On behalf of the IFSW African Region, Noel Murdizo, the Regional President, and Joachim Mumba, the Regional Vice President, have released a video on this year’s global theme Ubuntu. The […]
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WORLD SOCIAL WORK DAY 2021
Information Type: NewsTopic: IFSW, World Social Work DayWORLD SOCIAL WORK DAY 2021 Message on World Social Work Day 2021 (WSWD2021) from the Latin America & Caribbean region President Larry. Under the spirit of #UBUNTU, and with the […]
WORLD SOCIAL WORK DAY 2021
Information Type: NewsTopic: IFSW, World Social Work DayWSWD2021 MESSAGE FROM THE AFRICA REGION VICE PRESIDENT JOACHIM MUMBA World Social Work Day 2021 will be held on the 16th of March 2021. Guided on the theme: UBUNTU #WSWD2021 […]
WORLD SOCIAL WORK DAY 2021
Information Type: NewsTopic: IFSW, World Social Work DayWSWD2021 MESSAGE FROM THE NORT-AMERICA REGION RESIDENT MIT JOYNER World Social Work Day 2021 will be held on the 16th of March 2021. Guided on the theme: UBUNTU Here is […]
WORLD SOCIAL WORK DAY 2021
Information Type: NewsTopic: Social Work, World Social Work DayWSWD2021 MESSAGE FROM THE EUROPE REGION RESIDENT ANA RADULESCU World Social Work Day 2021 will be held on the 16th of March 2021. Guided on the theme: UBUNTU Here is […]
Coalition of Health and Social Work International Professions Formed to Advocate for Global Equitable Access for Vaccine and to Increase health and Social Protection Workforce
Information Type: News, StatementTopic: IFSW, Covid19
More than 20 international organisations representing the global health and social work workforces have formed a coalition to advocate for the worldwide equitable access to vaccines, to increase the health […]
37th Annual Social Work Day at the United Nations in New York
Information Type: NewsTopic: UN, World Social Work Day, Covid19
Theme: Responses to COVID-19: Standing Together Makes Us Stronger Panelists: Christina Behrendt, Ph.D., Head Social Policy Unit, Social Protection, International Labour Organization (ILO) Judith Browne Dianis, Executive Director of the […]
WORLD SOCIAL WORK DAY 2021 CELEBRATIONS AT GENEVA
Information Type: NewsTopic: Social Work, UNWORLD SOCIAL WORK DAY 2021 Global Theme: UBUNTU (I Am Because We Are) Event Theme: Community Engagement for Social Justice As the Social work community celebrates the social work month […]
World Social Work Day 2021 Video Message by IFSW President
Information Type: NewsTopic: IFSW
World Social Work Day 2021 will be held on the 16th of March and is being launched today with a video message from the IFSW President Silvana Martinez. Over the […]
IFSW HRC Highlights Concerns on Increasing Islamophobia
Information Type: StatementTopic: Human Rights
The IFSW Human Rights Commission is extremely concerned about the alarming and continued rise of Islamophobia across the globe that is being accentuated by national governments of late. Islamophobia, loosely […]
Call to Action on Sustainable Urbanisation
Information Type: NewsTopic: Environment, Habitat
The Commonwealth Organisation for Social Work (COSW) warmly welcomes the Call to Action issued by the Commonwealth Sustainable Cities Network (CSCN) and looks forward to working with the network and […]
The IFSW 2020 End of Year Report highlights the many challenges and successes for the international social work profession faced in 2020
Information Type: News, ReportTopic: IFSW, Conference
The IFSW End of Year report covers the significant period from the start of the COVID-19 Pandemic, tracing the change to online events, global collaborative learning, the inclusive General Meeting […]
Final Run: MOOC on Children Moving Alone in Times of Covid-19
Information Type: NewsTopic: IFSW, UN, Children, Migration, Covid19
All around the world, thousands of children are travelling across and between borders as unaccompanied and separated children. Different countries may respond to the needs of these children in different […]
Recognition of Social Workers: WHO declares 2021 the International Year of Health and Care Workers
Information Type: StatementTopic: IFSW, UN
At the General Assembly of the World Health Organisation (WHO) last November, the member states unanimously declared 2021 the International Year of Health and Care Workers. This also includes social […]
IFSW Statement on International Migrants Day
Information Type: Statement, NewsTopic: Human Rights
Over 270 million people a year migrate internationally. Among them are 20.4 million refugees. The International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW) Human Rights Commission observes International Migrants Day to honor […]
IFSW Statement on the United Nations Human Rights Day
Information Type: News, StatementTopic: Human Rights
It is now 72 years since the UN adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The UN theme for this year is Recover Better – Stand up for Human Rights. […]
The World Social Work Day poster for 2021 is now available
Information Type: NewsTopic: IFSW, World Social Work Day
The theme for the 2021 World Social Work Day 2021, March 16th, is Ubuntu: ´I Am Because We Are´ Strengthening Social Solidarity & Global Connectedness The word and concept ´Ubuntu´ […]
World Social Work Day 2021
World Social Work Day is on the 16th March 2021. It is the key day in the year that social workers worldwide stand together to advance our common message globally. This […]
IFSW Forms Partnership with Local 2030 Recognising Social Work Contributions to the SDGs
Information Type: NewsTopic: IFSW
Local2030 is the United Nations network and platform to build collaborative action at local levels to implement all of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The platform brings together local, regional and national governments along with businesses, community-based organizations and other local actors, […]
Social Work in Action Series: New Free Book Available!
Information Type: NewsTopic: IFSW
IFSW has created a publishing space for social workers to report and reflect on their practice contexts. Practitioner perspectives are often overlooked by academic publishers that require a particular writing […]