Jane Addams in 1931, co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize and global pioneer social worker said: We believe that war, seeking its end through coercion, not only interrupts but fatally reverses the process of cooperating good will, which if it has a chance would eventually include the human family itself. Therefore: Due to the global […]
Resolution
Kampala declaration
Information Type: ResolutionTopic: Social ProtectionStatement of the 7th Pan African Social Work Conference, May 20-24, 2007 Kampala, Uganda STOP THE WAR! END POVERTY! “We have great challenges ahead, and great possibilities. And let us not lose hope. When you lose hope you die. We’ve got to keep going. I know how difficult it is. We’ve got to have that […]
HIV/AIDS
Information Type: ResolutionTopic: Human RightsIFSW General Meeting. Geneva, Switzerland, 10-12 July 2002 The AIDS Conference in Barcelona this week (7-12 July) has reminded the world of the current and future impact of the pandemic. The devastating consequences to civil society of the increasing prevalence of this incurable disease have been reinforced at the conference by former US President Bill […]
Sudan
Information Type: ResolutionTopic: UNGeneral Meeting, Adelaide, Australia 29 September – 1 October 2004 The United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 556 on 30 July 2004: “Condemning all acts of violence of human rights and international humanitarian law by all parties to the crisis (in Darfur, Sudan), in particular by the Janjaweed, including indiscriminate attacks on civilians, rapes, forced […]
Ageing
Information Type: ResolutionTopic: IFSWProposed by the Canadian Association of Social Workers IFSW General Meeting, 25-27 July 2000 Montréal, Québec, Canada Whereas there is a rapidly growing, ageing population in many parts of the world; and Whereas this population will put unprecedented pressure on health and other service systems; and Whereas the ageing population has a right to a […]
Globalisation
Information Type: ResolutionTopic: IFSWProposed by the Canadian Association of Social Workers IFSW General Meeting, 25-27 July 2000 Montréal, Québec, Canada Whereas globilazation is recognized as a world wide phenomenon that has fundamentally affected the world’s economic and social structures; and Whereas, the process of globilazation is creating a widening gap between rich and poor; and Whereas, the benefits […]
Human rights
Information Type: ResolutionTopic: Human RightsProposed by the Canadian Association of Social Workers IFSW General Meeting, 25-27 July 2000 Montréal, Québec, Canada Whereas the member organizations of IFSW vary widely in size of development and cultural context; and, Whereas the member organizations all share a common commitment to human rights and social justice; Be it Resolved that For each Executive […]
Resolution on Administrative Detentions
Information Type: ResolutionTopic: Human RightsGeneral Meeting, Adelaide, Australia 29 September – 1 October 2004 The General Meeting of IFSW, representing more than 470,000 social workers in 80 countries throughout the world, deplores the use of indefinite detention without charge or trial wherever this takes place. It expresses its opposition to the widespread use by Israel of administrative detention in […]
