Dear Social Work Colleagues in the Asia Pacific Region I would like to invite you to the 24th Asia-Pacific Joint Regional Social Work Conference, from September 26th to 29th, 2017 in Shenzhen, China. We have waited for a long time for an international social work conference to be held in China and are now very […]
The number of specialized social workers in China has reached 300,000, including over 80,000 who qualified after passing the government exam, according to a government report published in Beijing on 12 August 2013, as reported by the Xinhua News Agency in Beijing. “A Report on the Development of Social Work in China (2011-2012)” was published by […]
The China Journal of Social Work is presenting the Keswick Foundation Best Article Award to the one article that best reflects the aims and scope of the journal in a given volume/year. The annual award of US$400 is sponsored by the Keswick Foundation. The Journal aims to provide a platform for scholars within and outside […]
Trained professionals can function as bridge between patients and hospital After a series of shocking attacks on medical staff, including some that resulted in serious injuries and death, Beijing health authorities are boosting the number of social workers in an effort to ease the tension. The capital aims to have a social services department manned […]
IFSW President, Dr David N Jones, spent one week visiting China in November 2009, staying in the two cities of Beijing and Shanghai. He was the guest of the Chinese Association of Social Work (CASW). The main purpose of the visit was to discuss plans for the Hong Kong 2010 conference but also to hear […]
The IFSW team was lead by the IFSW Senior Vice President, Mr. Charles Mbugua, and included Mr. John Ang, (IFSW President of Asia Pacific Region), Mr Xu Liugen (Vice President of the China Association of Social Workers) and delegates from Hong Kong, China, Kenya and Malaysia. Social workers from China, and in particular from Nanjing […]
IFSW has sent the following statement to the China Association of Social Workers: The community of social workers around the world are thinking of China at this difficult time following the massive earthquake in the Sichuan province. Even if the full effect of the disaster is yet to be known, we know that so many […]
United Nation Geneva Celebration of World Social Work Day - A speech given by Ana Rădulescu, European Vice President of IFSW to the United Nations Geneva on World Social Work Day Ana Radulescu Dear Mr Møller, Director General, United Nations Office at... https://t.co/zvH0milqmS
Social workers for transformational and sustainable social protection in Europe - International Federation of Social Workers European Region Email: europe.ifsw@ifsw.org Social workers for transformational and sustainable social protection in Europe Ma... https://t.co/xAnCjjnngT
