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Cross border reproductive services

Information Type: PolicyTopic: Human Rights

August 1, 2008

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 are especially relevant to cross […]

Keywords: surrogacyRegion: GlobalLanguage: English

Ageing and older adults

Information Type: PolicyTopic: Human Rights

August 1, 2008

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. Older adults make valuable contributions […]

Keywords: ageingRegion: GlobalLanguage: English

Health

Information Type: PolicyTopic: Human Rights

August 1, 2008

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, education, research and practice. All […]

Keywords: healthRegion: GlobalLanguage: English

HIV and AIDS

Information Type: PolicyTopic: Human Rights

August 1, 2006

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, the pandemic killed an estimated […]

Keywords: HIV/AIDSRegion: GlobalLanguage: English

Indigenous peoples

Information Type: PolicyTopic: Human Rights

January 1, 2005

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 in more than 70 countries […]

Keywords: indigenous peopleRegion: GlobalLanguage: English

Displaced persons

Information Type: PolicyTopic: Human Rights

August 1, 2002

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 armed conflicts, situations of general […]

Keywords: displaced personsRegion: GlobalLanguage: English

Refugees

Information Type: PolicyTopic: Human Rights

August 1, 1998

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 the psychosocial needs and related […]

Keywords: refugeesRegion: GlobalLanguage: English

Human rights

Information Type: PolicyTopic: Human Rights

August 1, 1996

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 the recognition of basic rights […]

Region: GlobalLanguage: English

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