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Social Work Day at the UN, 7 April 2003
Message to the 20th Social Work Day at the UN-New York 2003 Poverty, Health & Families – Global Concerns Dear Friends On this day we …
Read moreSocial workers seeking justice, but not revenge
A Call to Action Global Threat & Social Workers Response Since the devastating attacks on the United States we have witnessed a profoundly disturbing response …
Read moreStatement on the attack on the UN, Baghad
The International Federation of Social Workers is deeply shocked and saddened that the United Nations has been the direct target of a terrorist attack. The …
Read moreUrgently needed: Multi-faceted, non-violent approach to resolving world conflict
International Federation of Social Workers International Association of Schools of Social Work The International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW) and the International Association of Schools …
Read moreLetter to the Australian Association of Social Workers after the killings in Bali
Ms Jo Gaha President AASW PO Box 4956 Kingston ACT 2604 AUSTRALIA Sydney/ Hong Kong/ Berne, 16 October 2002 Dear Jo We write to you …
Read moreCitizenship and Social Work Education in a Globalising World
IASSW CONFERENCE 15-18 JULY 2002 MONTPELLIER GREETINGS FROM IFSW IMELDA DODDS PRESIDENT INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS Distinguished Guests Dear Colleagues all, It is both …
Read moreIndigenous peoples
Background Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights According to the United Nations (UN), there are at least 5,000 indigenous groups composed of 300 million people living …
Read moreResolution on Administrative Detentions
General Meeting, Adelaide, Australia 29 September – 1 October 2004 The General Meeting of IFSW, representing more than 470,000 social workers in 80 countries throughout …
Read moreThe UN day of the elimination of violence against women
The International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW) is opposed to violence in all its forms. In recognising the UN Day of the Elimination of Violence …
Read moreEnsure that the needs of the poorest are not forgotten in Cancun
IFSW letter to the WTO and the G8 members in connection with the WTO-Meeting in Cancun, Mexico September 2003 We are writing to you as …
Read moreLetter of sympathy Sweden’s Foreign Minister Anna Lindh
We cannot understand that a Swedish minister once more has been assassinated. The information yesterday evening that Anna Lindh had been stabbed at NK in …
Read morePost War Iraq
Dear Colleagues, We believe that it is important now that we focus on and turn world attention to what will occur once hostilities cease in …
Read moreGo on using your voice for peace
Dear Colleagues The events of the past 24 hours bring a profound sadness over what will lay ahead for the people of Iraq and all …
Read moreAppeal to the UN Security Council on the Iraq Crisis
President and members United Nations Security Council Dear Sirs We write to you on behalf of the International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW) representing 450,000 …
Read moreThe Iraq Crisis – A Peaceful Approach is Brave, Forward-looking and Wise
Dear Friends and Colleagues We need not tell you that the current world situation is very serious. The prospect of a war against Iraq moves …
Read moreLetters to Bush, Blair and Howard
OPEN LETTER TO President George W Bush The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, NW Washington DC 20500 United States of America The Hon Tony Blair …
Read moreDisplaced persons
Introduction The displacement or forced migration of people within their own countries is today a common international phenomenon. Such migration may be caused by internal …
Read moreReport of assessment mission to East Timor
13 to 22 November 1999 Professor Jim Ife Secretary, Human Rights Commission International Federation of Social Workers School of Social Work & Social Policy The …
Read moreRefugees
Policy Issue The physical needs of refugees, for food, clothing, health care and shelter, have to be met. However, policies also need to focus on …
Read moreHuman rights
History of human rights The history of human rights is that of the struggle against exploitation of one person by another. It is based on …
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