The Global Agenda for Social Work and Social Development started in 2010 when 3000 social work representatives and social development professionals came together to set the priorities for the profession until 2020. This significantly successful period of the Global Agenda has been an essential voice in proactively setting and fulfilling the Stainable Developmental Goals, working towards more peaceful and just societies and strengthening the voice of the social work profession.
Now, the social work profession needs to examine new themes and processes to expand the Global Agenda for Social Work and Social Development for the years 2020 to 2030. From IFSW, we are launching a consultation process, where your input is essential to build a robust and inclusive Global Agenda that meets the real needs of all people. The consultation period will end in July 2020.
Please make your contributions to the Global Agenda for Social Work and Social Development 2020 – 2030 by filling in the comments box at the bottom of this page.
To see the reports of the Global Agenda from 2010 to 2018 please visit the IFSW Bookstore where you can download the reports for free. Below is a video message from the IFSW President Silvana Martinez and Secretary-General Rory Truell providing some examples of the success of the Global Agenda and inviting all people interested in the development of social work to participate in the consultation process. The video is subtitled in both Spanish and English.
Comments Section
Please leave any comments on your proposed Global Agenda themes for 2020 to 2030 and any suggestions for how to integrate the themes across the decade which also allows the Global Agenda process to effectively respond to any unforeseen social issues that may arise.
Chantella Morgan-Peart says
September 14, 2018 at 6:41 pmI am a Social Worker in Jamaica and have been in the profession since 2009 upon graduating from University. I would like for my country to be better involved in the affairs of the International Federation of Social Workers. . I work with the Ministry of Labour and Social Security and started out in the Public Assistance Division of the Ministry and now working with the Overseas Employment and Family Services Unit. Jamaica is a developing country and therefore to continue to make an impact and even greater impact we need to become an active participant in the affairs of the federation. I could be speaking without knowledge where this is concerned; however i stand corrected if that is so. This note is not a theme for the Global Agenda but thought i should share.
Karen Lorena Brugés Solórzano says
September 16, 2018 at 2:19 pmHi everybody, I’m Colombian Social Worker, I professional since 13th years old, my experience is about development, Social Resposibility Corporate and Social Entrepreneurship. The final topic it’s a goal for the social workers in this moment. It’s possible building the development throug social entrepreneurship.
Charles Lepretre says
September 21, 2018 at 7:54 amI’m a child protection social worker in a north London borough. London is divided into 32 boroughs and there is very little sense that we are part of a united vision for children or social work more generally. I think that this translates upwards with both national and international social work. Many social workers do not know that the IFSW exists and so more work could be done with universities and employers to increase awareness.
Elva Campos Boulangger. says
September 24, 2018 at 9:54 pmElva Campos Boulanger, Trabajadora Social de Perú, me parece muy importante y fundamental considerar el Tema: Salud Mental de las Personas, como prioritario en el próximo Congreso Mundial, en la Agenda Global 2020-2030, me preocupa mi país, me preocupa el Mundo, me preocupa las personas, ¡NO! al Silencio, la FITS debe dar todas las Herramientas y los conocimientos a las Trabajadores Sociales del Mundo, ayudar a unificar criterios, intervenciones y acciones, pienso que es un Tema clave de Empoderamiento y Respeto al Trabajo Social.
MORLET MARIE ODILE pour MARPLE AFRIQUE SOLIDARITE says
October 9, 2018 at 4:10 pmBonjour
Fière d’être TRAVAILLEUR SOCIAL
Mon association et moi même nous battons pour le respect et la protection des droits de l’enfant au Sénégal et celui des publics marginalisés, isolés, précarisés, exclus et oubliés en France.
Eva Mª Toledano Sacristan says
October 19, 2018 at 10:06 amSaludos desde Madrid (España),
me gustaría que IFSW (INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS) incluyese en la Agenda Global 2020-2030 como tema central; ” El Trabajo Social como figura de referencia en la relación de ayuda de problemas sociales”, dar a conocer a la ciudadanía la profesión tanto a personas mayores, jóvenes y menores de los distintos países sepan identificarnos como una figura de referencia a la que acudir y pedir ayuda y acompañamiento social para problemas de salud mental, discapacidad, violencia de genero, trata de seres humanos, adicciones, VIH, Ebola, soledad no deseada, emergencias y crisis humanitarias, refugiados, promoción de entornos saludables y sostenibles. etc.
En definitiva el trabajador social como una figura de referencia que le puede acompañar y ayudas en sus conflictos, procesos vitales y problemas sociosanitarios.
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Greetings from Madrid (Spain),
I would like IFSW (INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS) to be included in the Global Agenda 2020-2030 as a central theme; “Social Work as a reference figure in the relationship of help of social problems”, to make the profession known to citizens, to elderly people, young people and minors from different countries, identify us as a reference figure to go to and ask for help and social support for mental health problems, disability, gender violence, trafficking in human beings, addictions, HIV, Ebola, unwanted loneliness, humanitarian emergencies and crises, refugees, promotion of healthy and sustainable environments. etc.
In short, the social worker as a reference figure that can accompany him and help in their conflicts, life processes and socio-health problems.
Abdul Rashid Hanjura advocate says
October 19, 2018 at 5:51 pmBeing a social worker with 30 years of experience working in conflict affected Kashmir India am running orphanages with school and voluntary organisations.i have bagged national awards for social work.i wish to be part of international federation of social workers and need its membership please guide and help
Juan Omar Agüero says
October 21, 2018 at 10:26 pmThemes for next Global Social Work Agenda 2020-2030:
1. Promoting a World Order without Imperialism and Coloniality
2. Democracies with Economic Development and Social Justice
3. Towards a Free-Violences World
4. Gender Identities, Power Relationships and Patriarchy
5. Promoting the rights of Original Populations
Erika Murcia says
May 3, 2019 at 11:13 pmJuan:
Thank you for writing these core components to take into account. As a person of color, an immigrant myself i do believe bringing the voices of those individuals and communities whom have historically been marginalized at the center of the IFSW agenda it is key for creating real change in this new decade.
1. Indigenous, Black and Afro-Indigenous, and ALL communities of color, LGBTQ+
2. Promoting Anti-racism practicies, Pro-Immigrants/Refugees actions in which the experiences and stories of communities of color are told and heard by us.
3. Promoting actions toward decolonization of people’s minds and praxis. One example is to push back on the wrong use of terms such as ‘third world countries’.
Peace,
Erika
Shadare says
October 22, 2018 at 1:30 pmHello everyone, I am Shadare Victor from Nigeria. You are doing great job. I will like IFSW to discuss unemployment and the how graduates in Social work can be placed in there field of study. Nigeria is lacking behind here, many graduates wants to practice Social work but are not privileged.
Albert Amoah Saah says
October 22, 2018 at 2:06 pmTechnology Mediated and Managed Social Work is a major e-factor for countries in development context. Technology integration demands that Social Workers in the 21st century must be techno savvy.
Joanne Shutt says
October 24, 2018 at 8:05 amI currently live in Azerbaijan but am a child protection social worker from the UK. I am working with NOG’s currently tirelessly trying to get social work on the map in Azerbaijan. The culture here means that the family has the sole responsibility for children and we are struggling to get people to understand that everyone is responsible for our children. There are safeguarding laws but no one follows them or is made accountable. I would like support and advice on how to move things forward in Azerbaijan and how best to be heard.
Fiona Oates says
October 26, 2018 at 7:16 amI would like to see raised global focus on wellbeing issues that affect Social Workers who work in trauma-laden environments, how supervisors can identify and manage these issues in their workforce, research into how service delivery is impacted when social workers are experiencing work related trauma based wellbeing and mental health concerns etc
Prof. Dr. Melinda Madew says
October 28, 2018 at 2:04 pmMy social work practice with indigenous peoples in Northern Philippines to which I belong, has given me this commitment to walk with the struggles of all other indigenous communities the world over. As a young community organizer some twenty years ago , I understood how the dispossession and dislocation of indigenous communities have been systematically carried out by state power and neocolonial interests. Despite the continuing oppression of indigenous peoples the world over, I bear witness to global solidarity which catalyze resistance and organize transformative action. Today, I am teaching in a social work university in Germany. I take it as my critical task to draw students away from traditional Eurocentric social work practice that can reduce the social work profession to no more than an implementing tool of neoliberal policies.
I am so heartened to read that colleagues in Canada are enlisting support from indigenous communities in the organization of the 2020 Conference in Calgary. I look forward to engaging with colleagues in global dialogical action to decolonize the social work profession.
Andréa chaves Albuquerque says
October 29, 2018 at 2:58 pmI woud like to have more studies about Military Social Work.
Kiana Casey says
October 29, 2018 at 6:44 pmI am a social work student in Canada. I would like to see social work in Canada improve with our Indigenous populations, who have greatly suffered at the hands of social workers (ie. The Sixties Scoop). Eurocentric practices within social work do not fully serve Indigenous populations and can often be harmful. Incorporating Indigenous social work practices into the Canadian Association of Social Work (CASW) would benefit Indigenous peoples in Canada as well as hopefully improve the relationship between social workers and Indigenous populations.
M.A.SAMEER says
November 12, 2018 at 5:04 pmYes.good work.go ahed
Natalie Compagna says
October 29, 2018 at 10:58 pmI am a social work student in Canada. It would be impactful to have social workers on the global level unite to discuss how more preventative measures or approaches can be implemented into existing child welfare agencies. I understand from working on a Child Protection team that resources and funding are limited so would love to hear a discussion on how we, as social workers, can help support families within current structures.
Eno Ekuere says
October 30, 2018 at 7:27 pmThe theme I would wish to suggest for the next 10 years is “The Role of Social Work & Rising Global Refugee Crisis”.
The effects of ongoing global conflicts on very vulnerable people – women (including those who are pregnant), children and the injured remains very critical. I believe with the unfolding political tone in the world, rising migration crisis and lots more, social workers should make this theme a frontline issue for the next decade.
S. Craigg says
October 31, 2018 at 8:04 amGreetings,
My proposed Global Agenda themes for 2020 to 2030 are holistic theory and spirituality. I envision a social work that places great importance on holistic healing where systems theory is employed with the fundamental relationship being that with The Creator. Spirituality is truly global and has the ability to mitigate social issues.
