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Celebrating 25 Years of Social Work in Russia
Between the 5-8 October social workers and political leaders met at a summit in Vladivostok to mark the 25 anniversary of social work in Russia. …
Read moreChild Protection Rapid Assessment Report From Yemen
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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 …
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Campaign for better working conditions for Social Workers
A study in Northern Ireland just released by the Northern Ireland Association of Social Workers (NIASW) showed that 88% of social workers work additional unpaid …
Read moreNational Social Work Day 2016 In Aotearoa New Zealand
Tena koutou, tena koutou, tena koutou, nga mihi mahana ki a koutou katoa. Warm greetings to you all from Aotearoa New Zealand! Wednesday 28 September …
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Call for Expressions of Interest to host the SWSD2020 Conference
Call for Expressions of Interest (EOI) to host the SWSD2020 Conference Joint World Conference for Social Work and Social Development, 2020, with the theme: Promoting Human …
Read moreRegistration opens for IFSW European Conference 2017
Registration for IFSW European Conference is open! We look forward to seeing you in Iceland May 2017. More information
Read more2017 World Social Work Day Poster Competition
Deadline for submissions: 30 November 2016, 6pm Central European Time (CET) World Social Work Day (WSWD) is celebrated in all countries on the third …
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Anniversary of IFSW Refugee Ticker
Maria Moritz the organiser of the Refugee Ticker reports on progress: Exactly one year ago the Refugee Ticker on ifsw.org has been launched. Since this …
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Bangladesh Social Workers Demand Justice, Pay and Compensation for Accident Victims
Social workers at the Bangladesh Occupational Safety, Health and Environment Foundation (OSHE ) expressed deep concern over tragic accident in the Tampaco Foils Ltd factory …
Read moreiNPSWA/IFSW-AP Child Labor & Trafficking Workshop In India
(Co-sponsored by the Japanese Center for Social Welfare Promotion and National Examination via the Japanese Coordinating Body for IFSW Membership) Program brochure Program schedule by …
Read moreGlobal Agenda Progress Report From The Asia-Pacific Region
Promoting the Dignity and Worth of People Global Agenda – 2014 – 2016: Asia-Pacific Region The attached files include the Asia Pacific chapter in the …
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Asia-Pacific Joint Regional Social Work Conference
Dear Social Work Colleagues in the Asia Pacific Region I would like to invite you to the 24th Asia-Pacific Joint Regional Social Work Conference, from …
Read moreIFSW-AP Logo Contest
Submissions to: asia.pacific@ifsw.org Deadline: September 30, 2017 Announcement: at APC24 in Shenzen, China (October 24-27, 2017) Details
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Regional Meeting Held At SWSD2016
Date & time: June 28th 2016, 16:00-18:00 Venue: COEX Hall E7 (3F), Seoul, Korea IFSW-AP Regional Meeting Agenda
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New IFSW Archives Page
Fiona Robertson, IFSW Archivist In 2013 IFSW started a project to make the Federation’s archives more accessible to all social workers and researchers around the …
Read moreReconocimiento Malvina Ponce de León
Nos dirigimos a Usted a los efectos de comunicarle, con inmensa alegría y orgullo para el Trabajo Social latinoamericano y Caribeño, que la Federación Internacional …
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New IFSW Executive Committee
During the IFSW 2016 General Assembly held in Seoul, Korea elections were held for seven of the twelve global executive positions. Elections take place every …
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Green Social Work – From Environmental Crises to Environmental Justice.
This book is a timely and inspiring publication. It shows that the social and the ecological question are no separable discourses and it tries to …
Read moreCASW Commends Decision to Adopt UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
OTTAWA, May 10, 2016 – IFSW member The Canadian Association of Social Workers (CASW) commends the federal government’s decision to officially adopt the United Nations Declaration …
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