IFSW as an active member of the Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children is delighted to announce the Albanian government’s decision to join other countries in prohibiting corporal punishment of […]
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IFSW and NGOs successful in supporting the UN to adopt Guiding Principles on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights
Information Type: NewsTopic: UN, Social ProtectionFor the first time global policy guidelines focusing specifically on the human rights of people living in poverty have been developed. The Guidelines are intended as a practical tool for […]
World Disasters Report 2012 – Focus on forced migration and displacement
Information Type: NewsTopic: Human Rights, UNThe 2012 World Disasters Report was launched in London on Thursday 18 October 2012, published by the International Red Cross and Red Crescent. IFSW was represented at the event by […]
Social Workers Support The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
Information Type: Website/Useful Link, NewsTopic: UN, Social ProtectionAfrican Social Work leaders gathering together in South Africa to to ensure that the voices of people in poverty are heard by policy makers Each year on the 17th […]
Statement of the IFSW Human Rights Commissioner on Organ Harvesting – Online Petition
Information Type: NewsTopic: Human RightsMedical tourism/exploitation is an increasing phenomenon of our global agenda. It provides ethical dilemmas for social workers all over the world in combatting human rights abuses. The differences in economic […]
International Day of the Girl Child
Information Type: News, Website/Useful LinkTopic: Children“In a society where the rights and potential of women are constrained, no man can be truly free. He may have power, but he will not have freedom.” Mary Robinson […]
“Social workers play a key role in supporting the rapidly ageing world population” – IFSW
Information Type: News, Website/Useful LinkTopic: Human Rights, UNAgeing in the Twenty-First Century: A Celebration and A Challenge, is a landmark new report published by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), with support from all the main UN […]
IFSW celebrates World Habitat Day 2012 – Changing Cities, Building Opportunities
Information Type: News, Website/Useful LinkTopic: UN, EnvironmentThe United Nations has designated the first Monday of October every year as World Habitat Day. This year, the day will be celebrated on 1 October 2012. UN Habitat is […]
“Governments must keep their promises on the Right to Food” says the UN Special Rapporteur
Information Type: NewsTopic: Social Protection, UNIt is important to integrate the commitment to the Right to Food at national level and this must include accountability mechanisms, the UN Special Rapporteur on the “Right to Food”, […]
Social Good Summit
Information Type: NewsTopic: Social Work, UNEach year the United Nations General Assembly in September marks an opportunity for global leaders to gather in New York to address and take action against some of the world’s […]
Paralympic Games opens with a celebration of human rights and diversity
Information Type: NewsTopic: Human RightsThe opening of the Paralympic Games in London on Wednesday 29th August 2012 was marked by a lavish opening ceremony which celebrated the UN Convention on Human Rights, human scientific […]
Rapid rise in food prices and food insecurity predicted to lead to social upheaval in 2013
Information Type: NewsTopic: Social Protection, UNAs world environmentalists meet during World Water Week (26-31 August), leading analysts and development agencies are predicting that food insecurity will increase during 2012. People in the poorest countries will […]
Effective and ethical working environments for social work: the responsibilities of employers of social workers
Information Type: News, PolicyTopic: EmploymentIFSW POLICY STATEMENT 1 Introduction This policy provides guidelines regarding the working environment required for: effective and ethical social work practice; alignment of organisational and social work practice objectives; protection […]
Gendered impacts of globalization: employment and social protection
Information Type: NewsTopic: Human RightsThe United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) has published a briefing paper on the gendered impacts of globalization. This brief draws on a review of existing literature conducted […]
World Humanitarian Day – Sunday 19 August 2012
Information Type: NewsTopic: Disaster, Human RightsOn World Humanitarian Day every year, the United Nations remembers those who have been killed while working with the UN to help others. In 2011, 308 humanitarian workers were killed, […]
International Youth Day – 12 August 2012
Information Type: NewsTopic: UN, Children“Young people are a wellspring of ideas for innovation. They are today’s thinkers, problem-solvers and catalysts for peace,” said Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, in a statement issued on International […]
The global history of humanitarian action
Information Type: News, Website/Useful LinkTopic: ChildrenA Policy Brief – New players through old lenses: Why history matters in engaging with Southern actors – has been published by the London based Overseas Development Institute. The author, […]
The Child Development index 2012: Progress, challenges and inequality
Information Type: Website/Useful Link, NewsTopic: ChildrenThe Child Development Index (CDI) is published each year by Save the Children and offers a fascinating insight into the situations of children around the world with comparative statistics and […]
Winners of the 2012 Photo Competition
Information Type: NewsTopic: Social WorkIFSW is pleased to announce the winning photos of the 2012 Photo Competition. Congratulations to all the winners! The first prize: If I had my own world submitted by […]
More reports about the Stockholm 2012 conference and themes
Information Type: NewsTopic: ConferenceThe Guardian newspaper, based in London UK, was the international media partner for the Stockholm 2012 conference. Clare Horton and Jessica Fuhl, journalists who specialise in social work and social policy, […]