Thank you,
– S. Craigg
Mélanie Stafford says
November 1, 2018 at 1:37 amI am a social work student in Canada. In a worldwide climate of austerity and right wing conservative political agendas, I would love to see social workers meaningfully engage in critical and intersectional social justice work as integral parts of our work. Many of us are employed in social services where the charity/helper model is strong, and we are discouraged from engaging in systems level change doing. Complacency towards oppressive systems is harming our communities, and so many of us are kept incredibly busy with individual level interventions. For example, I work in harm-reduction where I spend most of my day loving and nurturing extremely traumatised communities surviving a war on drug users. I’d much rather be advocating for drug decriminalization and the demilitarization of local police forces. In comparison, the nursing field has taken much stronger stances and advocacy based measures on harm-reduction and overdose emergency related issues. I wonder how social workers and social work oversight bodies (such as the Canadian Association of Social Workers) could hold employers/government funders accountable to an approach that is invested in dismantling oppressive systems (such as drug prohibition, or eurocentric and settler-colonial mentalities, capitalism, heteropatriarchy, classism, etc).
Meghan Gulliver says
November 1, 2018 at 2:27 pmI am a social work student in Canada. As a student, there have been times when entering the profession has been daunting due to the intensity of the profession. Many informal social work groups discuss the often negative personal impacts of being a service provider, a front line worker, counselor, child protection and family worker. Social work has one of the highest rates of professional burnout. In Canada alone, 75% of social workers surveyed by the CASW indicated that they suffered under unmanageable caseloads. These overloaded caseloads are symptomatic of communities who need the unique support offered by social workers, but often have extremely long wait times as those who carry out that support need support themselves. Social workers often cite the difficulties of vicarious trauma, overwhelming administrative duties and work far beyond their paid hours. This problem is not unique to Canada and is one that is echoed all over the world. I would love to see an international commitment to improving the conditions under which social workers are employed so that they can give the appropriate care and services to the communities that they serve.
Kelly Yorke says
November 1, 2018 at 10:42 pmAccording to the latest report issued by the Public Health Agency of Canada, it is estimated that one in every 66 Canadian children and youth aged five to 17 has autism spectrum disorder. This report details the prevalence of the disorder in Canada and the findings seem to align with those estimates in the United States; 1 in 68 children (The Canadian Press, 2018). Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is defined as a neurodevelopmental disorder that includes impairments in language, communication skills, and social interactions combined with restricted and repetitive behaviours, interests or activities (Government of Canada, 2018). Signs of ASD are typically detected in early childhood, with boys four to five times more frequently diagnosed with ASD than girls (Government of Canada, 2018). People with autism are often experience stigma and discrimination in their lives and their human rights are often violated through the unjust deprivation of health, education and opportunities to engage and participate in their communities (WHO, 2018). In May 2014, the World Health Organization (WHO), World Health Assembly adopted a resolution entitled “Comprehensive and coordinated efforts for the management of autism spectrum disorders (ASD),” which was supported by more than 60 countries (WHO, 2018). With the hope that Canada is moving closer to the creation of a national autism strategy, I feel there is a significant role for social work in the advocacy, support, and service delivery for children and adults with ASD and their families, at local, regional, national and world levels.
Darcy Gillis says
November 2, 2018 at 1:12 pmI would like for there to be a focus upon food waste and tackling food insecurity, particularly within Indigenous communities and their children. Within Canada, 13% of Canadians live in a state of food insecurity. Within my province, Indigenous communities in Cape Breton have a child poverty rate of 72.7% (Eskasoni), 48.5% (Membertou), 44.2% (Whycocomagh), and 40% (Wagmatcook). This is a staggering amount, considering the child poverty rate in NS is 21.6% and the child poverty rate in Canada is approximately 17%. The over representation is staggering, which can lead to serious impacts on an individuals social determinants of health.
Isidore Yuntenwi says
November 2, 2018 at 6:40 pmI would like for the international social work community to discuss issues with regard to “Green Social Work”. Contemporary socio-economic and political discussions around the world are increasingly focusing on global warming & climate change and the effects these have on the environment and on human populations. It would be important for emphasis to be placed on what contributions social work education and practice can make in achieving environmental sustainability.
Kyla C says
November 2, 2018 at 8:04 pmI am a Social Work student from Canada. I would encourage those in the social work profession, at all levels, to engage with individuals and communities living with trauma. One area of particular concern includes the growing refugee and migrant crisis due to environmental, and political instability. Even within a prosperous nation such as the United States, we see third world conditions after devastating hurricanes destroy New Orleans, Houston, and Puerto Rico. These disasters highlight racial and economic divides compounded by capitalistic, oppressive practices.
The rates of incarcerated women, particularly those of Indigenous decent, living with mental health challenges as a result of trauma and abuse continue to grow. Advocacy relating to patriarchal and oppressive systems that perpetuate criminality for women is required for advancements in female empowerment and overall wellbeing. Furthermore, along with the populations mentioned, first responders must be acknowledged in terms of psychological wellbeing associated with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Presumptive legislation across Canada is gaining support and therefore resources should be allocated to those affected.
Sarita Johnson says
November 2, 2018 at 9:03 pmI am a Mi’kmaq social work student in Canada and I’m glad to see that there will be Indigenous representatives. Due to the overrepresentation of Aboriginal children in care, I would like to see changes made involving Indigenous children and their communities. Non-Aboriginal social workers need training on the history of Aboriginal people, their beliefs, customs, traditions, ceremonies, etc. so that they can better understand Aboriginal people and work with them. I know there has been Culture Sensitivity training, but non-Aboriginal social workers also need to learn the history of Aboriginal people and where their issues and trauma stems from. Further training on this area would be beneficial especially if social workers are working with Indigenous people. Also having services and programs in place that Indigenous clients can use that include their culture, traditions, ceremonies as a way of healing.
Also, want to note the importance of what our role is as social workers and why we chose this profession, to abide by the code of ethics and to use critical reflective analysis skills in our practice to ensure that we help our clients the best way possible.
Beverley Shears says
November 3, 2018 at 1:00 amI am a Social Work student in Canada. I would like to see a more concentrated effort put into improving access to services for senior citizens. With our aging population, the needs of seniors are increasing more and more. I live in Western Newfoundland and there are more seniors here than any other age group. There is a serious lack of family doctors and many people have only emergency services to rely on for basic health care. They have virtually no access to services that could be provided to them by a social worker. As a result, they suffer deteriorating health conditions and poor outcomes. In addition, the only seniors advocacy group is in the provinces capital, St. John’s. It is not feasible for this group to advocate for people in rural Western Newfoundland as their demographics are very different and would not apply. I believe that it is so important to make changes to the existing policies to ensure that things improve in the future. Our seniors deserve to be able to live with dignity, not face oppression because of their age and be treated with respect
Antoinette Morgan says
November 3, 2018 at 4:16 pmI reside in Canada. I have 19 years experience in social services and now I am a social work student. The issues that are concerning to me that I would like to be included concern the plight of Indigenous people in Canada and also the shooting of unharmed blacks by police in the United States. I would like for indigenous children in Canada, and elsewhere, to have the same level of child welfare services as other children in their respective countries, Particularly, I would like pressure on the Canadian government to implement the findings of the 2016 Human Rights Tribunal ruling, specifically increased funding and to turn over child welfare to those communities.
I would also like there to be a concerted effort to fight against police brutality and the shooting of unharmed individuals, particularly in the United States.
Laara Richardson says
November 3, 2018 at 10:42 pmI’m a social work student and currently, I work at a large University in Eastern Canada. I’m in Student Affairs and I directly deal with Student Engagement, and the biggest issue I have seen is the need for Community Development. By creating impactful and purposeful programs to build capacity with the people we work with, whether it’s in the Child Welfare System or Professional Practice or on a University campus, we can help to build resiliency and create space for people to empower themselves for change. When we help to create a community for people that feel lost, powerless and ineffective then those people start to see themselves as not alone and they can build confidence and elasticity to support and grow each other. Community is a powerful thing and something that I feel is underrepresented right now in social work, at least in my part of Canada.
Suji Won says
November 4, 2018 at 1:57 amI am a social worker student and find myself overwhelmed with the amount of issues need addressing, so the process of finding agenda items is interesting and important to me. Thank you for all your contributions. They are insightful!
As a student in Canada, I find the MeToo Movement across the world to be very interesting. I believe it is a movement we can take advantage of in terms of educating others of the vast issues that are related: trafficking, domestic violence, abuse of power, gender identity and more.
An agenda item to me is poverty and lack of opportunities to seek well-being despite of it. This is a widespread issue that needs insight, participatory movement, and collective leadership.
Sabah Randell says
November 4, 2018 at 4:14 pmI am a social work student in Canada. I work in prevention and early intervention with at-risk families that are facing complex barriers. Much of the services in child welfare and family support are reactive as the systems that fund such programs require outcomes and measures to justify services. While this makes sense reactive systems often cannot help families and children in a timely manner and measures for harm-reduction are not achieved when individual and family interventions are not offered until something has occurred. It would be ideal to see funding and frameworks for measurable outcomes that would support prevention and early intervention.
In addition, the intensity and diversity of work in social work varies. Often front line workers are overloaded and have to oversee unmanageable caseloads. The term vicarious trauma has been introduced to have dialogues about commitment to the work and how to improve working conditions. Often case management is the type of work where intermittent time at work is not possible, yet many front line worker schedules are framed to provide sufficient time to recoup. It would be ideal to see the same for social workers that provide such services time to manage caseload and sustainability. Often reflective supervision is not sufficient to provide this. It is through such improvement that support can be effectively given to workers that can then in turn be given to families and children.
Thank-you, Sabah Randell
Bethany Trainor says
November 4, 2018 at 8:46 pmHi there, I am currently a social work student in Canada. I would like to see more advocacy efforts within social work, which extends to other organizations within our communities. Social workers who work in government agencies are often viewed as only working for the government and not working for the people. This is most often untrue, but because many social workers are working beyond their means, the advocacy side of their work sometimes gets lost amongst the various other projects they are dealing with. Many non-profit advocacy organizations do not feel supported by their government and I feel that there needs to be more of a connection, so that we can better support the individuals who need it most.
Chelsey Butts says
November 4, 2018 at 11:24 pmI am also a social work student from Nova Scotia, Canada. Since I was young, I’ve had this fire in my belly. I knew I wanted to be involved in helping those who need it most. I wanted to be a social worker because I was passionate social justice advocacy and fighting against oppression and oppressive forces. But, as Meghan has said above, after almost finishing my Bachelor of Social Work degree, I can feel the fire in my belly grow dimmer as creating changes doesn’t seem like an easy task at all. Neo-liberal agendas and Eurocentric oppressive structures continue to reign, and we are left with endless caseloads and a loss of hope for real sustainable change. We must remember that we are change-agents and not only do our client’s and their problems matter, but the structures that perpetuate these circumstances and keep them in place also should matter.
