International Surrogacy – meeting the needs of children or adults? A call for international action to safeguard children’s best interest
IFSW condemns the actions of the Australian couple who abandoned Gammy, the twin born through an international surrogacy arrangement in Thailand. It calls on the …
Read moreOn World Social Work Day, Call for the Unconditional Release of Social Worker Abdulwahab Hussain
Issued by Ruth Stark, IFSW Human Rights Commissioner: In February 2011, thousands of Bahrainis took the streets to peacefully call for democracy, freedom, and political reforms …
Read moreSocial Work in Yemen – from Strength to Strength
IFSW Secretary-General, Dr Rory Truell congratulates The General Union for Sociologists, Social Workers and Psychologists in Yemen for their significant programme of development: being launched …
Read moreSocial Work in the Typhoon Affected Areas of the Philippines: A Call to the International Social Work Community
Tacloban Hosted by the Philippines Association of Social Workers, the Secretary-General of The International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW), Dr. Rory Truell, visited the areas …
Read moreNewsletter from the Asia-Pacific Region
The IFSW Asia Pacific region has produced a new exciting newsletter. Read it here
Read moreSocial Workers at the forefront of Philippine recovery
Conferring with psychiatrist regarding initial assessment of survivors brought to their attention by social workers. After the recent catastrophe in the Philippines, the IFSW …
Read moreMessage from President Gary Bailey on the devastation in the Philippines
Dear Colleagues- The images are of the devastation in the Philippines is both shocking and devastating to watch. Our hearts go out to the thousands of …
Read moreTribute to Anthony Tan (Malaysia) – international social worker and inspiration behind COSW
13 November 1948 – 29 September 2013 IFSW is sad to report the death of Anthony Tan in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on 29 September 2013. …
Read moreGovernment thanks social workers on Social Work Day in Aotearoa New Zealand
Social Development Minister Paula Bennett joined in celebrations with social workers in Wellington to mark National Social Workers Day on Wednesday 25 September 2013. The …
Read moreSocial Work growing in Laos
IFSW congratulates the Social Work Colleagues from Laos where the profession is continously growing. Social work education started in 2005. Since then, about 80 students …
Read more