The Social Work & Social Development – SWSD 2024 world conference jointly organised by IFSW, IASSW & ICSW will be held from 4th to 7th April at PANAMA. All social […]
Global
IFSW Africa Regional Conference 2023
IFSW Africa Social Work Conference 2023 The African Region social workers invite all professionals to join them in a regional conference to be held in Lagos, Nigeria. For details on […]
World social work day 2023
The world social work day is here with us again. Global social workers from every corner of the globe will be celebrating professional development reflecting on the profession through a […]
IFSW to visit the Afghanistan Social Workers Organisation
Information Type: NewsTopic: IFSW
At a time when Afghanistan is going through significant challenges and support from many international humanitarian agencies has withdrawn, because of the recent Taliban government decision preventing women from working […]
Podcast on Social Work in Ukraine
Information Type: News, InterviewTopic: Ukraine
Wars demolish the infrastructure of societies, displacing people and destroying economic and social functioning often contributing to intergenerational trauma. Andy McClenaghan from the BASW podcast series ‘Let’s Talk Social Work’ […]
2022 End of Year Report has just been published
Information Type: NewsTopic: IFSW
Dear colleagues, Happy New Year to all of you! On behalf of the Executive, Commissioners, Ambassador, Secretary General and the Secretariat I am delighted to present you the 2022 End […]
Save the Date: WSWD 2023 at the United Nations Geneva
Information Type: NewsTopic: IFSW, World Social Work Day
World Social Work Day has been celebrated around the globe since 1983. This year, IFSW and UNRISD teamed up once again to mark the Day at the United Nations in […]
Three New IFSW Member Organisations Announced
Information Type: NewsTopic: IFSW, Membership, Ukraine
IFSW is pleased to announce that three more national associations of social work have been admitted as full members. The National Alliance of Professional Social Workers of Kazakhstan, the Guinea-Bissau Association […]
IFSW UN Commission in New York prepares for the Commission on Social Development (CSocD)
Information Type: StatementTopic: UN
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. […]
Indigenous Commission Statement on Human Rights Day 2022
Information Type: StatementTopic: Human Rights
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 […]
Día Internacional para poner fin a la Violencia contra las mujeres y las Niñas
Information Type: StatementTopic: IFSW, Women
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 […]
LAC Statement on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
Information Type: StatementTopic: IFSW, Women
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 […]
Malaysian Social Work Association Champions New Law
Information Type: NewsTopic: IFSW
IFSW Secretary-General, Rory Truell met with the Malaysian Social Workers Association, these are some of his reflections. Chow Kit, a suburb in the Centre of Kuala Lumpur, offers mix of […]
International Journal of Social Work Ethics and Values Volume 19, Issue 3 now available!
Topic: IJSWVE, Ukraine
IFSW is pleased to announce that the Volume 19, Issue 3 (2022) of the International Journal of Social Work Values and Ethics has just been published. Pascal Rudin, who is a member of the Journal’s […]
IFSW is delighted to launch the 2023 World Social Work Day poster
Information Type: NewsTopic: IFSW
Along with other partners, IFSW is delighted to launch the 2023 World Social Work Day poster. The theme, ‘Respecting diversity through joint social action’, stems from the People’s Charter for […]
World Social Work Day 2023
World Social Work Day takes place on 21 March 2023. This year’s theme is ‘Respecting diversity through joint social action’. It stems from the People’s Charter for a New […]
Publications
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Policies
Please find below the current IFSW Policies.
Australian Social Work Association’s Statement on Climate Action
Information Type: Statement, NewsTopic: Social Work, Environment, Disaster
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 […]
New global research highlights negative working environment for most social workers
Information Type: NewsTopic: IFSW, Social Work
‘Social workers have among the most difficult working conditions of all equivalent professions’, is the key finding of new research just published in International Social Work journal. ‘This has detrimental […]