As Melanie Stafford discusses above, we need to be more committed to more systems level changes! I would also love to see social workers engage in a more critical social justice-based practice outside of the social service systems. I believe she words it perfectly with “Complacency toward oppressive systems is harming out communities, and so many of us are kept incredibly busy with individual level interventions.”
Chelsey Butts – Dalhousie University BSW
Kathryn Campbell Kumka says
November 5, 2018 at 1:26 amI’m a social work student in Canada. As social workers I think that we have to begin to explore how we can come together as a profession to challenge the marginalizing effects of globalization. As it currently stands globalization perpetuates a privileging of Western European ideals. The result is continuing oppression of global Indigenous populations, exploitation of our environment and resources, and the exploitation of already impoverished and oppressed nations. As it has become easier for corporations and politics to straddle global boundaries, I think the profession of social work should also strive to work in a cooperative manner to match and challenge this pattern.
Sharon Arthur says
November 5, 2018 at 1:50 amDr. Onye Nnorom recommended that racism is contained within the Public Health Agency of Canada’s Social Determinants of Health. Racism continues to adversely impact the lives of global citizens due to slavery, genocide, environmental racism, and race-related historical trauma. This health crisis is reflected in the prevalence of cardiovascular disease as the leading cause of death in Indigenous people in Canada, Australian Aborigines, and African Americans. By acknowledging historical racism and the far-reaching effects of race-related trauma, Social Work can implement critical race frameworks to improve the quality of life and empower our global citizens.
Steve Kalaydjian says
November 5, 2018 at 3:43 amI am an undergraduate social work student and a mental health worker living in Toronto, Canada. I greatly appreciate learning about the varied regional themes for 2010-2020 period. This makes a great deal of sense given the unique social problems in each country and global region.
Moving forward with this approach of developing regional themes, I suggest poverty as perhaps the single greatest threat to the mental, physical and spiritual well-being and dignity of all people in both Canada and the United States. Reflecting on my experiences working with a range of people in the mental health field, I have come to believe that poverty is the most influential determinant of health and well-being, and ultimately human dignity. The dignity that comes with affording to buy healthy foods, securing long-term housing, affording healthcare if it is not already publicly provided, buying clothing, affording transportation, affording post-secondary education if one chooses, and the other basic necessities. During a conversation with Senator Wanda Thomas Bernard (Bernard, 2017), she singled out poverty as the most important social problem.
While the United States already has income inequality that is comparable to “developing” countries and the most income inequality of the G8 countries using the Gini index (Central Intelligence Agency, 2018), poverty in Canada has been increasing for some time. And with the rise of Populist Conservative agendas and governments in the West, this situation will probably worsen. And as we know, poverty disproportionately affects many social groups including people of colour, women and people who are (dis)Abled.
I also suggest a single global theme; the preservation of the Environment. The authors of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report released on October 8, 2018 say that urgent and unprecedented changes are needed to reach a global warming target of a maximum of 1.5C above pre-industrial levels. This target lies at the most ambitious end of the Paris Agreement pledge to keep temperatures between 1.5C and 2.0C. The world’s leading climate scientists have warned we have 12 years to for global warming to be at a maximum of 1.5C, a target they say is achievable (Watts, J., 2018; IPCC, 2018). We need to act quickly to during the period 2020-2030 to effectively address this threat to all humans and life on our planet.
I look forward to seeing the outcome of this consultation.
Jessica Dunston says
November 16, 2018 at 4:41 pmHello. I am a student in the Online Masters of Social Work program at Fordham University. I am also a Community Engagement Specialist in Newark Public Schools. As rates of mortality for African American women, particularly mothers and pregnant women, increase rapidly, it’s become clear that the socioeconomic conditions around African American women in communities in the United States are not very dissimilar from those of women of the African Diaspora in the Caribbean, the African Continent, Europe and elsewhere. More must be done from an advocacy and policy analysis perspective, infusing human rights goals and global sustainable development goals to examine and address these realities in order to impact these health and mortality disparities.
Graciela Piermattei says
November 20, 2018 at 8:44 pmHola:
Me lamo Graciela Piermattei, soy licenciada en Trabajo Social y docente provisional de la Tecnicatura de Trabajo Social en nivel terciario. Estoy cursando una diplomatura en Educacion en Derechos Humanos de la Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires y me preocupa el poco espacio que tienen los Derechos Humanos en la formación academica de los profesionales argentinos. Las Universidades mas importantes solo tienen (algunas) una materia semestral a lo largo de toda la carrera, los institutos superiores tienen Derecho Laboral, Penal… etc. pero no Derechos Humanos. Nos corresponde movernos para cambiar esto y nos compremetemos a intentarlo, pero nuestro ambito se circunscribe a una localidad del interior. Seria genial que “hicieramos ruido” ¿No? Mil gracias por el espacio y felicitaciones a la president@ Silvana, es un orgullo tenerla allí.
Maria Irene Carvalho e Helena Teles says
November 21, 2018 at 11:31 amPara construir uma agenda global, robusta e inclusiva em Social Work que atenda as reais necessidades de todas as pessoas entre 2020 e 2030, os estudantes do 2º ano da licenciatura em Social Work, na unidade curricular de Teorias contemporâneas em Serviço Social, do ISCSP – Instituto superior de ciências sociais e políticas, da universidade de Lisboa, Portugal, responderam ao desafio da IFSW.
Para responder ao repto da IFSW os estudantes desenvolveram um processo de reflexão em grupo na unidade curricular de teorias contemporâneas em Serviço social enumerando algumas questões que entenderem ser pertinentes ao nível global, regional, nacional e local.
Num nível global:
• Existem vários problemas a nível global, nomeadamente as questões ambientais, sociais e económicas. No entanto temos como principal foco as questões ambientais.
• No momento presente a planeta terra atravessa um estado de risco devido ao aquecimento global, uma realidade que toca a todos.
• A subprodução agrária, que é tanta que não dá para os produtos serem escoados e depois há extremos, a pobreza e a riqueza, aqui sobressalta também o problema da alimentação e da desigualdade económica.
• O terrorismo é também uma questão muito debatida hoje em dia e que nos afeta a todos.
• A política neoliberal, que defende que nos regemos por nós próprios e há livre mercado.
• A falta de acesso á saúde, um problema que afeta em especial os países do 3º mundo, que pode ser resolvido com a ajuda monetária dos países mais ricos.
• os problemas do buraco da camada do ozono, que pode ser resolvido com a utilização de transportes públicos e não tanto por viaturas particulares.
Desafios
• Promover a Paz
• Impor uma relação de respeito entre os países
• Promover a democracia e a Justiça social
• Prevenir catástrofes naturais (tsunamis, cheias, incêndios)
• Estar atento às migrações e deslocação da população – refugiados
• Colmatar as desigualdades entre regiões/países
• Estar atento às guerras e perseguições políticas
• Uso consciente dos recursos e do ambiente
• Acabar com a poluição, efeito de estufa
• Acabar com a fome – pobreza
• Atender às crianças em perigo (vitimas da guerra e da fome)
• Educação para todos
• Promover a igualdade de género
• Procura de alternativas ao capitalismo e ao neoliberalismo
• Desenvolvimento social e sustentável
• Efectivar Direitos humanos
• Acabar com o perigo da guerra nuclear
Maria Irene Carvalho e Helena Teles says
November 21, 2018 at 11:35 amPara construir uma agenda global, robusta e inclusiva em Social Work que atenda as reais necessidades de todas as pessoas entre 2020 e 2030, os estudantes do 2º ano da licenciatura em Social Work na unidade curricular de Teorias contemporâneas em Serviço Social do ISCSP – Instituto superior de ciências sociais e políticas, da universidade de Lisboa, Portugal, responderam ao desafio da IFSW.
Para responder ao repto da IFSW os estudantes desenvolveram um processo de reflexão em grupo na unidade curricular de teorias contemporâneas em Serviço social enumerando algumas questões que entenderem ser pertinentes ao nível global, regional, nacional e local.
Num nível global:
• Existem vários problemas a nível global, nomeadamente as questões ambientais, sociais e económicas. No entanto temos como principal foco as questões ambientais.
• No momento presente a planeta terra atravessa um estado de risco devido ao aquecimento global, uma realidade que toca a todos.
• A subprodução agrária, que é tanta que não dá para os produtos serem escoados e depois há extremos, a pobreza e a riqueza, aqui sobressalta também o problema da alimentação e da desigualdade económica.
• O terrorismo é também uma questão muito debatida hoje em dia e que nos afeta a todos.
• A política neoliberal, que defende que nos regemos por nós próprios e há livre mercado.
• A falta de acesso á saúde, um problema que afeta em especial os países do 3º mundo, que pode ser resolvido com a ajuda monetária dos países mais ricos.
• os problemas do buraco da camada do ozono, que pode ser resolvido com a utilização de transportes públicos e não tanto por viaturas particulares.
Desafios
• Promover a Paz
• Impor uma relação de respeito entre os países
• Promover a democracia e a Justiça social
• Prevenir catástrofes naturais (tsunamis, cheias, incêndios)
• Estar atento às migrações e deslocação da população – refugiados
• Colmatar as desigualdades entre regiões/países
• Estar atento às guerras e perseguições políticas
• Uso consciente dos recursos e do ambiente
• Acabar com a poluição, efeito de estufa
• Acabar com a fome – pobreza
• Atender às crianças em perigo (vitimas da guerra e da fome)
• Educação para todos
• Promover a igualdade de género
• Procura de alternativas ao capitalismo e ao neoliberalismo
• Desenvolvimento social e sustentável
• Efectivar Direitos humanos
• Acabar com o perigo da guerra nuclear
A nível regional:
• Proporcionar contacto direto entre as crianças portadoras de deficiência e não portadoras, nomeadamente começar no infantário ou na primária a saberem lidar com essa diferença através da aprendizagem da lingual gestual, e criação de movimentos de sensibilização dos professores para estas aprendizagens.
• Ultrapassar as barreiras linguísticas dos refugiados.
• Aumentar o apoio e inclusão na sociedade dos elementos que fizeram parte das Forças Armadas.
Desafios
• Supervisão para os assistentes sociais.
• Sensibilizar e educar a população para o cuidado com o meio ambiente: integração social .
• Discriminação pela idade no trabalho e reformas.
• Incentivar e apoiar a maternidade
• Fomentar as empresas cinematográficas (Disney e Warner Bros) para a inclusão de crianças com idades inferiores a 6 anos na visualização de filmes baseando-se nas suas incapacidades (ex. audição).
