SDGs […]
IFSW is contributing to the SDGs/ HLPF: The High Level Political Forum
Information Type: NewsTopic: IFSW, Social Work, UN
IFSW is contributing to the SDGs/ HLPF: The High Level Political Forum is the highest UN annual meeting on the SDGs. It contains a review of 6 SDGs and one overall theme. in […]
Free Online Course: Caring For Children Moving Alone
Information Type: NewsTopic: Human Rights, Social Work, UN, Children
All around the world, thousands of children are travelling across and between borders as unaccompanied and separated children. Different countries may respond to the needs of these children in different […]
IFSW Statement on International Women’s Day 8 March 2019
Information Type: News, StatementTopic: Human Rights
A statement issued by Priska Fleischlin, IFSW UN Global Commissioner and the IFSW UN Regional Commissioners: This year, International Women’s Day is celebrated for the hundredth time. In 1909, in […]
IFSW Statement for ‘World Social Justice Day’ – Justice Requires the Participation of all Peoples
Information Type: News, StatementTopic: Human Rights, UN
20th February 2019 Throughout the world, social workers are directly involved in advancing social justice. In addition to advocating and shaping inclusive, strengths-focused and rights-based social policies, the social work […]
An Interview with the Deputy High Commissioner (OHCHR) on ‘Social Workers Standing Up for Human Rights’
Information Type: NewsTopic: IFSW, Human Rights
(Photo: Priska Fleischlin and Kate Gilmore) As IFSW and the OHCHR prepare plans for working together, Priska Fleischlin the IFSW UN Commissioner meet and interviewed UN representative and qualified […]
IFSW UN Commission – Statement on Human Rights Day
Information Type: Statement, NewsTopic: Social Work, Human Rights
This year marks the 70th Anniversary of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Since the ground-breaking launch of the Declaration millions of people’s rights have been recognised, human suffering […]
IFSW Human Right Commission – Statement on Human Rights Day
Information Type: Statement, NewsTopic: Human Rights, IFSW
The IFSW Human Rights Commission takes this opportunity to acknowledge the global efforts to support Human Rights. This includes significant contributions from social workers acting as volunteers, in governments, agencies, NGOs, private […]
IFSW UN and interim Education Commissioners Announced
Information Type: NewsTopic: IFSW
. Vasilios Ioakimidis & Priska Fleischlin Following the General Assembly last July where IFSW members voted to establish a United Nations Commission and an […]
IFSW Representative to the UN Criticises Medicalisation of Social Problems
Information Type: NewsTopic: IFSW
Pascal Rudin is currently undertaking research in the field of Psychiatric Social Work in Bengaluru, India. This is where the TV shooting took place According to the Diagnostic and Statistic […]