IFSW European Delegates Meeting 6 September 2019, Vienna STATEMENTS ON BREXIT – British Association and Irish Association of Social Workers Introduction In a United Kingdom (UK) referendum on 23 June 2016, 52 percent of those voting supported leaving the European Union (EU). The UK Government started a process which was due to conclude with […]
Statement endorsed at the IFSW European Members Meeting, Vienna, 8th September 2019 The IFSW European members today committed to campaigning on safety issues for social workers and the strengthening of systems to protect service-users and professionals. Recently in Croatia, a social worker and lawyer were killed in the social service where they worked. Under the […]
Statement of Hong Kong Social Workers Association (HKSWA): It has been nearly three months since the heated social unrest caused by HKSAR’s (Hong Kong Special Administrative Region) proposal amendment of the Fugitive Offenders Ordinance and the subsequent demonstrations. Social confrontation keeps escalating. Although the HKSAR Government has announced it had put a stop on the […]
Statement by IFSW Europe member organisations meeting in Vienna, 8 September 2019 Delegates representing social worker organisations from across Europe meeting in Vienna on 6-8 September 2019 and continuing in the European social work conference 9-11 September 2019, note the growing social crisis in Europe. They carry personal stories which illustrate the human cost of […]
The fires destroying the Amazon illustrate a global political system increasing moving towards environmental devastation and the need for urgent action based on the principles of the Global Agenda for Social Work and Social Development. The Amazon forests that have acted as a carbon sink and regulator for the environment are being wrecked and lost […]
IFSW Human Rights Commission. Statement Regarding Trafficking and Exploitation. Trafficking and exploitation continue to be a tragic reality for many women, children and men worldwide. No country is immune to this heinous crime. The most vulnerable are enslaved and forced into labour and/or sexual exploitation. It is one of the greatest violations of human dignity […]
La Región de América Latina y el Caribe de la Federación Internacional de Trabajo Social suscribe las declaraciones del Colegio de Profesionales del Trabajo Social de Puerto Rico (CPTSPR), por voz de su Presidenta, la Dra. Mábel López Ortiz y su Junta Directiva el 14 y 17 de julio de 2019. En los documentos, la […]
As the horrific human rights abuses escalate at the US / Mexican border, social workers worldwide are taking action. IFSW Human Rights Commission, Colleen Lundy said, “The unfolding humanitarian crisis at the US/Mexican border was tragically highlighted by the recent drowning of the Salvadoran father and his 23-month-old daughter. There are multiple and significant human […]
Pronunciamiento de la Región de América Latina y el Caribe de la Federación Internacional de Trabajadores Sociales FITS-LAC por la crisis humanitaria en la frontera de México con Estados Unidos y la violación de los derechos humanos de cientos de migrantes latinoamericanos. 30 de junio de 2019, San Juan, Puerto Rico. La Región de América […]
Statement of the Latin American and Caribbean Region of the International Federation of Social Workers IFSW-LAC for the humanitarian crisis on the border of Mexico with the United States and the violation of the human rights of hundreds of Latin American migrants. June 30, 2019, San Juan, Puerto Rico. The Latin American and Caribbean Region […]
Pronunciamiento de la Región de América Latina y el Caribe de la Federación Internacional de Trabajadores Sociales FITS-LAC , de la Representante Regional de la Comisión de Educación de la FITS-LAC y de la Asociación Latinoamericana de Enseñanza e Investigación en Trabajo Social ALAEITS por los acontecimientos de los ataques de las políticas del Presidente […]
The 1st of May, International Workers Day, is a time to remember and celebrate the achievements of labour organisations and other social movements. Their sacrifices and struggles have enabled millions of people to have more influence over their workplaces and conditions resulting in restricting child labour, establishing minimum wages, workplace safety, and in some nations […]
IFSW member The Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Social Workers (ANZASW) expressed its support for all who were affected by today’s events in Christchurch / Otautahi. We are shocked to learn of the multiple fatalities and injuries caused by this attack, which was clearly intended to do maximum damage to worshippers in two Mosques in […]
March the 8th is a day to remember our companions who dedicated their whole lives to the struggle for women’s rights and social emancipation. I say ‘social emancipation’ because as a feminist, the focus is not exclusively women’s rights, but a struggle encompassing a fight against the patriarchal-heteronormative-colonial-modern-capitalist social order. We fight to tear down all […]
A statement issued by Priska Fleischlin, IFSW UN Global Commissioner and the IFSW UN Regional Commissioners: This year, International Women’s Day is celebrated for the hundredth time. In 1909, in New York, World Women’s day honoured the women who protested against the bad working conditions – courageous women! 100 years later the focus is ‘Think […]
20th February 2019 Throughout the world, social workers are directly involved in advancing social justice. In addition to advocating and shaping inclusive, strengths-focused and rights-based social policies, the social work role involves a ground-up approach supporting and facilitating people and communities to directly develop their networks and plans to realise social justice. This work stems […]
IFSW calls for a stop to the international escalation of political conflict in Venezuela and recognition that the immediate solution lies with the Venezuelan people, the principles of democracy, equality and social justice. Political unrest and instability in Venezuela is driven by poverty in a context of a global economic environment that prioritizes free-market economics […]
The crisis of human rights in Zimbabwe continues with the suppression of protests leading to widespread arrests, bloodshed and death. Commenting from Harare in Zimbabwe, Noel Muridzo, the IFSW Vice President and African Regional President said: “Zimbabwe is in a crisis, and it is the people’s human right to be able to protest and stand […]
There is an unfolding and deepening humanitarian crisis in Zimbabwe. A rapidly declining economy has resulted in food and fuel shortages across the country. There is now limited access to health care, medical treatment and food. Citizens men, women and children, who mounted protests regarding deteriorating conditions and the recent dramatic rise in fuel prices, […]
La Región de América Latina y el Caribe de la Federación Internacional de Trabajo Social reconoce como un hito importante para garantizar el derecho a la educación la aprobación del proyecto de decreto que reforma los artículos 2, 12, 20, 21, 67 y 69 de la Ley General de Educación en México. Esta ley, reconoce […]