• Combater os nacionalismos radicais
• Mediar o poder entre países
• Controlar o terrorismo
• Combater o racismo
• Mediar conflitos entre regionais e países
• Prevenir catástrofes naturais
• Eliminar a Pobreza
• Estar atento às assimetrias regionais – cidade campo
• Concentração de riqueza – desigualdade regional norte/sul
• Estar atento às políticas de integração orientadas para a adaptação
• Desenvolver infra-estruturas de apoio à população – direitos sociais
• Combater a exploração de recursos naturais
• Promover uma política de ambiente – reciclagem
• Promover iniciativas de inovação e empreendedorismo social
• Investir em investigação
• Mais justiça na distribuição de rendimento – coesão social
• Combater a corrupção dos países
Num nível nacional:
De acordo com as situações ocorrentes no dia-a-dia, o trabalho de um assistente social tem de se moldar face a acontecimentos mediáticos. Desta forma, iremos propor algumas sugestões que poderão vir a ser implementadas para um melhor funcionamento nas seguintes áreas:
• Sistemas de protecção habitacional, nos bairros sociais que constantemente exigem a visita de Assistentes sociais para que exista uma melhoria nas habitações e no bem-estar das famílias. Também deveria existir mudanças nas políticas dos bairros sociais para que termine a exclusão social.
• Ao nível da saúde o assistente social deveria acompanhar e reforçar a redução dos processos de lista de espera dos hospitais públicos.
• Investimento em recursos e infra-estruturas de serviços
• Estar atento ao Envelhecimento da população e promover o envelhecimento activo
• Diminuir as diferenças salariais entre homens e mulheres
• Combater a pobreza
• Promover o acesso à educação e à habitação acessível
• Acesso a formação profissional qualificada
• Apoiar os cuidadores familiares
• Investigar novas tecnologias
• Combater o trabalho mal pago e sem protecção social
• Desenvolver sistemas de protecção social
• Criar identidade nacional – biográficas
• Responsabilizar os estados pelas políticas sociais
• Promover qualidade de vida – felicidade
• Investir em políticas públicas (famílias e crianças)
• Combater a corrupção dos políticos e a má governação
• Promover a participação da população em fóruns para o efeito
• Combater a burocracia no aceso a recursos
• Denunciar a violação dos direitos humanos
Num nível local:
Para corresponder ao projeto de desenvolvimento da agenda global do Serviço Social (2020/2030), debatemo-nos com algumas questões:
• Dificuldades em encontrar habitação devido aos preços acessíveis e à especulação imobiliária que origina uma maior procura nas áreas periféricas.
• O movimento do fluxo turístico que dificulta a vida quotidiana dos residentes e não residentes.
• Dificuldade de acesso para pessoas com mobilidade reduzida, nomeadamente no centro histórico das cidades.
• Redução e pouco aproveitamento de espaços verdes.
• Combater os conflitos étnicos
• Estar atento à etnicidade e à diversidade cultural
• Eliminar os preconceitos
• Promover as acessibilidades aos serviços e ao transporte público
• Criar alternativas para os desempregados
• Combater Iliteracias várias (saúde, social, comunicacional)
• Denunciar a falta de habitação para todos
• Estar atento a processos de marginalidade e tensões sociais
• Desenvolver recursos sociais e de saúde adequados à população
• Participar e envolver a população em questões que lhes dizem respeito
Para fazer face a estas questões identificadas no serviço social, como ciência e como profissão, tem de ser implicado com as mudanças económicas, politicas e sociais que ocorrem no mundo, nos países e nos locais onde o serviço social é ensino e exercido.
Sylvia Nthenya says
December 7, 2018 at 10:56 amI am a community development specialist and I am greatly interested by the work that you are doing.Am a Kenyan and my greatest concern is the number of youths here who are livig postively with HIV/AIDS.A great number of young girls of 25 years and below are already mothers and living postively with HIV.I am working on an intervention stratengy on how we can come with income generating activities that we can engage the young girls after school to avoid getting infected.I also provide home visitations to those who are already infected.Its a major area of my concern.
Marita says
December 19, 2018 at 7:11 pm1. Social workers’ role on the effect of sexualisation of young children through internet and media (or the effect of internet and media, in general). I work in the community with families with young children. I’ve come across a case where a 6-yr old has their mother’s old phone and has a porn site on one of the tabs. It was heart-breaking.
2. Poverty and unemployment (or lack of sustainable full-time employment)
3. Drugs and alcohol
Jodie says
January 6, 2019 at 3:18 pmHello,
These are some important topics in my opinion.
1. Global economic crisis – as it relates to sustainability. As big banks and corporations increased power in US, human service agencies struggle to serve the public. This reduces public access to resources and increases caseloads further hindering a social workers ability to provide quality care.
2. Becoming a global citizen (ie. Hugh Evans)
3. Human trafficking to include global child protection
4. Homelessness, clean water and poverty
5. Education
CoolWriter says
January 14, 2019 at 1:22 pmThe social work profession has made enormous progress since the Global Agenda commenced in 2010. IFSW country-level membership has increased by 40% and governments are increasingly passing social work led legislation which has contributed more to their countries social development than other previous strategies. Calgary 2020 will enable the profession to take these big steps even further forward, that will map out the profession’s role in contributing to peaceful, successful and sustainable families
Anne Klemmer says
January 24, 2019 at 4:08 pmHello,
Being 8 female social work students from Germany, we attended a seminar called “International Social Work” in our college based in Düsseldorf. Our assignment consisted in elaborating new goals for specific regions/continents in the world – our group chose South America as our main region and we did some research concerning local social work. We explicitly focused on the countries of Chile, Bolivia and Brazil.
After our research, we compared our results and goals for the specific region to those of other groups (i.g. the Netherlands, Palestine). Our projects for South America were fighting child prostitution and provide sex education, fighting child labour and facilitate access to education and, lastly, fighting the gap between poor and rich. We wanted to work on these topics and also wanted to include them in our discussion of the Global Agenda.
On a world scale, we as a whole class came to the conclusion to support and boost international education (appropriation of school supplies, qualified teachers, access to education for everybody). Moreover, integration is yet another goal for us. Children should blend in the indigenous classes in schools and adults should have the possibility to blend into the local job market. Last, human rights are ought to be respected and basic human needs should always be covered.
Even though these goals and their executions might be utopian, we came to the conclusion that these need to be fulfilled in order to focus on other difficulties (such as gender pay gap), which also concern the majority of the countries in the world.
Alia D. says
February 10, 2019 at 4:28 pmWe are four social work students from Germany. In our Seminar “International social work“ our assignment consisted in elaborating new goals for a specific country that our group choose in advance. We choose Sweden as our Country.
After our research we focused on three main goals we’d like Sweden to focus on.
First we would like Sweden to elaborate in their same sex position in Kindergarten and schools.
The next goal we’d love Sweden to focus on, is being more tolerant against people with migration background. We know that Sweden is fundamentally a tolerant country. But in this case we would like Sweden to focus mainly on smaller cities and their locals. Because that is where most intolerance comes from.
Last but definitely not least we demand our country to work on their high youth unemployment. Sweden is well above the average. The youth unemployment also correlates with the high crime rate that infects Sweden.
vishal says
February 12, 2019 at 11:40 pmमेरा नाम विशाल है गाँव जडाना डाकघर झीक्नीपुल तैहसिल चौपाल , जिला शिमला , हिमाचल प्रदेश का निवासी हूँ में पिछले कई वर्षों से गौ रक्षा पर्यावरण सुरक्षा ,ग्रामीण विकास के क्षेत्र में काम कर रहा हूँ !प्रदेश के सरकारी स्कूलों की बदहाल , शिक्षा में गुणवता लाने के लिये कार्य कर रहा हूँ , में गरीबों को उनका हक दिलवाने के लिये लड़ाई लड़ रहा हूँ में अनेकों बार गरीबों के हक के लिये माननीय उच्चन्यालय भी जा चुका हूँ ! कई विद्यालय को सुधारने के लिये भी न्यायलय जा चुका हूँ मेरी लड़ाई जारी है ! इससे पेहले एक पर्यटक को बचाने के लिये मुझे वीरता पुरस्कार मिल चुका है ! मैं अभी तक सेंकड़ों बेसाहरा घायल पशुओं का अपने स्तर पर इलाज कर चुका हूँ जिनके जख्मों तक कीड़े पढ़ चुके थे ! इनकी आवाज इनको सुरक्षित करने के लिये में लोगों को जागरूक भी कर रहा हूँ ओर लगातार सरकार के समक्ष भी आवाज उठा रहा हूँ ! इससे पूर्व अनेकों बेसाहरा गरीब बजूर्गो की मदद कर चुका हूँ ! एक 80वर्षीय बजूर्ग जो 40वर्ष पूर्व भारत आया था ओर यहा काफी समय से अस्वस्थता के कारण वापस नहीं जा पा रहा था यहा पर उसका कोई सगा सम्बंधी ना होंने के कारण नेपाल वापसी उसके लिये नामुमकिन थी ! मैंने उसके घर का पता लगा कर उसे एक अन्य नैपाली को साथ ले जाकर उसे उसके घर पहुंचाया ! प्रदेश में लाखों गरीब परिवारों को उनका हक मिले इसके लिये में निरंतर प्रयास कर रहा हूँ बिजली सड़क स्वास्थ्य शिक्षा जैसे अनेकों मामले सुलझा चुका हूँ मेरे प्रयास आजीवन व निरंतर जारी रहेंगे ! में आपके ग्रुप से जुड़ना चाहता हूँ
Google Translation:
My name is Vishal Hai Gaon Jadana Post Office, Ziqnipul Taihsil Choupal, District Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, I have been working in the field of Cow protection Environment protection, rural development for the past several years! Badness of state government schools, bring quality in education I am fighting for the rights of the poor, in many times in the honor of the poor, The rhythm has also gone! I have gone to the court to repair many schools, my fight continues! I have received gallantry award for saving a tourist before this! I have been treating hundreds of deadly wild animals at their level till their wounds were wormed! I am also making people aware of their voices and in front of the government, I am also voicing their voice! Earlier, I have helped many innocent poor people! An 80-year-old Bargarh, who had come to India 40 years ago and was unable to return due to unhealthiness for quite some time, due to his no relation with him, Nepal was impossible to return! I found her house and took another napali with her and brought her to her house! I have been constantly trying for millions of poor families in the state to get their entitlement. Many cases like power road health education have been resolved, my efforts will continue lifelong and continuous. Want to join your group
Khaoula Bouaouda says
February 16, 2019 at 4:23 pmHallo,
Ich bin Studierende der Sozialen Arbeit aus Deutschland. Im Rahmen eines Seminars wurden wir auf die Möglichkeit hingewiesen für die zukünftige Agenda wichtige Punkte zu ergänzen.
