Draft Minutes of General Meeting July 2022. Click Here The IFSW 2022 General Meeting (GM) will be held as an online forum on our website on the 14th, 15th and […]
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The IFSW statement to the UN 60th Session of the Commission for Social Development
Information Type: NewsTopic: Covid19, Human Rights, Social Protection, Social Work, UNThe IFSW a non-governmental organization in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council issued the following statement to the UN 60th Session of the Commission for Social Development. The […]
The Role of the Social Work Profession in ´Co-Building a New Eco-Social World: Leaving No One Behind´
Information Type: NewsTopic: IFSW, Conference
IFSW is co-facilitating the ´Co-Building a New Eco-Social World: Leaving No One Behind´ people´s summit. Today’s press release (link), issued by the summit partners, invites all people globally to contribute […]
World Leaders Invited to Join Global Mass Movement for Eco-Social Change
Information Type: NewsTopic: IFSW, Conference
People across the globe are inviting world leaders to join them in working together towards creating a new eco-social world as we emerge from the pandemic. The people’s summit ‘Co-Building a New Eco-social World: Leaving No One Behind´ takes place next June (link). Through our representative organisations, 100s of […]
WHAT HAS BEEN THE IMPACT OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL WORK ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH? COSW INVITES IDEAS AND PROPOSALS
Information Type: NewsTopic: Social Work
COSW is inviting proposals and abstracts for a webinar in March 2022 on the history and development of social work across the Commonwealth. Abstracts of proposed papers for this conference […]
IFSW is delighted to be the new publisher for The International Journal of Social Work Values and Ethics (IJSWVE)
Information Type: NewsTopic: IFSW, Ethics
Founded in 2004 as the The Journal of Social Work Values and Ethics, the journal aims to examine the ethical and values issues that impact and are interwoven with social […]
Online Event,15 September: The social service workforce in and beyond the pandemic – A global conversation
Information Type: NewsTopic: Conference, Covid19
Join the Global Social Service Workforce Alliance and Children and Families Across Borders on Wednesday 15th September from 1-4pm UTC for the upcoming conference, The social service workforce in and […]
New Free Publication: “Pandemic ethics: A resource for social work students, educators and practitioners”
Information Type: NewsTopic: Covid19, Ethics
IFSW has just published a new resource comprising vignettes depicting ethical challenges faced by social workers internationally during the Covid-19 pandemic. Each vignette is accompanied by a series of questions […]
BASW statement on the situation in Afghanistan
Information Type: StatementTopic: Conflict
The British Association of Social Workers (BASW) shares the concern of all people of goodwill about the humanitarian crisis affecting so many people in Afghanistan. The United Kingdom has a […]
IFSW Statement on Afghanistan: Beyond the Humanitarian Crisis
Information Type: News, StatementTopic: IFSW
Events in Afghanistan have moved quickly in the last few weeks. There is and will continue to be uncertainty for everyone, both for the people who remain in Afghanistan and […]
IFSW Statement on the Draft Convention on the Right to Development
Information Type: StatementTopic: UN, Environment
IFSW supports the draft convention on the right to development highlighting its eco-social aspects and sees each concern as interrelated. As the global professional body for social work the International […]
Commonwealth Organisation for Social Work Joins Partnership Organising New Format Global Social Summit
Information Type: NewsTopic: Human RightsIFSW AND UNRISD (UN Research Institute for Social Development) have invited The Commonwealth Organisation for Social Work (COSW) to be a formal partner in a new format world summit on […]
Ubuntu and its Potential Impact on the International Social Work Profession
Information Type: NewsTopic: IFSW
In acknowledgement of this year’s global social work theme Ubuntu, the Journal of International Social Work is providing free access to an article on ‘ubuntu and its potential impact on […]
‘Co-building a New Eco-Social World: Leaving No One Behind’ People’s Summit
Information Type: NewsTopic: IFSW, ConferenceIFSW has been working with a range of partners to build a global conversation on what local and global values, policies and practices are needed when we emerge out of […]
G7’s pledge to provide 1 billion vaccines `is positive, but don’t stop there’ says IFSW
Information Type: News, StatementTopic: IFSW
IFSW welcomes the G7’s pledge to provide 1 billion COVID vaccines to the countries that cannot afford them. IFSW Secretary-General Rory Truell commented, “This is a positive start and shows […]
ПРОГРАММА Международной федерации социальных работников (МФСР): Цели устойчивого развития (ЦУР) социальной работы и Организации объединенных наций (ООН)
Information Type: PolicyTopic: UN
1. Проблема Цели устойчивого развития были определены в 2015. 17 целей покрывают основные области, в которых необходимо вести работу для того, чтобы добиться трансформационных изменений в нашем мире. Как и […]
IFSW African Region social work Conference
IFSW African regional Conference Dates: 23rd to 26th November 2021 Venue: Hybrid (online and Kigali). Registration: Open Contact: African Region Theme: Towards Ubuntu and Sustainable Development: Social Work position in […]
IFSW European Conference on Social Work 2021
IFSW European Conference on Social Work 2021 Dates : 11-13 October 2021 Theme: Meeting new challenges. Host: IFSW Europe and Croatian Association of Social Workers Venue: Online https://www.ifsw.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Program-IFSW-EUROPEAN-CONFERENCE-ON-SOCIAL-WORK-2021-1.pdf Contacts […]
IFSW Asia Pacific Region Social Work Conference
IFSW Asia Pacific Region Social Work Conference Dates: 11-13 November 2021, Venue: Hybrid (online and Brisbane, Qld). Registration: Open Theme: Social Work and the Sustainable Development Goals Host: The International […]
Employee Assistance Program (EAP) interest group formed
Information Type: NewsTopic: Human Rights, Social Protection, Social Work, Ethics
We are glad to be part of this great initiative represented by our Secretary-General. The EAP/Occupational Group is pleased to announce a successful first Zoom Meeting of the newly formed […]