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WORLD INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY: 9 AUGUST 2023 ”E rere kau mai te awa nui mai te Kāhui Maunga ki Tangaroa, Ko au te awa, Ko te awa ko au. […]
Public service day 2023 Social workers join the world in celebrating Public Service Day 2023. The theme, that is at the heart of social work, calls for adaptations and innovations […]
The 5th of May is an international day that honours the thousands of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. On this day the IFSW Indigenous Commission has issued the […]
Power struggles between Sudan’s army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) leader General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hemedti, have resulted in fighting and clashes between Sudanese armed forces […]
“The health and wellbeing of social workers is an essential element in their effectiveness”, said IFSW President Joachim Mumba, highlighting the IFSW campaign for improved working conditions for social workers […]
Photo: People escaping war in the Democratic Republic of Congo War and violence continue to rage in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) causing significant pain trauma […]
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 […]
Machiko 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 […]
The 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 […]
This 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. […]
The 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. […]
74 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 […]
A 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, […]
The 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 […]
La 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 […]
Violence 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 […]
The 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 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 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 […]
Photo 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 […]