Social workers and students join the Climate Justice March in New York City The IFSW Climate Justice Program is also a tool for advocacy to promote policy and practice changes […]
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Social Work students at UNCG/NC A&TSU Joint Bachelor’s Field Program learning about climate justice and promoting World Social Work Day 2018 The IFSW Climate Justice Program is, first and foremost, […]
Climate Justice Program
The IFSW Climate Justice Program is a way for us to take action to redress the injustices we contribute to with our personal and professional consumption patterns. To travel ethically […]
Free Online Course: Caring For Children Moving Alone
Information Type: NewsTopic: Human Rights, Social Work, UN, Children
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 […]
Twinning contract between AMAS Morocco and BPSW The Netherlands
Information Type: NewsTopic: Membership, IFSW, Social Work
The Moroccan association AMAS is still young, just like social work education in Morocco. There are lots of connections between the Netherlands and Morocco, mainly because many Moroccan labor migrants […]
Video highlights effort and passion of social workers around the world on WSWD
Information Type: NewsTopic: IFSWWorld Social Work Day 2019 has highlighted ‘Promoting the Importance of Human Relationships’. The theme has focused on people’s essential relationships with each other, their environments and their futures. IFSW […]
International Workers Day: Solidarity and the Search for Global Social Justice
Information Type: News, StatementTopic: IFSW
The 1st of May, International Workers Day, is a time to remember and celebrate the achievements of labour organisations and other social movements. Their sacrifices and struggles have enabled millions […]
Sri Lanka Association of Professional Social Workers Condemns Terror Attacks
Information Type: NewsTopic: Conflict
Statement from SLAPSW: We, as the Sri Lanka Association of Professional Social Workers, are extremely shocked by the horrific attacks perpetrated at five Christian religious places and three hotels in […]
New developments in the global agenda and world social work conferences
Information Type: NewsTopic: IFSW, Social Work, Conference
IASSW, ICSW and IFSW are delighted to announce their ongoing joint commitment to the Global Agenda for Social Work and Social development and that the three organisations will be jointly holding world […]
IFSW 2019 Africa Region Conference
Under the theme Social Work In Strengthening Human Relations For Social Economic and Political Transformation (Holistic empowerment) The IFSW 2019 Africa Region Conference aims to enhance existing linkages, build new partnerships […]
IFSW Secretary-General Highlights ‘Working Beyond Services’ in Social Work Day Message
Information Type: NewsTopic: IFSW
IFSW Secretary-General, Rory Truell focused on social workers that work beyond the limitations of social services in an article published The Guardian on World Social Work Day. Social work can […]
IFSW celebrates WSWD highlighting the interlinkages between human rights and social work in the promotion Human Relationships
Information Type: NewsTopic: IFSW, World Social Work Day
World Social Work Day at the UN Geneva World Social Work Day was celebrated at the United Nations in the Geneva Headquarters on the 19th of March. The event was […]
IASSW / IFSW to update Global Standards for Social Work Education and Training
Information Type: NewsTopic: IFSW
The International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW) and the International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW) have initiated a joint process of reviewing and updating the Global Standards for […]
Celebración Del Día Mundial Del Trabajo Social En Perú – V Congreso Internacional de Trabajo Social
Information Type: NewsTopic: IFSW, World Social Work Day
CELEBRACIÓN DEL DÍA MUNDIAL DEL TRABAJO SOCIAL EN PERÚ V Congreso Internacional de Trabajo Social – “Análisis de Las Políticas Sociales y la Inserción de los Servicios Sociales en los […]
IFSW President on International Woman’s Day
Information Type: News, StatementTopic: Social Work
March the 8th is a day to remember our companions who dedicated their whole lives to the struggle for women’s rights and social emancipation. I say ‘social emancipation’ because as […]
David Drucker Papers presented to IFSW Archives
Information Type: NewsTopic: Social Work
The Drucker Family has given IFSW copies of the electronic papers of David Drucker (1926-2012), a social worker with a deep and consistent concern for participatory approaches. His papers provide […]
IFSW Statement on International Women’s Day 8 March 2019
Information Type: News, StatementTopic: Human Rights
A statement issued by Priska Fleischlin, IFSW UN Global Commissioner and the IFSW UN Regional Commissioners: This year, International Women’s Day is celebrated for the hundredth time. In 1909, in […]
IFSW Statement for ‘World Social Justice Day’ – Justice Requires the Participation of all Peoples
Information Type: Statement, NewsTopic: UN, Human Rights
20th February 2019 Throughout the world, social workers are directly involved in advancing social justice. In addition to advocating and shaping inclusive, strengths-focused and rights-based social policies, the social work […]
WSWD 2019: Round table on social workers standing up for human rights
This year the World Social Work Day, 19 March, promotes the importance of human relationships. It is a key day in which social workers worldwide stand together to celebrate the […]
IFSW 2020 Online Conference: Co-Building Social Transformation
This conference will finalise a global consultation process that will set the strategic priorities for the social work profession from 2020 to 2030. Social work is the fastest growing profession […]