Ein wichtiger Punkt, der mir am Herzen liegt, ist die politische Einmischung der sozialen Arbeit.
Meiner Meinung nach sollte die Soziale Arbeit viel stärker und selbstbewusster sich an politischen Diskursen beteiligen und einmischen. Die politischen Entscheidungen bestimmen über die Rahmenbedingungen, Vorgaben, finanzielle Ressourcen der Sozialen Arbeit und entscheiden über die Lebensbedingungen der Adressaten.
Damit einhergehend entsteht für die Sozialarbeitenden eine unumgängliche Verantwortung und Forderung der politischen Beteiligung. Wie soll sonst die Soziale Arbeit die Rechte der Adressaten schützen und verteidigen. Die politische Einmischung der Sozialen Arbeit ist daher eine Bedingung.
Ich fordere alle Mitstreiter-ob Studierende, Sozialarbeitende oder Forschende- sich stärker politisch einzumischen. Je nachdem wo der Einzelne von uns steht und über welche Möglichkeiten und Ressourcen er oder sie verfügt. Was der Einzelne Sozialarbeitende nicht schafft, dass können wir als Profession gemeinsam gestalten.
Wenn wir Missstände hinnehmen, uns in Systemen der Ignoranz fügen und das solidarische aus den Augen verlieren, dann befürchte ich, dass wir uns zu sehr von dem Anspruch einer Menschenrechtsprofession entfernen.
Wir brauchen dringend mutige, kritische und engagierte Sozialarbeitende, die sich für eine politischen Einmischung und Präsenz der Profession einsetzen.
Marlen R. says
February 19, 2019 at 8:41 pmWe are a group of 5 social work students from Germany. In our seminar “international social work” we had the task to choose a country and inform us about the existing social work on site and to develop new ideas for that country.
We choosed the country mexico. After our research about the country mexico we knew the main issues. Together we developed three goals to focus on to improve the social work in mexico.
Our first goal would be an education reform. The main problem is that not anybody is able to have acces to education. But education is important to reduce the possibilty to become a gangmember or to become criminal.
The second goal would be tracing. tracing is a method to recover lost familymembers. the reason are mostly natural disaster or refugees who disappeared on the run. the organisation red cross assist at the search.
the third goal would be to prevent the organ trade. there are black markets for illegal acquired organs.
People get lost and then get taken their organs away which then get sold on the black market.
We know that there much more problems but we hope that these solutions may can be a start for a more peaceful future.
J. Raupach says
February 23, 2019 at 3:38 pmWe are two social work students from Germany. In our seminar „International social work“ we pay attention to social work in different regions. We chose the country Austria. Of particular importance to us are five issues on which the Global Agenda has still to work on:
• security and the fight against legal migration
• securing prosperity and competitive capability through digitisation
• to improve cooperation with third world countries so that vulnerable individuals can be supported
There is also a huge need to improve gender equality and women‘s labor market opportunities. We think the Global Agenda is an opportunity to discuss these issues and an important step on the way against injustice.
J. Raupach says
February 23, 2019 at 3:46 pmWe are two social work students from Germany. In our seminar „International social work“ we pay attention to social work in different regions. We chose the country Austria. Of particular importance to us are five issues on which the Global Agenda has still to work on:
-security and the fight against legal migration
-securing prosperity and competitive capability through digitisation
-to improve cooperation with third world countries so that vulnerable individuals can be supported
There is also a huge need to improve gender equality and women’s labor market opportunities. We think the Global Agenda is an opportunity to discuss these issues and an important step on the way against injustice.
Sarah says
February 25, 2019 at 7:50 pmWe are students of the Fliedner University of Applied Science in Düsseldorf (Germany). In our work we discussed the topic „Child and youth services in Sweden“. One of the three goals we considered important for Sweden is the participation of pupils with special needs. The second one we worked out is the integration of refugees, which is already well managed in Sweden. The last goal is to mitigate juvenile crime.
Our seminar which deals with international development has given us a little insight in several problem areas around the world. However there has also been many positive and well-working areas that we have learned about. Furthermore we got informed about social working in different countries und gained a lot of information about differences and similarities of them.
Lisa Jones says
February 26, 2019 at 8:03 pmWe are students from the “Fliedner Fachhochschule” in Germany. It’s a college of higher education. Our study Course is social work. Our project is to represent social work and their main goals of one Country we decided to look into. Our choice of Country is Turkey. Turkey is not that known for performing social work as much as Germany do, but you can also define it as a social Country next to europe. In our opinion Turkey is a Country which is not fair on human Rights. There are many politial reasons why men over there dont have the choice to talk About their Point of view in public. Many People got convicted because of their opinion on the politics. The freedom of opinion is not on its Right place. We also found out, that Turkey got a lot of homeless Children on the Streets. Many of them dont even got a bed to Sleep or just dealing with drugs daily. In our opinion social work in Turkey should be focus more on Teenagers and childrens Rights. Children are the future and they Need more help on their way Living a “normal” and Independent life. Even People wich are in danger (because of loosing their Job) or getting convicted because of political reasons, of telling their own opinion, should get more assistance from other countries and tgeir organisations. Also in their own Country should be a possibility for organize more Projects for more human Rights. The fact is, that human Rights in Turkey still exist but politics dont keep it when it comes to political force.
Timo Lang says
March 6, 2019 at 10:23 amHello everybody,
We are students of the Fliedner University of Applied Sciences in Düsseldorf (Germany). During the seminar “International and European Developments in Social Work” we have simulated a Global Conference of Social Work.
For this reason we have dealt with social work in South Africa and have formulated some goals which we consider very important for the next Global Agenda.
From the point of view of a South African social worker we deem it important that the issue of healthcare provision is to be taken into consideration in a new Global Agenda of Social Work. South Africa’s national health care system is by far not sufficient. The poor population which makes up a large part of the total population is receiving little to none primary health care. As a consequence, many children die in the first years of their lives. Furthermore, the rate of HIV infections is still very high in the poor social classes so that a much better information and clarification is necessary.
Another important issue of a new Global Agenda of Social Work should be the fight against the homelessness in South Africa. Many inhabitants are living in the so-called townships in the suburbs of big cities. Within those townships, the living conditions are not acceptable, at all. The conditions in those surroundings are no good corner stones for a child-friendly growing up.
In our opinion, the issue „Education“ should be included in a new Global Agenda of Social Work, not only for South Africa but in general terms. The right of education should be accessible to everyone worldwide. Due to the facts that
a) many families cannot afford their children’s education at school
b) the state schools are having too few teachers and are not adequately equipped,
many children cannot go to school. Instead they are helping at home or are going to work to support their families. Due to their lack of education, the children are at risk of committing crimes, finding no work and having to live on the streets.
Anne Weeser says
March 6, 2019 at 11:05 amHello, we are 4 students from Germany and study social work at the Fliedner Fachhochschule in Düsseldorf.
As part of our studies, we also have a seminar on international social work.
Due to the “Global Social Work Agenda” we have divided into groups in the seminar. Each group had a different country and at the end of the seminar there was a discussion about what we want from social work for our country and which are the three (for us) most important goals.
As a country, we have chosen Austria.
For Austria, we hope that the focus of social work will be on migration and integration, among other things. So we want to get more people into society.
Another key, which is very important for us as aspiring social workers, is that poverty is reduced, since about 18% of the inhabitants of Austria are at risk or already living in poverty. Through integration, we hope that many people will succeed in learning or getting a job, either to get out of poverty or not to fall into poverty.
We also want social work recognized as a profession. In the long run, we want to develop a common guideline for social work internationally. Among these we set ourselves the goal of creating equivalent offers of help.
It is important that more and more courageous and dedicated social workers are committed to their work and involved in policy making so that they can discuss and set goals, suggestions and considerations together.
Jenny Riegel, Jasmina Schottke, Talia-Aylin Gözen and Katharina Zeising says
March 6, 2019 at 4:52 pmWe are students from Germany. In our seminar “International Social Work” we pay attention to social work in different regions / countries. My group focused on Brasil, for the upcoming agenda we set up three points that Brasil should improve.
The first one is social justice: Brasil has a huge gap between rich and poor, to avoid the rise of crime they need social justice.
The second one is environmentalism: The government of Brasil needs to take care of the Amazon rainforest and has to stop/ reduce the deforestation.
The last point is international networking: The country has to further educate its citizens. Without education no progress can be made.
Lina Wittmann says
March 8, 2019 at 11:46 amHappy international women’s day everyone!
I am a social work student from Germany and Id like the Global Agenda 2020 to talk about all topics regarding womens living conditions all over the world. I would like to use my voice as an upcoming social work professional and as a woman to discuss topics like:
violence against women,
situation of womens shelters,
forced sexwork and human trafficking,
the situation of transwomen,
abortion and healthcare.
To work on these issues is a necessary thing for women worldwide.
Anna, Sophie, Jaqueline, Alicia, Caren, Khaoula says
March 10, 2019 at 4:03 pmWe are a group of social work students from Germany. In a seminar called “international social work” we choose Netherlands as our country. After a detailed examination of the problems of social work in the Netherlands, we have decided to underline on the following three main goals:
The first goal for the “Global Social Work Agenda” is in our opinion Education.
The Netherlands would use this goal to work against unemployment and the associated problem of homelessness. The focus should be on the prevention of these problems.
The second goal is migration and refugees. According to our research, there is an extreme housing shortage in the Netherlands. This also applies to the accommodation of refugees. The aim should therefore be to create more affordable housing for the refugees and for the other citizens of the Netherlands in order to create equal opportunities and social justice. The intercultural exchange is an enrichment for people with a history of flight and for residents.
The final goal should be to promote and strengthen the increasing professionalisation of social work. We feel that this aspect is also extremely important for social work in the Netherlands.
Jennifer Eastwood says
March 11, 2019 at 1:47 pmTo whom it may concern
We are a group of six “Social Work” students in Düsseldorf, Germany. In one of our seminars we were told to focus on one country which is confronted with social or educational problems. As a group we decided to put our attention on South America and, more specifically, to focus on Columbia. During our research on this country we found some interesting but also shocking information. Based on these details, our work consisted in focusing on three aims which would help the current social/educational situation in Columbia.
