Pragati (the erstwhile Integrated Rural Health and Development Project) is a field action project of the Centre for Health and Mental Health, School of Social Work. Late Prof. Dr. Vimla Nadkarni Past President of International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW) initiated the Integrated Rural Health and Development Project (IRHDP) in 1986, in the...
This to inform you that the Team Finland Knowledge project funded by the Finnish National Agency for Education on “Sharing Best Practices in Crisis Preparedness in Social Work” – a collaborative endeavour of the University of Jyvaskyla; Unversity of Eastern Finland, Kuopio; Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai; and Rajagiri College of Social Sciences, Kochi has completed the joint project in December...
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...
