Welcome to the IFSW Asia-Pacific Regional webpage. This page is to support the regional connections of IFSW Asia-Pacific members and a place for members to post news items and information that is of importance to the development of social work in the region. Please scroll down to see the latest regional information.
IFSW has 5 regional structures. Asia-Pacific is the largest geographically and most culturally diverse. The IFSW Regional President is Machiko Ohara who is based in Japan.
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Asia-Pacific Executive Committee
Teoh Ai Hua, Malaysia
Regional Vice-President
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Amran Jamil, Singapore
Honorary Secretary
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Publications Secretaries
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Daranee Narudomphong (Thailand)Vasudeva Sharma (India)Saowatarn Phoglad (Thailand)Nattapat Sarobol (Thailand)
Commissions
Regional representatives of the Education Commission
Team Leader – Mariko Kimura (Japan)
Team Members – Chathu Gurusinghe (Sri Lanka), Ghandi Doss (India), Haenim Lee (South Korea), Rosauro Luntayao (Philippines)
Regional representatives of the Ethics Commission
Co-ordinating Regional Representative: Hassan Mousavi Chelak (Iran)
Regional Representatives: Sukrita Rai (Nepal)
Yvonne Crichton-Hill (Aotearoa New Zealand)
Regional representatives of the United Nations Commission
Team Leader – Sebastian Cordoba (Australia)
Team Members – Hamed Olamaee (Iran), Massoud Ayoubi (Afghanistan), Suresh Pathare (India), Talaat Hamoud (Yemen), Young Joon Hong (South Korea), Wilaiporn (Kae) Kotbungkair (Thailand)
Regional representatives of the Indigenous Commission
Main Representative: Carole Tana-Tepania (Aotearoa New Zealand)
Representatives: Ling How Kee (Malaysia), Yangjian (Yvonne) (China), Linda Ford (Australia)