Our first aim involves the creation of new educational perspectives. A large portion of the population in Columbia lives in poverty. As a consequence, many children do not have the opportunity to go to school and are likely to end up victims of forced recruitment. On the other hand, children who have an education have better chances of avoiding forced recruitment and poverty. To stop forced recruitment it is important to focus on poverty. More schools but also preschools have to be built. The sooner the education starts, the more value it has for the future.
The second aim is to focus on new laws for the protection of children. One of them would be to determine a minimum age for soldiers. The second law would concern compulsory school attendance for all children. This attendance should be strictly supervised. This should also help in the fight against forced recruitment. All children should have the same right to attend school and this should improve their chances for a better future.
The third and last aim is to minimize or even forbid the violence. A protection concept should be written to protect victims from daily violence. Safe camps should be built for children and youths to give them the opportunity to feel safe and secure. In these places they would also learn how to defend themselves and deal with the violence experienced in their families. This is a chance for them to escape their background and live a better life without violence and hate.
Thank you for your attention
Carla Bartels says
March 11, 2019 at 1:49 pmIn the module “International Development in Social Work” we have dealt with social work in different countries by also considering which tasks social workers in different countries have to fulfil. We´ve formed different groups and payed attention to different countries. Our group, consisting of five students, has dealt with the country Italy. After learning about the country and its social projects and social problems, we have set 3 goals that we felt were the most important in Italy. The goals were to create new jobs in order to fight poverty, to settle social inequality and also to build a better network in Italy. After setting our goals, we had another course meeting, in which all countries were presented and in which we should agree on three goals applying equally to all countries. After some time and discussion, we agreed on the following goals: 1. Expanding networking, 2. Countering social inequality 3. Protecting the environment. The first two goals relevant for the whole course coincided perfectly with two of our goals. Additionally, we incorporated the goal of environmental protection in our report.
Dustin says
March 11, 2019 at 4:29 pmHello ladys and gentlemen,
we are a group of students from Germany, we study social work at the Fliedner Fachhochschule Düsseldorf. Within our bachelor degree course we handle with the topic „international and european developments within the social work“. In our group of eight we decided to take a closer look at the Benelux states. our reasons for choosing explicit this countries are at first that these countries are in direct neighbourhood to Germany and the close contiguity to our own society in general.
For our fellow social workers we worked out some possible improvements and ideas for the upcoming future. Especially in the topics of drug related problems, identity and profession of social work and third, human rights in a general sense. Unfortunately it would be too much to present you all of our researched material, so we decided to give you a little glimpse at what we think is the biggest issue in the entire Benelux states.
As you might know, Cannabis is legal to buy and consume in the whole Netherlands and in Luxemburg it will probably be fully legal in near future. Belgium is the only country out of these three in which it doesn´t seems that there will be a decriminalization in the next years.
In Luxemburg the state wants to invest the earned money out of legal Cannabis purchases into the prevention of drug abuse and addiction in general. This concept is surely controvers, but we think it could be a great opportunity in drug enforcement. In the long run, we would appreciate to see, that because of the earned money it is possible to qualify motivated social workers to be experts in drug enlightenment, especially for the youth of the population. The aim is to make adolescents aware of all the risks drugs are bringing with, it is very important that this enlightenment doesn´t happen in the impersonality of a mass gathering, but in small intimate groups. For sure, to make this happen it is necessary that there are enough social workers as well as enough money to fund this whole project. Certainly it would already be an effort if this will start at a small number of schools in Luxemburg and will spread slowly but steady across the whole Benelux. With a high quality clarification it is possible to reduce drug abuse, drug addiction and drug criminality in the long term, predominantly within the upcoming generation.
Thank you very much for your attention and kind, collegial regards from Germany.
Linda Jakob says
March 11, 2019 at 9:54 pmHello everybody. We are students from Germany. In our seminar on international social work, we deal with social work in different regions. We have set our focus on the country of Russia. One point for Russia to adress in the upcoming agenda should be the drug policy, because so many people are dying in cause of not cleared up people about infectious diseases and overdose. Another point that is close to our hearts is educating people in russia about human rights and making their social work palatable. Because something can only be done if social work is recognized as a profession.
Jasmin Servos, Juliane Stepan, Linda Jakob-Hög
Juliane, Linda, Jasmin says
March 12, 2019 at 7:13 amHello everybody. We are students from Germany. In our seminar on international social work, we deal with social work in different regions. We have set our focus on the country of Russia. One point for Russia to adress in the upcoming agenda should be the drug policy, because so many people are dying in cause of not cleared up people about infectious diseases and overdose. Another point that is close to our hearts is educating people in russia about human rights and making their social work palatable. Because something can only be done if social work is recognized as a profession.
Kimberly S. says
March 12, 2019 at 9:36 amWe are students of social work at the “Fliedner Fachhochschule” in Germany.
In our seminar „international social work an development“ we discussed about the IFSW and the Global Agenda of social work. In addition we simulated a Global Agenda and set three aims for the next years. We represented Russia.
The current situation of social work in Russia is characterized by an insufficient professionalization and an insufficient allocation of social benefits.
Therefore we agreed on the aim to strengthen professionalization of social work. Furthermore one of our goals is a proper education for all countrys. Russia is undergoing changes in its education system, but this process has to be expanded. The third topic we discussed, is migration, which is very important for Russia because it’s the second largest country of immigration. Despite of the increasing number of immigrants the integration policy of Russia is insufficient and has to be improved.
Carla Bartels says
March 12, 2019 at 10:36 amIn the module “International Development in Social Work” we have dealt with social work in different countries by also considering which tasks social workers in different countries have to fulfil. We´ve formed different groups and payed attention to different countries. Our group, consisting of five students, has dealt with the country Italy. After learning about the country and its social projects and social problems, we have set 3 goals that we felt were the most important in Italy. The goals were to create new jobs in order to fight poverty, to settle social inequality and also to build a better network in Italy.
After setting our goals, we had another course meeting, in which all countries were presented and in which we should agree on three goals applying equally to all countries. After some time and discussion, we agreed on the following goals:
1. Expanding networking, 2. Countering social inequality 3. Protecting the environment. The first two goals relevant for the whole course coincided perfectly with two of our goals. Additionally, we incorporated the goal of environmental protection in our report.
Alexanendra Stiller, Anna Hoffmann, Hendrik Hülsmann, Julie Majewsky says
March 12, 2019 at 5:24 pmHi everybody,
we are four students of the profession of social work, living and studying in Germany. While one of our classes called ”international social work”, we talked about the global agenda and seperate ourselves in representatives for each country. Our group of four are likely keeping ourselves busy with the perpectives of Norway and Finland.
We think that both of the countries are very positive with regard to the profession of social work. The occupation is very wll-etablished and supported by the government. In our opinion the countries could do great network and could be although affective as an example for other nations. The satisfaction of the society seems to be one of the main goals of both, so for example they try to be excellent family-friendly and inclusive. It takes the effect that both of them are less achievement-oriented and strive for the interests of the national.
While we occupy ourselves with the social situation of Norway and Finland we were caught by surprise how positive the welfare system is constructed.
All in all we think Norway and Finland could be global succesfull and a positive paragon for a lot of others.
Leona, Christina, Katja, Eugenie says
March 12, 2019 at 9:51 pmWe are also a group of social work students from Germany. In our class about international social work different groups searched for information regarding social issues and social work in various countries. Afterwards we simulated a conference to discuss topics for the global agenda. In the end we agreed on three goals.
The first goal is the promotion of the awareness for and the identity of social work. In a lot of (developing) countries the bigger part of the population is not aware of the existence of social work or does not recognize social work as professional. It is essentiell to make people aware of the fact that the profession of social work contributes to create a just society. More exchange and networking is necessary to grow the impact of social work. For example, networks between universities and colleges and exchanges of students can strenghten the social work community. Desireable is that social work becomes a respected and influential profession.
The second goal we agreed on is the fight against drug crime, especially by drug education. In every country, that we talked about during the class, drug abuse was listed as an increasing problem. In countries like Myanmar for example, where drugs are grown and produced, drug abuse seems to be ordinary. Many people are not informed about the consequences of drug usage. Therefore, drug education could be used as an instrument to prevent drug crime.
As a third goal we agreed on the education about human rights. Unfortunately, there are still lots of countries where human beings are treatened without respect and dignitiy. Children or women for example are still supressed in many places. In those societies supressing seems to be a part of the daily life. That is why it is essentiell to inform people about their rights and also to teach those who supress others that it is not human and legal to do so. Awareness and respect of human rights is a fundamental step to equality and justice.
Our group had chosen Myanmar as country to inform and think about. All the three topics, we agreed on in the simulated conference, would be helpful for Myanmar. Not many people know about social work in Myanmar and help is not provided professionally. It would be beneficial to integrate universities and colleges in Myanmar to the social work school network. Drug crime, as mentioned, is another huge issue in Myanmar and drug education is important. Fundamental is also the education about human rights. In this context another crucial topic for Myanmar ist child labour. Therefore, it would be important to discuss the labour conditions and the lack of education. Children must be protected.
Ina Kempis, Eva Wilhelm, Sarah Kürbs, Melanie Rogge, Lisa Blasey, Lia Drzastwa says
March 13, 2019 at 8:14 amWe are students from Germany. In our Seminar “international Social Work” we pay attention to social work in different regions. So our group decided to pay some more attention to the social work in Sweden and we developed some points for the umpcoming agenda.
So we discuss the following subjects:
– social equality
– environmental Protection
– to expand the Networks with some countries, to get a better exchange in theory and strategies
Annika R. says
March 13, 2019 at 11:39 amWe are students of social work at the “Fliedner Fachhochschule” in Germany.
In our seminar „international social work an development“ we discussed about the IFSW and the Global Agenda of social work. In addition we simulated a Global Agenda and set three aims for the next years. We represented Russia. The current situation of social work in Russia is characterized by an insufficient professionalization and an insufficient allocation of social benefits. Therefore we agreed on the aim to strengthen professionalization of social work. Furthermore one of our goals is a proper education for all countrys. Russia is undergoing changes in its education system, but this process has to be expanded. The third topic we discussed, is migration, which is very important for Russia because it’s the second largest country of immigration. Despite of the increasing number of immigrants the integration policy of Russia is insufficient and has to be improved.
Marie Nagorny, Michelle Bartilla, Saskia Kosi, Franziska Skubski, Sonja Helou says
March 13, 2019 at 3:00 pmWir sind eine Gruppe Studentinnen der Fliedner Fachhochschule in Düsseldorf (Deutschland), die sich im Rahmen des Seminars “internationale Soziale Arbeit” mit der Global Agenda of social work auseinader gesetzt hat.
