How people’s rights are affected by international economic sanctions and what we can do about it…. “Working together all rights agendas can be addressed” were the concluding remarks of IFSW […]
Statement
Statement by the IFSW Asia-Pacific Regional President on the Turkey-Syria Earthquake
Information Type: StatementTopic: IFSWMachiko OHARA, Ph.D. President, Asia-Pacific Region, International Federation of Social Workers In the early morning hours of 6 February, a strong earthquake struck a wide area in south-eastern Turkey and […]
IFSW North America statement on the Turkey and Syria earthquakes
Information Type: StatementTopic: Disaster, Social WorkThe IFSW North America region and all social workers statement on the Turkey and Syria earthquakes. ”IFSW North American region is saddened to see the devastation and loss of life […]
Towards Peace and Self-determination in Israel and Palestine: A Statement from IFSW
Information Type: StatementTopic: IFSWThis week’s escalation of conflict in Israel and Palestine highlights the failures in developing a step-by-step peace process based on trust, understanding and the acknowledgement that all people have rights. […]
IFSW UN Commission in New York prepares for the Commission on Social Development (CSocD)
Information Type: StatementTopic: UNThe 61st United Nations Commission for Social Development (CSocD61) will take place from 6 to 15 February 2023 in conference room 4 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. […]
LAC Statement on Human Rights Day
Information Type: Statement, NewsTopic: Human Rights, IFSW74 years have passed since the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the United Nations (UN) in 1948, following the Second World War, as a basis for freedom, justice […]
Declaración de ALC sobre el Día de los Derechos Humanos
Information Type: News, StatementTopic: Human Rights, IFSWA 74 años de la Declaración Universal de los Derechos humanos adoptada por las Naciones Unidas (ONU) en 1948, luego de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, como base para la libertad, […]
Indigenous Commission Statement on Human Rights Day 2022
Information Type: StatementTopic: Human RightsThe IFSW Indigenous Commission takes this opportunity to put it on record that as Social Workers we understand the importance of Human Rights as it is of fundamental importance to […]
Día Internacional para poner fin a la Violencia contra las mujeres y las Niñas
Information Type: StatementTopic: IFSW, WomenLa violencia contra las mujeres y las niñas es la violación de los derechos humanos mas extendida en todo el mundo. Antonio Guterres Secretario General de las Naciones Unidas La […]
LAC Statement on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
Information Type: StatementTopic: IFSW, WomenViolence against women and girls may be the world’s longest, deadliest pandemic António Guterres The International Federation of Social Workers in Latin America and the Caribbean (IFSW LAC) joins the […]
Australian Social Work Association’s Statement on Climate Action
Information Type: News, StatementTopic: Disaster, Social Work, EnvironmentThe Australian Social Work Association’s Statement on Climate Action in preparation for COP27. This builds on previous statements drafted with input from AASW social workers on Climate Action highlighting on […]
IFSW-AP UN Representative Addresses UN-ESCAP Committee on Social Development
Information Type: StatementTopic: IFSW, UNIFSW-AP UN Representative Dr. Sebastian Cordoba (Australia) attended the UN’s Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) 7th Committee on Social Development during 06 – 08 September 2022. The session this year […]
International Youth Day 2022 Message
Information Type: Statement, NewsTopic: IFSW, Education, Social WorkInternational Youth Day 2022 On International Youth Day, IFSW reflects on how young people have been significantly underrepresented in decision-making, policy-making, and the debate about their own issues, needs […]
World Indigenous Peoples Day message
Information Type: StatementTopic: IFSW, Social WorkPhoto by the UN The IFSW Message on World Indigenous Peoples Day Today on World Indigenous Peoples Day, IFSW acknowledges the indigenous social workers that have for decades worked patiently […]
Migrants Murdered at Spain-Morocco Border
Information Type: StatementTopic: Migration, Disaster, Human RightsMigrants of African descent Murdered at Spain-Morocco Border On the 28 June, 2022, the IFSW Africa Region raised a concern on human rights on the lives of migrants. On June […]
IFSW Statement on World Refugee Day 2022
Information Type: News, StatementTopic: IFSWIn the past decade, the global refugee population has more than doubled. According to the UNHCR, over 84 million people have become displaced through fear for their lives. Listening to […]
Global Social Work: Working with the displaced communities from Ukraine
Information Type: News, StatementTopic: Ukraine, IFSWIn response to the invasion of Ukraine, funding is being directed to IFSW Europe in recognition that a social work approach includes meeting the immediate needs of people in the […]
The IFSW statement to the UN 66TH session of the Commission on the Status of Women under the Economic and Social Council
Information Type: StatementTopic: Women, UNThe IFSW a non-governmental organization in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council issued the following statement to the UN 66th Session of the Commission on the Status of […]
IFSW Action on Ukraine Crisis
Information Type: Statement, NewsTopic: Ukraine, IFSW“IFSW Europe has organised coordination of professions and community’s responses to the needs of refugees as they flee Ukraine. Additionally, they are delivering assistance to people who remain in the […]
Military Aggression in Ukraine
Information Type: News, StatementTopic: Human Rights, UkraineSocial work has responded over many decades to the human tragedies that follow the war. The military aggression in Ukraine will result in death, destruction, more human rights abuses, large-scale […]