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World Social Work Day 2021

World Social Work Day is on the 16th March 2021. It is the key day in the year that social workers worldwide stand together to advance our common message globally. This year, the 2021 World Social Day highlights Ubuntu: I am Because We Are. This is the first theme of the 2020 to 2030 Global Agenda for Social Work and Social Development.

Ubuntu: I am Because We are – Strengthening Social Solidarity and Global Connectedness. Ubuntu: ‘I am because we are’ is a concept and philosophy that resonates with the social work perspective of the interconnectedness of all peoples and their environments. It speaks to the need for global solidarity and also highlights indigenous knowledge and wisdom. Silvana Martinez, IFSW President commented:

The theme comes from extensive consultation within IFSW and beyond. At a time when global politics has retreated into nationalism, Ubuntu is a powerful message on the need for solidarity at all levels: within communities, societies and globally. It is a message that all people are interconnected and that our future is dependent on recognizing all peoples involvement in co-building a sustainable, fair and socially just future. IFSW invites all social workers, partner organizations and people who care about the future to co-brand the poster. Together we can change world for this and future generations.

Interested in the history of World Social Work Day? Please click here

Cobranding the Poster: All social work partners and members are welcome to co-brand the #SWSD2021 poster by adding their logo alongside the IFSW logo. We also invite you to share with us your initiatives, events, and proposals to celebrate #WSWD2021. We will upload information about your planned event on this page and distribute them among social workers around the world.

Translating the Poster: We will publish your language translation for the World Work Day Poster. Please click below on ‘Submit Translations’.

Download the poster in

Afrikaans, Albanian, Amharic, Arabic, Armenian, Aragones, Asturian, Basque, Bernese Germany, Bengali, Bodo, Bulgerian, Brunei, Cantonese, Catalan, Cherokee, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Dutch, English, Estonian Farsi,, Fin, French, Galego, Georgian, German, Gujarati, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Irish, isiNdebele, isiXhosa, isiZulu, Italian, Ivrit, Japanese, Kalenjin, Kannada, Kannada2, Kikuyu, Kinyarwanda, Korean, Kurdish, Latvian, Luo, Luhya, Maasai, Macedonian, Malayan, Malaysian, Maltese, Mandarin, Māori, Marathi, Mongolian, Nepalese, Norwegian, Norwegian-Nynorsk, Oriya, Papiamento, Papiamento-Aruba, Philipino, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Romanisch, Russian, Sesotho, Setswana , Sepedi, Siswati, Shona, Sinhala (Sri Lanka), Somali, Spanish, Slovak, Slovenia, Suriname, Swedish, Swahili,  Tamil, Tatar, Telugu, Tshivenda, Thai, Turkish, Turkmenistan, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Welsh, and more coming

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We also invite member organizations to translate the poster into their own languages. Last years poster was translated into 100 languages highlighting global professional unity and common action.

We hope that most organizations will be able to edit the poster for translation themselves, but if this is not possible, please copy the text below in bold, write your translation line by line underneath, and email it to: :

I Am Because We Are

Strengthening Social Solidarity & Global Connectedness

World Social Work Day

16th March 2021

WSWD poster is out!

Thank you to all – it is a significant professional step forward that globally social workers promote the importance of human relationships!

IFSW will post your translated poster on this website so that it can be shared across the world (Please note that the relevant IFSW member organisation must approve the translation which may take a few days).

Mugumbate, Jacob V Kerala Social Work Congress Inauguration. Session on Ubuntu (Minutes 52´38 – 1h14

Mugumbate, Jacob and Chereni, Admire (2019) Using African ubuntu theory in social work with children in Zimbabwe. African Journal of Social Work. Volume 9 Number 1

Muwanga-Zake J.W.F. (2009) Building bridges across knowledge systems: Ubuntu and participative
research paradigms in Bantu communities. Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education
Vol. 30, No. 4. pp 413-426

Samkange, S. and Samkange, T. M. (1980). Hunhuism or Ubuntuism: A Zimbabwean indigenous political philosophy (Harare): Graham Publishing.

