International Federation of Social Workers
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IFSW Secretary-General announced today that the IFSW online Conference, The Global Social Work Agenda: Co-building Social Transformation´ has 18´408 registrations with approximately 500 more coming each day. “This is wonderful news”, Rory Truell said, “The unprecedented interest highlights the profession´s commitment and success in bringing together political leaders, community leaders, representatives of people whom have […]
‘Human relationships are the engine of social development’ says global report The fourth and final report on the first decade of The Global Agenda for Social Work and Social Development 2010-2020 is published today, Wednesday 15th July 2020. The report includes a Global Overview and five regional reports highlighting the need to develop and sustain […]
See the Abstract Book Here The IFSW World Social Work Conference opens tomorrow, 15th July. 15´000 participants have already registered making it the largest conference the profession has held. IFSW Secretary-General Rory Truell commented, “This event is a global place for shared learning and joint action as, together, we develop themes for 2020 to 2030 […]
‘The International Federation of Social Workers General Meeting, which closed on Monday 13 July 2020, demonstrated the ability of social workers to create triumph out of adversity’, said Silvana Martinez, President of IFSW. The General Meeting ran as an online process starting on Saturday 11 July 08.00 UTC concluding on Monday 13 July 22.00 UTC. […]
The International Federation of Social Workers is pleased to announce the award of the highest honour of the Federation – the Andrew Mouravieff-Apostol Medal – to Margaret Humpreys CBE, AO. The presentation was made at the IFSW virtual General Meeting on Saturday 11 July 2020. She was nominated for the award by the social work […]
The Social Work Ethics Research Group in partnership with the IFSW Ethics Commission, announces the publication of findings of an international study of the ethical challenges faced by social workers during the Covid-19 pandemic. The quick turn-around research which commenced in April was designed to shed light on the challenges social workers faced and continue […]
Download this report as a PDF Executive summary This report summarises the findings of an international study of the ethical challenges faced by social workers during the Covid-19 pandemic, undertaken during 6th-18th May 2020. 607 responses from 54 countries were received via an online survey, additional interviews and local surveys. Six key themes relating to […]
Download the report as a PDF here Health researchers may puzzle over why COVID-19 rates are lower in Africa than many other parts of the world, but the day-to-day routine of social worker Abebe Ayana in Ethiopia demonstrates how much hard work is going into keeping things that way. Abebe works with refugees from South […]
In the face of Covid-19, IFSW, together with a number of international advisors and contributors, including the Global Social Service Workforce Alliance, International Social Service and UNHCR, has developed an innovative free training course. This new, free, 3-4 hour online course is now available to anyone with a responsibility for responding to the protection and […]
Assnas feels to summarize what Italian experience is in the current management of Covid-19. The measure of social distancing was functional, at least 1 meter and more between people; the disinfection of environments and hands with alcohol and bleach, the use of gloves and masks which has become mandatory also among the equally fundamental population, […]
IFSW is the Global Body for the Social Work profession and is coming together for its first Global Social Work Online Conference titled: The 2020 to 2030 Social Work Global Agenda: Co-Building Social Transformation. The #IFSW2020conference will be free for all participants. Never before has the social work profession had the opportunity to bring everyone one together […]
Inspired in the letter that the British Association of Social Work wrote to the Boris Johnson, 19 Hungarian social work NGOs have signed the open letter to the Hungarian Prime Minister on behalf of Social Workers 2020, árilis 5. 19 szociális szakmai szervezet nyílt levele Orbán Viktor Miniszterelnöknek A szociális ágazatban érintett szakmai szervezetek nyílt […]
The Tanzania Association of Social Workers (TASWO) has prepared this video to present what the Tanzania National team for COVID 19 psychosocial facilitators team had done since it began its activities to capacitate the COVID frontline responders and other public service providers. The main areas we work are covid basic knowledge, the mental health part of it, […]
Un communiqué de la Fédération Internationale des Travailleurs sociaux demande une « révolution des Droits Sociaux ». Silvana Martinez Présidente de l’IFSW et Rory Truell son secrétaire ont tous deux réagi après l‘assassinat brutal de l’américain George Floyd. Ils rappellent la nécessité de mettre en œuvre un autre mouvement mondial des droits sociaux que celui […]
2nd Report from Iran Association of Social Workers for dealing with the situation caused by outbreak of COVID-19 Report PDF When a crisis happens, different fields should be able to take their professional abilities to manage that. COVID-19 pandemic is one of such crisis that is speared almost everywhere. Iran is one of the countries […]
Israel Promotes International Learning from the Corona Pandemic When the world began to shut down in mid-March, it became clear that all social workers were facing uncharted territory. How to continue to provide professional services without our traditional tools and with the need to protect ourselves from infection. The Israel Union of Social Workers initiated […]
COVID-19: La lucha, el éxito y la expansión del Trabajo Social: Rory Truell reflexiona sobre la respuesta global de la profesión, al cabo de cinco meses Prefacio Normalmente, el cambio en la prestación de servicios sociales toma años. Hay excepciones, donde la dirección política coincide con las aspiraciones de las comunidades y la fuerza de […]
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COVID-19: the struggle, success and expansion of social work – Rory Truell reflects on the profession’s global response, five months on IFSW Secretary-General, Rory Truell provides an overview of the first 5 months of the Social Work Response to COVID-19. He says there are clear phases highlighting social workers’ struggles and outcomes: 1. Making governments […]