In September 2023, the United Nations Secretary General hosted an SDG Action weekend for UN agencies, member states, and stakeholders to discuss the SDGs, their current implementation, and commitments to reach them. From the IASSW team, Dr. Lynne Healy, Main Representative (University of Connecticut-retired), and IASSW’s two interns, Diana Dupuy-Faustin and Lorena Martínez (University of...
Hello Everyone, I am excited to share with you the fact that an Instructor’s Manual has recently been released for the third edition of my book Human Rights and Social Justice: Social Action and Service for the Helping and Health Professions (Cognella, 2023). The manual consists of PowerPoints with corresponding notes; additional questions for discussion...
Date: 5 December 2023Location: Hotel Garden, PrishtinaVirtual platform: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88991021481?pwd=MmhCSi9DY2RIVFFIdlNHeU9YTGdKQT09In Kosovo, as in the region, and beyond, gender-based violence is a marked social problem,stratified by social and economic inequality, traditional gender norms, and publicdiscourses against gender justice. Gender-based violence is an expression of fundamentallyunequal gender power relations. Gender-based violence is a human rights issue sanctionedin legal...
Ubuntu Annual Lecture (Fundo yaUbuntu) is organised towards the end of each year by the Africa Social Work and Development Network (ASWDNet) and the Association of Schools of Social Work in Africa (ASSWA) to share Africa’s rich knowledge with the world. We invite students, academics and practitioners around the world to attend, not only those...
AT THE UNITED NATIONS- GENEVA Buen Vivir and Social Work: Co-building a sustainable and just Future Like every year, social workers around the globe will celebrate World Social Work Day in March next year to promote and disseminate a common message worldwide. In Geneva, the 2024 event will focus on the contribution that Buen Vivir...
From left to right: Paulo Pedroso, Director INOVHUMRE; Antonio López Peláez, UNED-ICSW; Jorge M. Ferreira, ISCTE; Sangmok Suh, ICSW President; Annamaria Campanini, IASSW President; Joachim Mumba, IFSW President On November 16, 2023, in Lisbon, within the activities of the ISCTE Winter School, and as a result of the Erasmus+ INOVHUMRE project, involving partners from Turkey,...
The Joint Steering Committee, representing the International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW), the International Council on Social Welfare (ICSW) and the International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW), is calling for expressions of interest (EOI) for organising and hosting the 2026 World Conference on Social Work and Social Development (SWSD2026). The conference is generally...
About the Journal This Journal has pedagogical and scientific characteristics at the same time. In this sense, in his articles he presents unpublished reflections both from researchers who are in training, and from the best and most established researchers that the editors can attract to publish in the magazine, as well as from university professors in...
As we approach World Social Work Day 2024, we are excited to unveil the theme: “Buen Vivir: Shared Future for Transformative Change”, which is rooted in the https://shorturl.at/drEHP and has been developed in partnership with the International Association of Schools of Social Work as well as the International Council on Social Welfare. The #WSWD2024 theme...
