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The Role of Social Workers in Advancing a New Eco-Social World
Update: Following the adoption of this policy in May 2022, IFSW has in July 2022 developed in partnership: The People’s Charter for a New Eco-Social …
Read moreSocial Work and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
1. Concern The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were established in 2015. With the 17 goals, the main areas for progress were identified to achieve transformational …
Read moreGlobal Standards for Social Work Education and Training
Latvian Translation Spanish Translation Contents: PREAMBLE RATIONALE THE SCHOOL 1. Core Mission, Aims and Objectives 2. Resources and Facilities 3. Curriculum 4. Core Curricula Social …
Read morePolicy and Guiding Principles for International Social Work assessment of children
Approved by the IFSW Executive 2019 Definitions ‘Home’ social worker – the social worker in the place where the request for an assessment has been …
Read morePolicy for Socially Just, Fair and Sustainable World Trade Agreements
Approved by the IFSW Executive Policy IFSW promotes the need for international trade agreements to be socially just, fair and sustainable as measured against the …
Read moreGlobal Social Work Statement of Ethical Principles
Global Social Work Statement of Ethical Principles: This Statement of Ethical Principles (hereafter referred to as the Statement) serves as an overarching framework for social …
Read moreThe Role of Social Work in Social Protection Systems: The Universal Right to Social Protection
Adopted at the IFSW General Meeting 2016, Seoul, Korea. “73% of world population have no or very restricted access to social protection resulting in the …
Read moreGuiding Principles for Social Workers Working with Others to Identify and Protect Children From all Forms of Sexual Abuse
This policy statement has been drafted in response to the following resolution of the General Meeting 2012: That this General Meeting: Acknowledges that in every …
Read moreSexual Orientation and Gender Expression
People whose sexual identity, sexual orientation or gender expression differs from the norm are vulnerable to oppression and marginalization to differing degrees in all nations …
Read moreGlobal Definition of Social Work
The following definition was approved by the IFSW General Meeting and the IASSW General Assembly in July 2014: Global Definition of the Social Work Profession …
Read moreGlobalisation and the environment
Introduction Globalisation is the process by which all peoples and communities come to experience an increasingly common economic, social and cultural environment. By definition, the …
Read moreEffective and ethical working environments for social work: the responsibilities of employers of social workers
IFSW POLICY STATEMENT 1 Introduction This policy provides guidelines regarding the working environment required for: effective and ethical social work practice; alignment of organisational and …
Read moreGlobal standards
The process of developing global standards for the education and training of the social work profession1 is as important as the product; the actual standards …
Read moreWomen
1 Rationale 1.1 Attending to the well-being of women and girls is essential to social and economic development worldwide, as reflected in the inclusion of …
Read morePeople with disabilities
Rationale It is estimated that there are more than 600 million people with disability in the world (WHO). This represents between 18 and 20% of …
Read morePoverty eradication and the role for social workers
1 Background 1.1 The Copenhagen Declaration describes absolute poverty as ‘a condition characterized by severe deprivation of basic human needs, including food, safe drinking water, …
Read moreAgeing and older adults
Introduction Older adults comprise a growing proportion of the global population. This population shift has far-reaching socioeconomic and political implications for people of all ages. …
Read moreHealth
Summary IFSW asserts that health is an issue of fundamental human rights and social justice and binds social work to apply these principles in policy, …
Read moreCross border reproductive services
Rationale Social workers have committed themselves to enhancing the rights and well-being of all human beings through a variety of previous policy statements. Those that …
Read moreHIV and AIDS
Introduction HIV/AIDS is a global pandemic that affects individuals, families, and entire communities around the world and has profound social and economic implications. In 2004, …
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