Wir haben Südafrika als unser Land gewählt und folgende drei Ziele herausgearbeitet:
Zum einen empfinden wir das Thema des Umweltschutzes als besonders wichtig. Projekte wie zum Beispiel “i am water” sollen den Südafrikanern und Südafrikanerinnen den Schutz des Meeres näher bringen und es soll ihnen dabei ein umweltbewusstes Denken und Handeln vermittelt werden. Denn trotz zahlreicher Projekte bleibt die Plastikbelastung der Meere ein akutes Problem, besonders an den südafrikanischen Küsten.
Ein weiteres Ziel ist die soziale Gleichheit, denn Südafrika gilt trotz Ende der Apartheid als eines der ungleichsten Länder weltweit. Besonders in Kapstadt sortiert sich die extreme soziale Ungleichheit immer noch stark nach der Hautfarbe der Menschen.
Das dritte Ziel ist die internationale Netzwerkarbeit, um Probleme auf internationaler Ebene zu diskutieren und zu bearbeiten. Letztendlich profitiert nicht nur Südafrika von diesem Austausch, sondern alle beteiligten Länder.
Dominic P.; Malte K.; Malte S.; Nina T.; David K.; Hannah W..; Niklas M. says
March 13, 2019 at 3:15 pmWe are students from Germany in our Seminar about international Social Work we pay attention to social work indifferent regions. One point for region central america to adress in the upcoming agenda should be that social work has to become a profession, so that students have the opportunity to study the subject social work at the existent universities. Our research indicates that most of the countries are dependent on european and northern american countries that have social work as a profession already established.
Another main problem in these countries is the drug trafficking and the drug cultivation due to the climatic conditions and the conjunction between poverty and corruption. Many people are forced to choose the drug business to earn a living so it is necessary to provide development assistance and to strengthen the infrastructure. Anti-Drug campaigns and harder punishments could help to solve the problem.
Our last point for the region Central America to address in the upcoming agenda should be that it is very important to defend the human rights in these countries. Although they are integrated in the constitution, they are often neglected.
Marie Nagorny, Michelle Bartilla, Saskia Kosi, Franziska Skubski, Sonja Helou says
March 13, 2019 at 7:34 pmWir sind eine Gruppe Studentinnen der Fliedner Fachhochschule in Düsseldorf (Deutschland), die sich im Rahmen des Seminars “internationale Soziale Arbeit” mit der Global Agenda of social work auseinander gesetzt hat.
Wir haben Südafrika als unser Land gewählt und folgende drei Ziele herausgearbeitet:
Zum einen empfinden wir das Thema des Umweltschutzes als besonders wichtig. Projekte wie zum Beispiel “i am water” sollen den Südafrikanern und Südafrikanerinnen den Schutz des Meeres näher bringen und es soll ihnen dabei ein umweltbewusstes Denken und Handeln vermittelt werden. Denn trotz zahlreicher Projekte bleibt die Plastikbelastung der Meere ein akutes Problem, besonders an den südafrikanischen Küsten.
Ein weiteres Ziel ist die soziale Gleichheit, denn Südafrika gilt trotz Ende der Apartheid als eines der ungleichsten Länder weltweit. Besonders in Kapstadt sortiert sich die extreme soziale Ungleichheit immer noch stark nach der Hautfarbe der Menschen.
Das dritte Ziel ist die internationale Netzwerkarbeit, um Probleme auf internationaler Ebene zu diskutieren und zu bearbeiten. Letztendlich profitiert nicht nur Südafrika von diesem Austausch, sondern alle beteiligten Länder.
Marie Nagorny, Saskia Kosi, Michelle Bartilla, Franziska Skubski, Sonja Helou says
March 14, 2019 at 7:45 amWir sind eine Gruppe Studentinnen der Fliedner Fachhochschule in Düsseldorf (Deutschland), die sich im Rahmen des Seminars “internationale Soziale Arbeit” mit der Global Agenda of social work auseinander gesetzt hat.
Wir haben Südafrika als unser Land gewählt und folgende drei Ziele herausgearbeitet:
Zum einen empfinden wir das Thema des Umweltschutzes als besonders wichtig. Projekte wie zum Beispiel “i am water” sollen den Südafrikanern und Südafrikanerinnen den Schutz des Meeres näher bringen und es soll ihnen dabei ein umweltbewusstes Denken und Handeln vermittelt werden. Denn trotz zahlreicher Projekte bleibt die Plastikbelastung der Meere ein akutes Problem, besonders an den südafrikanischen Küsten.
Ein weiteres Ziel ist die soziale Gleichheit, denn Südafrika gilt trotz Ende der Apartheid als eines der ungleichsten Länder weltweit. Besonders in Kapstadt sortiert sich die extreme soziale Ungleichheit immer noch stark nach der Hautfarbe der Menschen.
Das dritte Ziel ist die internationale Netzwerkarbeit, um Probleme auf internationaler Ebene zu diskutieren und zu bearbeiten. Letztendlich profitiert nicht nur Südafrika von diesem Austausch, sondern alle beteiligten Länder.
Lena Peters, Ameyo Dohr, Julia Joschko and Hannah Weidenstraß says
March 14, 2019 at 9:43 pmWe are four social work students from Germany, our College is based in Dusseldorf. In our seminar “International Social Work” we have paid attention to social work in different regions and countries. We decided to deal with the country Great Britain and the social work in Great Britain.
In regard to Great Britain, one point which needs to be addressed in the upcoming agenda for the next ten years is the economic growth or lack thereof. A consequence of the upcoming Brexit could be an economic decline, which could lead to more poverty and unemployment. Social workers could help support those who will be affected the most by the Brexit and its consequences.
Immigration is a topic which is often mentioned in connection to the Brexit. Over the last dec-ades people have sought to emigrate to Great Britain and if Great Britain leaves the European Union, it will be more difficult for immigrants, to live in the country. The social workers have to deal with xenophobia. They also have to take care of the immigrants and help them in different situations, for example with applications at different offices.
We could also imagine that social workers have to explain the effect of internet and media in general to teenagers because media will become even more important to teenagers in the future. Especially, the social workers have to explain the effect of sexualisation of young children through internet and media. Drugs and alcohol are also a topic, which social workers always have to deal with, because many young people are addicted to drugs and alcohol.
Andreas Neukirchen says
March 15, 2019 at 11:11 amHello everyone,
I am a member of a German social work student group who attended a Seminar called “International Social Work”Along this Seminar we have been given the task to analyze and adapt the position of Social Workers from different regions. Our group has chosen Syria as the country to work with.
As most of you are aware this country is currently torn in a civil war and provides many challenges, that need to be overcome to stabilize and resume “order” in this country.
However this didn’t stop us to propose and introduce many approaches on how to help out this country from the perspective of a social worker. In our own workgroup we developed these three subjects that -in our opinion- are the most urgent that need to be addressed in Syria.
1.Establishment of secure-zones and expansion of those over time.
2.Rebuild and repair of infrastructure.
3.Establishing and enforcing law and order of a sovereign government.
We are happy to say that we have developed some Ideas on how to roll out most of the subjects we had included in our “Social Work Agenda 2020”.
In class we managed to agree on three key subjects, that should be part of this Agenda.
1. Improve the existing and create more Institutions for education (E.g. Schools, Universities, etc.)
2. Increase priority in handling the refugee crisis and the main problem that is causing it. As improving the procedure of processing refugees .
3. Create more positions for social workers and related personal as improving the profession itself and its standards.
Thank you for the refreshing insight of global social work and we hope this Seminar will be offered as well to the next Students who come after us.
Regards,
A group of German students.
Micha Kolatek says
March 15, 2019 at 4:08 pmHello everybody,
to introduce ourselves; we are are a group of eight social work students applying for a bachelor’s degree. As part of our studies we treated the topic “Global Agenda 2030” where every group had to pick a country and point out certain problems that are characteristic and from high importance regarding upcoming hurdles for the country itself and the agenda 2030. Subsequently, every group shared its outcomes and as a result of the upcoming discussion all groups agreed on the three most important topics;
1) poverty
2) education
3) women´s rights
We decided to base our discussion on the Netherlands and to present the status quo and solving approaches acording the three topics from above:
1) poverty
Poverty and espacially the accompanying homelessness is a rising problem in the dutch society. The aftermath of the economic crisis and changes in health care left many people on the streets. Poverty is a result and center of a big vivious circle. People that are trapped here loose faith in politics and society. To help those people getting back on their feets the Netherlands has to recreate trust and have to search direct contact to those who where left behind. They have to discuss and find solutions together with affected people. They also should rewind some of the health care changes, creat new affordable space to live in bigger cities, give psychological assistance and rise money to help people to get out of the neverending downstream.
2) education
The Netherlands are doing very well in terms of education but as a result of the refugee crisis The Netherlands have a problem with lots of uneducated foreigners. Many refugees have no or very low education and can’t compete at the labour market. To give those people the chance to build up a good life and to become a profit for the Netherlands it’s important to invest in education. There are plenty ways to do this; 1) offer more language courses for refugees 2) invest in specialized education for foreigners 3) create space for people in need to give them room for education and lower training costs.
3) women´s rights
Women´s rights are still a big topic in our wolrd. Some countries had made some big steps forward, others are still slowly crawling. The Netherlands are far ahead compared to other countries but there is still plenty to do. In the Netherlands way more women than man work in part time jobs. For leading positions it’s the other way around. But they are already doing a lot to get the statistics right. Bigger companies have to occupy leading positions with at least 30% females. If they miss it they have to pay.
All in all, it was very hard to find things the Netherlands aren’t doing right according this topic. We have no doubts that they will accomplish a lot more for the equality of opportunities. But there is one thing to make clear; the equality of outcomes doens’t indicate that the system is free from discrimination.
Clara Haurenherm, Sarah Christmann, Dilara Tartuk und Sabrina Stoeßel says
March 15, 2019 at 5:42 pmWe are students from Germany. In our Seminar „International Social Work“ we pay attention to school work in different regions. Our study group grapple closer with Finnland.
One point for Finnland to adress in the upcoming agenda should be the education. The social work is slow an big with difficulty to recognition of the profession. The financing of sociaal work is questionable, because people have high demands. The quality has a big influrence. It is clear that finnland is one oft he best countires in conjunction to education. Many people graduate from high school. In the are of education at afternoon care it should worked out. These are provisional solutions in this area that are not uniform.