Afrikaans

Albanian

Amharic

Arabic

Armenian

Aragones

Asturian

Basque

Bengali

Bernese Germany

Bodo

Brunei

Bulgarian

Catalan

Cantonese

Cherokee

Chinese – Cantonese

Chinese – Mandarin

Croatian

Czech

Danish

Dutch

English

Estonian

Farsi

Finnish

French

Galego

Georgian

German

Greek

Gujarati

Hebrew

Hindi

Hungarian

Icelandic

Indonesian

Irish

isiNdebele,

isiXhosa

isiZulu

Italian

Ivrit

Japanese

Kalenjin

Kannada

Kannada (2)

Kikuyu

Kinyarwanda

Korean

Kurdish

Latvian

Luhya

Luo

Maasai

Macedonian

Malayan

Malaysian

Maltese

Marathi

Mongolian

Nepalese

Norwegian – Bokmål

Norwegian-Nynorsk

Oriya

Papiamento – Curaçao

Papiamento-Aruba

Philipino

Polish

Portuguese

Punjabi

Romanian

Romanisch

Russian

Sepedi

Sesotho

Setswana

Shona

Sinhala (Sri Lanka)

Siswati

Slovak

Slovenia

Somali

Spanish

Suriname

Swahili

Swedish

Tamil

Tamil (version 2) 

Tatar

Te Reo Māori

Telugu

Thai

Tshivenda

Turkish

Turkmenistan

Ukrainian

Urdu

Uzbek

Welsh

(More language options will be posted here shortly)

IFSW President

IFSW Secretary-General

IFSW Africa region president

IFSW Human Rights Commission

IFSW Europe region president

Barbados social workers message on WSWD2021

Surinam Social workers message WSWD2021

Le travail social c est essentiel❣️ Clip vidéo complet DEASSàMTL

2021年ソーシャルワークデー動画

Mayaka's message on Ubuntu to global social workers

UN Commissioner Geneva office, Priska's message on #WSWD2021

Videos will be posted here once they become available

IFSW Asia Pacific Region

Asian international symposium 7th March 2021

IFSW Link: Event

Host,  Webinar poster

IFSW North America Region

IFSW North American Region Facebook Live Event
Date: March 22, 2021, 1 pm ET/2:30 pm NT

Ubuntu: Welcome to the Social Work Profession

Link to NASW Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/socialworkers

Download the flyer here.

Details

Brunei - World Social Worker day exhibition

Brunei social workers will be holding a social work exhibition on the  16th of March 2021.

Contact person

France - ANAS - Journée Mondiale du Travail Social 2021

ANAS – La section Île-de-France de l’ANAS a le plaisir de vous convier à une soirée d’échanges à l’occasion de la

Event link

IFSW Link

India - International Seminar on Social Service, Social Work, Social Sciences

International Seminar on Social Service, Social Work, Social Sciences

IFSW Link: Event

For registration

Host, Website,  Webinar poster

India - APSWDP Conference INDIA

World Social Work day 2021 APSWDP Conference INDIA

IFSW Link: Event

Host, Website,  Webinar poster

United Nations New York - 37TH ANNUAL SOCIAL WORK DAY AT THE UNITED NATIONS IN NEW YORK

37TH ANNUAL SOCIAL WORK DAY AT THE UNITED NATIONS IN NEW YORK with Theme: Responses to COVID-19: Standing Together Makes Us Stronger

IFSW Link: Event

For Details

Indonesian Association of Social Worker (IPSPI)

 Indonesian Association of Social Worker (IPSPI),  list of agendas and events to celebrate the World Social Work Month 2021

IFSW Link: Event

For Details

International Psychogeriatric Association (IPA) -The impact of Covid-19 on the Mental Health of professional care workers and strategies to address these needs – IPA Webinar 11 March 2021

IFSW and IPA

IFSW link

Italy - National Association of Social Workers

Evento ASSNAS

Mongolia- National University of Mongolia

The United Association of Social Welfare Organizations in Mongolia will organize online consultation/webinar on “Social Protection and Ethics of Social Workers in Mongolia” in collaboration with the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection. This is the first online consultation of a series four consultations with topics on (1) Social Protection & Ethics of Social Workers; (2) Social Work Service and Practice; (3) Social Work Education; and (4) Policy and Legislation of Social Workers that will be held throughout 2021. Please see the poster of a series of four consultations.

The first consultation on Social Protection and Ethics of Social Workers in Mongolia will be held from 10.00 am to 14.00 pm on March 17, 2021 by Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia time. Around 150 social workers will be part of the conference as registered participants. However, live sessions will take place on the group page of the United Association of Social Welfare Organizations at that day.

