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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when Afghanistan is going through significant challenges and support from many international humanitarian agencies has withdrawn, because of the recent Taliban government decision preventing women from working […]
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’ […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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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 […]
‘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 […]
Today the National Association of Social Workers Ukraine (NASWU) was officially launched in the country’s central district of Kamenets Podisk. Representatives from the office of the Prime Minister joined the […]
President of the Iran Association of Social Workers Speaks on the Countries Challenges: The Iran Association of Social Workers strongly empathizes with Mahsa Amini’s family for the big loss they […]
International Social Work Research Seminar on September 24, 2022, entitled “Asylum Experiences and Attitudes in Japanese-Hungarian Comparison” The Japanese International Social Work Research Association (ASISW) and the International Working Group […]