…interconnectedness, and mutual respect in addressing social and ecological challenges. The outcomes emphasised that social work in Africa should strive not only to solve immediate social issues but also to…
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The Ubuntu Practitioner: Social Work Perspectives
…Venesio Bwambale Bhangyi, Silverno Tweshengyereze, Hope Atim and Senkosi Moses Balyejjusa Chapter 7: Co-building the Ubuntu Ecological Resource Centre: A Local/Global Application of Ubuntu George A. Mansaray and Ruth Stark…
Paving the way for a safer and more secure future for children in Uganda
Information Type: NewsTopic: Social Work, Children…program assists social workers in developing community projects focused on child protection. This approach resonates with the social-ecological model, considering various factors as risks or protections against childhood violence. …
IFSW-AP UN Representative Addresses UN-ESCAP Committee on Social Development
Information Type: StatementTopic: IFSW, UN…are intertwined and have profound effects on people and their communities through the dramatic increase in economic, social, emotional, and ecological challenges.” UN-ESCAP Committee on Social Development The session was…
New Policy: The Role of Social Workers in Advancing a New Eco-Social World
Information Type: NewsTopic: IFSW, UN…Commission who has developed the policy paper thanks the member organisations for their support. Awareness raising regarding ecological and social change is widespread nowadays, but embracing these two and agreeing…
IFSW Europe – WEBINAR - Developing eco-wisdom – leave no one behind! May 24th 2022, 18.00 - 19.30 CET
Topic: IFSW…the smallest carbon footprint and suffer the most
IFSW to Host Panel on Eco-Social Justice at 62nd Social Development Session
Information Type: NewsTopic: IFSW, UNIFSW is delighted to announce a side panel event for the upcoming 62nd session of the Commission for Social Development, emphasising the critical intersection of social justice and ecological sustainability….
IFSW hosts side-event during the 2023 UN High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development
Information Type: NewsTopic: IFSW, Environment…we take together to build and sustain ecological integrity, economic reform, international solidarity, employment and work, and state/national social protection. 1 The People’s Charter for an Eco-Social World promotes community…
ClimateJusticeContribution_Steps_Notes
…of payment. How will you be traveling? Did you know that trains (which carry many people to share the carbon offset) have the lowest ecological footprint? Typically, trains have ½…
Time for a New Social Rights Revolution
Information Type: News, StatementTopic: IFSW…of Social Workers invites all representatives from communities, social/ecological movements and unions to join with social workers in next month’s free, worldwide online conference: ‘The Social Work Global Agenda: Co-building…
IFSW Statement on Australian Fires
Information Type: News, StatementTopic: Environment…political change by advancing rights and now is the urgent time for all citizens, communities and all people to stand up for a framework of human, social and ecological rights.”…
World Social Work Day 2020 poster is out!
Information Type: NewsTopic: IFSW, Social Work, World Social Work Day…relationships between people, communities, nations are essential in addressing the social, economic and ecological challenges. Drawing on the core skills of bringing people together to balance needs in celebrated diversity,…
World Social Work Day 2020
…are essential in addressing the social, economic and ecological challenges. Drawing on the core skills of bringing people together to balance needs in celebrated diversity, social work has a significant…
The Togo Professional Association of Social Development celebrates the II Social Summit!
Information Type: NewsTopic: IFSW…Km and allowed to collect 58 KG of bags that will be recycled. After this sporting and ecological exercise, participants gathered in the conference room to discuss the theme. A…
IFSW Statement on Amazon Fires
Information Type: Statement, NewsTopic: IFSW…in the Amazon are linked with the Brazilin government’s removal of ecological protection regulations to make way for farming and mining activities. We also observe that the governments that allow…
IFSW Climate Justice Program Launched
Information Type: NewsTopic: Environment…regions, and by learning to reduce their ecological footprints and advocate for change. Program Director, Meredith Powers, said, “It is wonderful to see the social work profession taking leadership on…
ClimateJusticeContribution_Notes
…of payment. How will you be traveling? Did you know that trains (which carry many people to share the carbon offset) have the lowest ecological footprint? Typically, trains have 1…
IFSW CJP Project: Education, Advocacy, and Outreach
…social workers around the world who are committed to ecological and climate justice. Among other engagements, Powers was recently invited to speak at the United Nations on climate justice and…
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…issues regarding toxic waste. As well as the decision not to grant the permit, the Mexican Government ordered the establishment of an ecological preserve on the same site. Metalclad started…
Power, Politics and Social Work: The Need to Reinvent Social Work Worldwide – Contributions from Latin American Thought
Information Type: NewsTopic: Social Work, Conference…radical redistribution, accompanied by an extraordinarily massive transfer of resources and access to common goods, will reduce the unsustainable human pressure on ecological systems that maintain life, and will permit…