The following panelists of the first online consultation on Social Protection and Ethics of Social Workers in Mongolia will present issues around social protection and ethics in the fields of social workers:

  1. Dr. Sukh-Ochir. B, president of the United Association of Social Welfare Organizations in Mongolia which is a member organization of ICSW.
  2. Tungalagtamir. S, head of the Population Department at the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of Mongolia
  3. Ulziitungalag. Kh, president of Mongolian Association of Social Work Educators.
  4. Munkhjargal.B, president of the Mongolian Association of School Social Workers.
  5. Munkh-Uchral, president of the Association of Medical Social Workers.
  6. Dr. Nyamdorj.N, president of the Association of Professional Social Workers
  7. Munkhsaikhan. Sh, of president of Association of School Social Workers in Selenge Province

Here is a link where live sessions of the conference will take place at FB

https://www.facebook.com/groups/645258392922176

Russia - Russian Association of Social Worker - WSWD2021

The Russian Social Worker has schedule a discussion, В один ряд с медиками Как трудятся в пандемию социальные работники разных стран in commemoration of  the World Social Work Month 2021

IFSW Link: Event

For Details

Sweden - The Swedish Association of Social Worker

Conference arranged by the National association of Social Work where the Union of Professionals SSR is a member.

The Theme for the conference is Creative Social Work in the time of the pandemia

Speakers will talk about the cooperation between the public sector and the civil society in times of crisis and how the social services has changed their work during the first wave of Covid. We will also have a couple of examples from practioners

Information in Sweden can be found here: Kreativt socialt arbete i pandemins tid – CSA

United Kingdom - The British Association of Social Worker

BASW list of events to celebrate World Social Work Month 2021

IFSW Link: Event

For Details

IFSW Europe Region

“TIME TO DELIVER ON SOCIAL EUROPE!”

March 18 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm UTC+0

Details

United Nations Turkmenistan - World Social Work Day

Turkmenistan social workers have launched a social media campaign devoted to World Social Work Day on UN Turkmenistan social media accounts.

IFSW Link: Event

For Details

World Social Work Day 2021 SWAN and PKMC report on Covid

Social Worker’s Association Nepal (SWAN) in collaboration with the Padmakanya multiple campus (PKMC) in the spirit of ubuntu celebrated the #WSWD2021 and compiled a report on Covid-19 we share.

 

IFSW Link: Event

For Details

World Social Work Day 2021 Macau the celebration outcomes.

Macau share the social work day celebration outcomes contributing to debates on social agenda #WSWD2021

IFSW Link: Event

For Details

World Social Work Day 2021 Albania celebration TV episodes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53Gx_eLXbeY&ab_channel=RTSH-RadioTelevizioniShqiptar

Albania shares with the global social work through TV episodes  #WSWD2021

IFSW Link

Contacts 

World Social Work Day 2021 JFSW International Symposium.

Japanese Federation of Social Workers held an International Symposium in commemoration of World social work day 2021  #WSWD2021

Poster WSWD2021 Symposium (JFSW)

IFSW Link

Contacts 

World Social Work Day 2021 East Asia sub-region APASWE webinar

East Asia sub-region APASWE webinar in commemoration of World social work day 2021, on March 26 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm #WSWD2021

Poster WSWD2021 Symposium (JFSW)

IFSW Link: Event

Contacts 

World Social Work Day 2021 37th Annual Social Work Day at the UN

37th Annual Social Work Day at the UN event in commemoration of World social work day 2021, Responses to COVID-19: Standing Together Makes Us Stronger #WSWD2021

Poster on Social Work Day at the UN 

IFSW Link

Contacts 

World Social Work Day 2021 - BASW month long events

British Association of Social Workers had a month long events in commemoration of World social work day 2021 #WSWD2021

IFSW Link

Contacts

World Social Work Day 2021 - Barbados Social Workers

Barbados Association of Social Workers shares the #Ubuntu message #WSWD2021

Contacts

Thailand - (T)SWPC events

World Social Work Day2021 Thailand (T)SWPC events

IFSW Link: Event

Host,  Webinar poster

NAPSW Kazakhstan WSWD2021 events

NAPSW Kazakhstan WSWD2021 events schedule

NAThe NAPSW WSWD2021 events

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