IASSW Elections 2020 – Results Many Congratulations to IASSW newly elected board members for 4 years of term (2020-2024)   President Annamaria Campanini (re-elected) from Italy More details : https://bit.ly/2PdHcxs   Secretary Barbara Shank (re-elected) from USA More details :https://bit.ly/2EF5hLD Member –at-Large: Member at- Large-: Jessica Hanna JÖNSSON from Sweden More details : https://bit.ly/30eoCeB     Maria...

Responding to vulnerable people: Emergency social work practice in nursing homes in Wuhan, China Prepared by Yan Huang, Assistant Professor, Department of Social Work, School of Health, Fujian Medical University Jingrong Chen, MSW, Department of Social Work, School of Sociology and Anthropology, Xiamen University Since January this year, China has been shrouded in the shadow...

You are Here for All of Us, We are Here for You: Online Social Work Services to Physicians and Nurses Working in Temporary Quarantine Hospitals in Tianjin, China Prepared by Yang Yunjuan, Wang Miao Department of Social Work, Tianjin University of Technology, China Background: With the outbreak of COVID-19, China adopted the strongest epidemic policies....

Community’s Online and Offline Interdisciplinary SMPC Model in Shaanxi, China Prepared by Ying Liu Associate Professor, Northwest University, Shaanxi, China   The outbreak of Covid-19 in 2020 has impacted different walks of life including individuals, groups and organizations in China. To address social challenges under the state of emergency, the active participation and professional assistance...

The Impact of the Coronavirus Pandemic: Implications for Community and Social Development’, Special issue SAGE has published this issue in open access and it is FREE to download :https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/coda/2/2    

IASSW: Register for Online General Assembly IASSW Members, You are invited to a Zoom meeting. When: Jul 30, 2020 12:00 PM Rome Register in advance for this meeting: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUpdeuoqjsqHN11TWklih3puNmUB1Uvqw9V After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Note:  All reports are available on IASSW website, Please visit : https://www.iassw-aiets.org/conferences-events/iassw-general-assembly/  

                                        IASSW’s close partner on social work and social development, IFSW (International Federation of Social Workers), held its #IFSW2020Conference from July 15 to July 19, 2020. IASSW representatives were invited to join live panel discussions on...

The Impact of COVID-19 on the Afghan Refugees in New Delhi By Mina Shokori, Social Work Student, Delhi University In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, the lockdown has put all Afghan Refugees at risk in terms of their financial, mental, and physical health. Afghan refugees living in India aren’t officially recognized by the Government...

Biographies for the Encyclopedia   To: IASSW Members From:  Lynne Healy, member, Editorial Board, Encyclopedia of Social Work Online RE:  Biographies for the Encyclopedia I am writing to ask for your help in identifying past leaders in social work from around the world for possible inclusion in an important reference work, the Encyclopedia of Social...

COVID-19 AND SOCIAL WORK: A COLLECTION OF COUNTRY REPORTS   IASSW draws your attention to a compilation of country reports on the COVID-19 pandemic which it is hosting on the website to provide access to as many people as possible to this resource: https://www.iassw-aiets.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IASSW-COVID-19-and-Social-Work-Country-Reports-Final-1.pdf China Country briefing on the role of social work during the COVID-19...