Futhermore it is important to take attention to women´s rights in Finnland, too. As well Finnland is a good example for education compared to the other countries from Europe, there is a deficit to the equality between women and mens. On the one hand the wages from womens are marginalyy lower than the wages from mens. Afterwards on the other hands females in Finnland have no opinion to work on executive positions. The reason is that mens border this postions and so the women are barred. In conclusion there the salary differentials must be annul. Also it is important to mange the balance between family and career. One point which is important too ist the abolishment from sterotypes general. Therefor sarting points can use in content from school. In this case the occupational career from women has a chance. At least the top priority must be the protections from women´s right. It is important to focus on the violence from mens to women in Finnland. So many women are vicitms from violence in conection with men. Approch to solving this problem there must create a place where women can go,to advise themselves and clear up their rights.
Next we want to say something to the poverty in Finnland. It is a big progress that the poverty from homeless people are reduced to the absolute minimum. In comparison to the other countries from Europe, Finnland has the most measures in this case. Therfor the finnish parlament build appartments for homeless and old people to work aganist this problem. Also they create a emergency accommodation where the people can have a meal. In this case Finnland is the market leader because it is the first country which import the basic income.
All in all we were interested to argue with finnland and the social work there. We learn a lot of new things. All of it, it cristallizes that Finnland is a country which is advenced in case of the school work. The finnish goverment is efforts to remove the residues of the community. In some case the other countries can take a example to Finnland. But also Finnland must work on the equality between women and men´s.
Thank you for your attention,
one study group from Germany.
Jana Beutler, Ina Degner, Alexandra Piel says
March 15, 2019 at 5:42 pmWe are students of social work at the “Fliedner Fachhochschule” in Dusseldorf/Germany. In our seminar “international social work and development” we discussed about the IFSW and the Global Agenda of social work. We paid attention to social work in different regions and countries and simulated a Global Agenda. We decided to represent the social work in England. We developed three aims for the upcoming agenda and discussed the following subjects:
– (youth) homelessness
– drug abuse & preventing drug overdoses
– child poverty
Jelka Ackermann, Jessica Alexi, Bianca Schmidtmann, Tuba Hökelekli, Nadine Kourisha, Nigar Guliyeva says
March 15, 2019 at 6:09 pmWe are students from Germany. In our studies to the topic „International Social Work“ we pay attention to social work in different regions. One point for the country Poland near Germany to adress in the upcoming agenda should be the womens rights. The only role of a woman as a housewife and mother, is often reality in Poland because of the actions of the government. This doesn´t fit in the modern views of identity in Europe and also don´t allow self-determination and self-realization of humans with natural rights. Many Polish women are disadvantaged in her everyday life and social services. Womens rights is not only in Poland a topic, Social Work should act in other countrys and regions all over the world for better positions and laws for women like the same like mens have.
Annika Heimann, Katharina Hohn, Jessica Schulz, Sophie Karbaum, Anna Ritter, Carina Rohde says
March 15, 2019 at 6:55 pmHallo zusammen!
Wir sind eine Gruppe Studentinnen aus Düsseldorf und haben uns im Rahmen des Seminars „Internationale Soziale Arbeit“ mit der Sozialen Arbeit in der Schweiz beschäftigt.
Die Sozialhilfe wird dezentral von den unterschiedlichen Kantonen gesteuert. Ein Ziel wäre, trotz des föderalen Staatssystems der Schweiz ein einheitliches Sozialhilfegesetz zu entwickeln, in dem einheitliche Standards festgelegt sind.
Zudem sollte die Schweiz mehr die tatsächliche Hilfe und weniger die Wirtschaftlichkeit der Sozialen Arbeit im Auge behalten. Ein weiteres Ziel wäre, die soziale Gerechtigkeit in der Schweiz im Allgemeinen zu verbessern.
Da die Schweiz nach westlichen Standards ein extrem konservatives Land ist, stehen sich unserer Ansicht nach die Politik und die festgefahrenen Ansichten der Bürger häufig selbst im Weg.
Linda Tyrra says
March 15, 2019 at 7:25 pmWe are students from Germany. In our Seminar „International Social Work“ we intensely payed attention to social work in different directions of the world. With our group of seven people we concentrated on the region of Kenya and encountered on three different points that we figured out. The points are education, corruption and climate change. The first of our points seems most important to us because it’s necessary to sustainably improve the economic situation of Kenya. For example would education reduce crime and improve the health care. It is important to educate the population of topics such as nutrition, child malnutrition, illnesses and medication. At the point of corruption it’s important to mention that often occur a financial abstraction of funds. That means the money doesn’t arrive where it is needed urgently. Instead, corrupt politicians and leaders benefit of the funds. There is no agenda within the country and politicians aren’t focusing their attention on important topics. This includes climate change, agriculture, education and health. Politics is too focused on economic growth. To achieve an improvement in the above mentioned factors it would require a better infrastructure, better education and pay for civil servants. The third important point to mention is climate change. 60% of employees in Kenya work in the agricultural sector. Global warming leads to every strong earthquakes, floods, heat waves and droughts. The agricultural advisory services are poorly trained and poorly paid.
Mandy Krüning says
March 18, 2019 at 5:39 pmWe are students from Germany. In our seminar „International Social Work“ we pay attention to social work in different regions. One point for your country Angola to adress in the abcoming agenda should be, that the goverment should have more transparency about the situation in the social system and the problem in there. Additionally should be more freedom of speech for more awareness in the country about the social problems. In relation to the education system should be more practical trainings for the young people in Angola so that there is an easier way to connect the people to work and education. We hope you take these points in the next global agenda to improve the critical situation in Angola.
Natalia Ksoll/ Alev Karabacak says
March 27, 2019 at 1:27 pmHello everybody! We are two students who study Social Studies. During our studies we have focused on social goals in the Netherlands.
In our seminar “International and European Developments in Social Work”, we have worked out three common goals in terms of the “Global Agenda” for the years from 2020 to 2030. Our first goal deals with education, gender equality and the basic needs of humans. The second goal focuses on human rights and our third one is about integration and migration.
Considering one of our own goals, we think that the education system in the Netherlands should offer a system with more equal opportunities. Children of socially lower classes are supposed to gain the same educational opportunities as children from more upper classes/families.
A further goal, which we hope to achieve in the Netherlands, is the improvement of the human rights situation, since it has worsened enormously on site over recent years. The difficulties and physical limitations of elderly people are disregarded, discrimination by the police takes place and additionally, refugees are not welcomed with due respect. Certainly, we are aware that the Netherlands do not show a too bad human rights situation but nevertheless, we still hope for further improvements in order to maintain the right to be called “the guardian of human rights”.
Finally, we hope for the Netherlands that they increase their tolerance for both refugees and new immigrants. We know for sure that the tolerance has decreased during the recent years and that although the country possesses and holds on to the anti-discrimination-law. Therefore, we think that there is still much to improve in a country like the Netherlands as well and thus, the previously mentioned aspects are our wishful thinking for the “Global Agenda 2020-2030”.
Lopes Almeida Joaquim says
May 11, 2019 at 7:55 amAngola
O Serviço Social em Angola tem enfrentado desafios de afirmação enquanto categoria profissional fruto da dinâmica politica do país, por isso, como profissional, saúdo a iniciativa de consulta para a agenda global 2020-2030, pelo que espero dentre os temas propostos para a reflexão, sejam enfatizadas as dimensões da cidadania enquanto principio inalienável da profissão de Serviço Social.
Reflectir a cidadania significa empoderar as pessoas relativamente aos seus direitos e participação social para a construção da harmonia social.
Concordo com os temas propostos, e sugiro que seja feito um acompanhamento minucioso ao cumprimento da agenda a nível das regiões.
Stéphanie LADEL says
May 20, 2019 at 9:53 pmHello everybody,
I am a social worker and addictologist in France. And I am a strong supporter of the destigmatization of people helped by social workers, especially in individual counseling. This discipline is open to everyone, regardless of their needs, visible or not in everyday life.
I am also thinking of three categories in great difficulty in France, and probably more widely in Europe. Without ranking by priority :
– the disabled and / or elderly at a time when services are less and less accessible (decisions after sending forms, certificates and communication via a membership account on the Internet,…)
– migrants seeing their right of residence denied, including minors considered major, who are deadlocked (impossibility to find housing, to earn a living by working,…)
– people suffering from mental illnesses and/or addictions to alcohol or illegal drugs (rejection, stigmatization or indifference, including in the health care system)
But here we are. Leaving no one behind.
Kind regards,
Allaoui Soihib ACHIRAFI says
June 8, 2019 at 1:59 pmBonjour!
Diplômé en service social communautaire communautaire depuis 1985 à l’ENTSS-Ecole nationale des travailleurs sociaux spécialisés de Dakar, je suis recruté en 1997 à la fonction publique de mon pays les Comores pour servir l’administration publique. Depuis, j’ai occupé respectivement les fonctions d’assistant administratif au haut commissariat en charge des Affaires sociales et de la condition Féminine; du coordinateur national du projet “Intégration de la Femme dans le développement; du directeur national de la condition féminine et directeur technique du projet “Genre et population”-Volet Genre; du chef de service Education pour la santé et l’action socio-sanitaire à la direction nationale de l’Education pour la santé et l’Action socio-sanitaire; du chef service de l’action sociale au commissariat à la direction nationale de la solidarité du commissariat général en charge de la solidarité, de la cohésion sociale et de la promotion du Genre; et actuellement chef service de l’intégration sociale à la direction nationale de la solidarité et de la protection sociale sociale du commissariat national en charge de la solidarité, de la protection sociale et de la promotion du Genre. Tout ce que je peux dire jusqu’à là, est que le contexte politique nationale n’est pas favorable à l’action du travail social. Par rapport à l’ambition du travail social à savoir l’élargissement du Programme mondial de travail social et de développement social pour les années 2020 à 2030, nous pensons qu’il est impératif dans un premier temps de développement sur le territoire national des actions de formation et d’éducation de sensibilisation et de plaidoyer pour la promotion du travail social enfin de mettre en lumière la valeur ajouter du travail social dans la dynamique de la réalisation des objectif du développement humain et durable. Je reste persuadé que des actions du travail social permettront le pays de lutter efficacement pour la réduction de la pauvreté; la création d’emplois; la protection de l’environnement; l’instauration d’un Etat démocratique dans lequel les droits humains seront respectés; la promotion de la participation de la Femme dans la gestion du développement du pays; la création de conditions pour une protection sociale pour tous; etc…Pour parvenir à cette ambitieuse chantier il faut absolument que des liens et des rapprochements soient établies entre le travailleur social que je suis et les instances internationales des travailleurs sociaux comme l’IFSW et les autres. Merci