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7º Encontro Gaúcho de Assistentes Sociais; Porto Alegre, Brasil
O Conselho Regional de Serviço Social do Rio Grande do Sul estará comemorando nos dias 16 e 17 de maio seu cinquentenário. Na data, também …
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14º Congreso Brasilero de Asistentes Sociales- 14 al 18 octubre 2013
No período de 14 a 18 de outubro de 2013 será realizado em São Paulo, em Águas de Lindóia, o XIV Congresso Brasileiro de Assistentes …
Read moreWorld Social Work Day Celebrations in Zimbabwe
This year, social work day commemorations were adopted at national level led by the Council of Social Workers and the National Association of Social Workers. …
Read moreEl Trabajo Social Boliviano se reúne en su XVII Congreso Ordinario Nacional
Con el tema “Participacion y Control Social en las Políticas Publicas del Estado Plurinacional”, el Colegio de Trabajadores Sociales de Bolivia realiza su XVII Congreso Ordinario Nacional, en …
Read moreLaunch of European Observatory for Social Work and Social Development – A New Outlook on Social Action in Europe
PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The European Observatory on Social Work and Social Development was launched today in Istanbul at the conference of …
Read moreBotswana Association of Social Workers’ Annual Meeting held under the theme of “Indigenising Social Work”
The Botswana Association of Social Workers hold its Annual Meeting recently under the theme of Indigenising Social Work”. The theme reflects that social work should …
Read moreWorld Social Work Day in Northern Ireland
The photo (left-to-right: Back row: John Devaney (QUB SW Director; Gerry Skelton (Belfast Met Lecturer and Project Coordinator); Ciara Thompson (SW Practitioner); Richard Allen (SW …
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El Trabajo Social uruguayo se moviliza para obtener la reglamentación legal del ejercicio de la profesión
Este martes 16 de abril a las 14:30 la Asociación de Asistentes Sociales del Uruguay (ADASU) presenta el Proyecto de Ley de Reglamentación del Ejercicio …
Read moreWorld Social Work Celebrations in Laos
The third celebration of World Social Work Day was held at Mme Xuyen’s home on Saturday 23rd March 2013 . The informal meeting …
Read moreIFSW Human Rights Statement for G8 Foreign Ministers Meeting in London
IFSW Human Rights Commission welcomes the G8 Foreign Minister meeting in London this week and there statement on the Prevention of Sexual Violence in Conflict. …
Read more“Voices for Development” Conference in South Africa
The National Association for Social Worker – South Africa, in association with International Federation for Social Workers will be hosting the “Voices for Development …
Read moreUpdate on the review process of the Definition of Social Work
The International Executive Committee of IFSW and the Board of IASSW have both agreed upon a ‘point-in-time’ Draft International Definition of Social Work that takes …
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III Encuentro de la Región América Latina y Caribe “Estado y Políticas Sociales. Desafíos y oportunidades para el Trabajo Social latinoamericano y caribeño”
El III Encuentro de la Región América Latina y Caribe “Estado y Políticas Sociales. Desafíos y oportunidades para el Trabajo Social latinoamericano y caribeño”, …
Read moreIntegrating human development and environmental sustainability in a new global agenda
A new report from the Overseas Development Institute in London explores how the two goals of fighting poverty and ensuring environmental sustainability can be combined …
Read moreUN presents first result from the “global conversation” about post-MDG priorities
Those tasked with devising a vision for world development after 2015 should return to the millennium declaration for inspiration, the assistant secretary general of the …
Read moreNepal School of Social Work Celebrates World Social Work Day 2013
Nepal School of Social work has celebrated World Social Work day on 19th March 2013 with the global theme of “Promoting social and economic equalities” …
Read moreRory Truell’s World Social Work Day message: unequal, fluctuating societies and weak communities undermine health, wellbeing and positive futures
Rory Truell, Secretary General of the International Federation of Social Workers, writing on World Social Work Day 2013 in The Guardian newspaper, argues that ‘people …
Read moreWorld Social Work Day in Jamaica
Watch the WSWD 2013 video from Eva Ford, the President of the Jamaican Association of Social Workers.
Read moreWorld Social Work Day: It’s time to re-engage with communities
Social work could be key in helping communities to support themselves – suggests David Brindle, Social Policy Editor of The Guardian in London, in an article …
Read moreWorld Social Work Day: Social work is a good preparation for Parliament
The Palace of Westminster (the UK Parliament) may seem remote from frontline social work but, as three British MPs – and qualified social workers – …
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