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In Kenya, on 31st October 2014, Ban Ki-Moon and the Guardian launched a worldwide campaign to raise awareness of the harm caused through FGM and to work together towards elimination […]
The International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW) – Region of Latin America and the Caribbean – adheres to the Declaration signed by Daniel Asiedu, President of IFSW – Africa Region […]
La Federación Internacional de Trabajadores Sociales (FITS)- Región de América Latina y El Caribe- se adhiere a la declaración firmada por Daniel Asiedu, Presidente de FITS –Región África- ante la […]
The Ebola virus disease (EVD) which seem to have originated in a remote village in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1976 was first notified in West Africa in March […]
Kgomotso Jongman President of Botswana National Association of Social Workers explains the problems facing the profession. The BNASW is an active IFSW Member: Social work in Botswana is a relatively new […]
Social workers from across Africa meet in Johannesburg recently to send messages to their governments and international development agencies. The Voices For Development Conference will inform regional and national governments […]
The recent kidnapping of more than 300 young women in April 2014 and an additional eight girls on the 6th of May 2014 in Nigeria is a horrific and reprehensible […]
Social workers from throughout Egypt and international guests from Palestine, Yemen, Sudan and Germany meet at Helwan University in Cairo to celebrate 2014 World Social Work Day. The theme of […]
The Moroccan Association of Social Workers successfully held a training course for social workers the multi-disciplinary center for women in difficult situations, called the “Alwadayn community”. To read more.
On behalf of the International Federation of Social Workers Dr Gary Bailey, Global President, calls for the Ugandan Government to withdraw the anti-homosexuality law that passed last Friday. Read the letter here
8th December 2013 Dear Global Social Work Colleagues: Since the news of his death on Thursday December 5th 2013, I have been trying to find the words to express my […]
Social workers from across Africa met in Johannesburg in September 2013 to send messages to their governments and international development agencies. The Voices For Development Conference will inform regional and national governments […]
Social workers in Madagascar have spoken out to Aljazeera TV about the economic hardships in the country which prompt girls to take desperate measures with some deciding to work on […]
The “Voices for Development” Conference opens today, Wednesday, at the Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa. Around 600 social workers are gathering from South Africa, the wider African region and […]
25 September 2013 The “Voices for Development” Conference opens today, Wednesday, in Johannesburg, South Africa. Around 600 social workers are gathering from South Africa, the wider African region and more […]
25 September 2013 Welcoming the Minister and participants to the world conference ‘Voices for Development’, Mrs Civil Legodu, President of NASW SA said ‘we are meeting at a very relevant […]
25 September 2013 Social workers and communities should rediscover the energy of past struggles to renew the fight against poverty, according to Professor Abye Tassé in his keynote address to […]
25 September 2013 ‘Social workers make an essential contribution to community life in South Africa’, said Deputy Minister Mara Bongi Ntuli speaking at today’s opening of the world conference ‘Voices […]
A well known South African Professor of Social Work has been honoured in the South African awards for Distinguished Women in the Social Sciences and Humanities. Professor Vishanthie Sewpaul was […]
IFSW and national associations are involved in many different activities to support local people and promote social work. In December the IFSW website carried news about the first African Young […]