MESSAGE FROM EASSW AND IFSW EUROPE FOLLOWING THE TERROR ATTACKS The European Association of Schools of Social Work (EASSW) and the International Federation of Social Workers – European Region (IFSW Europe), representing European social work practitioners, academics and students in unison, express our collective shock and outrage with the recent horrible terrorist attacks that happened in Brussels, Ankara and Istanbul and...
Capacity Building News Celebration of the first ‘IASSW Regional Resource Centre’ in Beijing, China. The Capacity Building committee of IASSW is delighted to announce the launch of the first IASSW Regional Resource Centre (RRC) which is based in China. RRC status is intended to extend the activities of centres already engaged with local partners on...
World Social Work Day Celebration: Social Media & the Social Worker Social work educators and practitioners joined together for the presentation. Participants were greeted at the social service agency Te Whanau o Waipareira Trust with a traditional mihi whakatau Maori (indigenous) welcome. For more details click here:World Social Work Day Celebration
IASSW Statement on human dignity The International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW) is committed to a just and inclusive world and endorses human dignity as a social work value and human right which is reflected in social work education programmes, educational strategies and policies, and research. The IASSW is committed to inclusiveness by...
IASSW Message on World Social Work Day March 15, 2016: Responding to the Refugee Crisis, Role of Social Work The refugee crisis is not new and in fact people displaced by disasters including wars, conflicts and political instability have required social work interventions since the beginnings of the social work profession. Due to the increases...
IASSW supports the IFSW Statement: Responding to the Refugee Crisis. IFSW STATEMENT: RESPONDING TO THE REFUGEE CRISIS World Social Work Day March 15th 2016 Social workers representative’s worldwide are responding to the refugee crisis and have formulated a five point working plan to: Coordinate social worker action in each of the affected countries to provide...
February newsletter from UN New York team newest edition of the UN Newsletter prepared by IASSW interns at UN NY is available. Please click here: February Newsletter
Social Dialogue (edition 14) The next edition of social dialogue (social-dialogue.com) is focusing on The Global Agenda for social work and social development; commitment to action. Editors Carolyn Noble and Antoinette Lombard A call for papers/articles/ activities/case studies/ posters and other publicity material highlighting one or all of the four themes. The four themes are:...
