IASSW express its grief and outrage at the mass shooting of at least 50 sexual and gender minority persons in a nightclub in Orlando, Florida, USA. This massacre has been called the worst in US history. According to his father, the shooter was motivated because he saw two men kissing, and the act is being...
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS – IASSW REGIONAL RESOURCE CENTRES To promote capacity building for social work education and training IASSW is establishing Regional Resource Centres (RRCs) in different parts of the world. RCCs will offer and coordinate capacity building initiatives, services and resources to member institutions. IASSW invites applications from qualified institutions. Purpose of Regional Resource...
IASSW response on Japan earthquake The earthquakes of 14 and 15 April 2016 that devastated many places in Kumamoto on Kyushu Island has killed several people, injured 1500 others, and left thousands homeless as buildings, transportation routes, and hospitals were destroyed by a 6.2 MW and 7.0 Mw earthquake. Japan is one of the countries...
IASSW response to Ecuador Earthquake IASSW is saddened to hear of the terrible loss of life and property following a 7.8 Mw earthquake in coastal provinces of Manabi, Guayas, Santo Domingo, Los Rios, Esmeraldas and Galapagos, on the northwestern coast of Ecuador. States of emergency have been declared for all these areas, and the cities of...
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...
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
