International Federation of Social Workers
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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 […]
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 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 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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
IFSW is pleased to announce the publication of new ethical guidance for social workers on practising in pandemic and crisis conditions. This has been complied by IFSW in partnership with […]
At 2pm CET today The International Council on Social Welfare, International Associations of Schools of Social Work along with IFSW and other partners announced the conclusion of a two-year consultation […]
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 […]
On 10th October, World Mental Health Day, the International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW) supports this year’s call for greater investment in and greater access to mental health care. Mental […]
In the face of Covid-19, IFSW, together with a number of international advisors and contributors, including Unicef and the International Social Service, has updated its innovative free training course on […]