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🌍 Social work voices at CHOGM 2026!The Commonwealth Organization for Social Work (COSW) will represent social work at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Antigua and Barbuda, 1–4 November.The COSW delegation will advocate for five key priorities: stronger social protection systems, meaningful partnerships with civil society, recognition of young carers, inclusive leadership to combat hate and division, and the rights of Indigenous and First Generations peoples.Representing Caribbean and Commonwealth perspectives, the delegation will also participate in the People’s, Women’s and Youth Forums, ensuring that social work knowledge and community experiences contribute to shaping a more just and inclusive future.IFSW recognises the importance of social workers’ voices in advancing social justice, equity and human dignity worldwide. www.ifsw.org/cosw-represents-social-work-at-commonwealth-heads-of-government-meeting-in-antigua-a...#SocialWork #SocialJustice #COSW #CHOGM2026 #HumanRights
📢 IFSW Appoints Dr Pascal Rudin as Secretary-GeneralThe International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Pascal Rudin as Secretary-General, effective 1 October 2026. 🌍With over 12 years of experience in IFSW leadership and operations, Pascal brings a strong commitment to collaboration, human rights and social justice.Congratulations, Pascal! We look forward to continuing to strengthen our global Federation together. 🤝🔗 Read the full announcement on the IFSW website.#ifsw #SocialWork #SocialJustice #humanrights #GlobalSocialWork
🌍 World Mental Health Day 2026Real voices. Real lives. Real change.Mental health and wellbeing are deeply connected to culture, community, identity, spirituality and our relationship with the land.This World Mental Health Day, IFSW’s Indigenous Commission calls on social workers to listen to Indigenous Peoples, recognise their lived experiences and knowledge, and challenge the colonial structures and inequalities that undermine their wellbeing.Listening is only the beginning. Real change requires action, justice and a commitment to working with communities, not for them.#WorldMentalHealthDay #IndigenousPeoples #SocialWork #MentalHealth #SocialJustice
Paris 2028: Preparing to Celebrate 100 Years of International Social Work 🇫🇷💖IFSW Global President Eva Ponce de Leon, IFSW Global Vice-President and IFSW Europe President Ruth Allen, and Interim Secretary-General Pascal Rudin visited Paris as preparations gather momentum for the 2028 Joint Conference on Social Work, Education and Social Development, which will mark a historic centenary for international social work.#swsd2028 Together with Abye Tasse, Global Coordinator of the 2028 Conference, they visited Université Paris Cité, where the conference will be held, and met with representatives of UNAFORIS, the host organisation, including Chloé Altwegg-Boussac, Director General, Marcel Jaeger, President, and Olivier Jeanne, Treasurer. The visit provided an opportunity to explore the conference venue and discuss the organisation and wider ambitions for this landmark gathering.✨️
Bringing an Intersectional Social Work Perspective to Gender Equality 💜Gender equality cannot be advanced in isolation from the other inequalities and experiences that shape people’s lives. Bringing this intersectional perspective into international advocacy, and connecting global commitments with action at regional, national and local levels was at the heart of discussions between IFSW and International Gender Champions (IGC) in Geneva on 16 September 2026.IFSW Global President Eva Ponce de Leon and Interim Secretary-General Pascal Rudin, IFSW’s designated Gender Champion, met with Hannah Reinl, Project Manager at the International Gender Champions Secretariat, following IFSW’s recent joining of the network.♀️IFSW’s participation in International Gender Champions is accompanied by concrete institutional commitments.🤝 By the end of 2027, the Federation will integrate an intersectional gender review into all new global policies, position statements and advocacy papers, making this a standard element of its policy development process.🤝 IFSW will also apply the International Gender Champions Gender-Responsive Assemblies Toolkit to its 2028 General Meeting, identifying practical ways to strengthen gender responsiveness and inclusion within the Federation’s principal global decision-making forum.🤝In addition, IFSW has endorsed the International Gender Champions’ Panel Parity Pledge and Gender-Based Violence Pledge, reinforcing its commitment to inclusive participation, safe environments and addressing gender-based violence and sexism.
🌍 @CwlthSocWk will represent social work at #CHOGM2026 in Antigua and Barbuda, 1–4 November.
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📢 IFSW appoints Dr Pascal Rudin as Secretary-General, effective 1 October 2026.
🤝 Congratulations, Pascal! We look forward to continuing to strengthen our global Federation and advancing social justice together.
#IFSW #SocialWork #SocialJustice
🌍 This #WorldMentalHealthDay, let’s listen to real voices and lived experiences.
Indigenous Peoples’ knowledge, cultures and connection to the land are vital to mental health and wellbeing.
#SocialWork #MentalHealth
