Young people declaring themselves unaccompanied minors: place and function of the social service assistant Opinion of the National Association of Social Work Assistants on the treatment of young people declaring […]
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Commonwealth Organisation for Social Work Represented at Youth Ministers Meeting in Uganda
Information Type: NewsTopic: ChildrenIn July members of the Commonwealth Organisation for Social Work, an organisation affiliated with IFSW, met with Commonwealth Youth Ministers in Uganda. See their report here.
Social Services for Unaccompanied Minor Refugees in Vienna
Information Type: NewsTopic: ChildrenWritten by Mag. Josef Hiebl, DSP – Translation by Dunja Gharwal, MA Introduction: Every year more than ten thousand children from the war regions of the Middle East, Asia and […]
IGNORING THE RIGHTS OF CHILD MIGRANTS INCREASES RISKS FOR THE CHILDREN AND FOR EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
Information Type: StatementTopic: ChildrenThe number of child migrants entering Europe on their own is higher than ever before; almost 90,000 unaccompanied children sought asylum in the European Union in2015 (Eurostat). Some have no […]
IFSW Joins Celebrations of Universal Children’s Day, But Says There is Much More To Do
Information Type: NewsTopic: ChildrenThe International Federation of Social Workers is pleased to join the global celebrations today on Universal Children’s Day, 20 November. Today also marks the UN General Assembly adoption of the […]
Refugee children arriving in the UK need warm support – not cold bureaucracy
Information Type: News, Website/Useful LinkTopic: ChildrenIFSW President Ruth Stark writes about social work values when supporting child refugees entering the UK. “Finally, after years and months of waiting, the UK government has conceded it has […]
Palestinian Social Workers Stand Against Child Detention
Information Type: StatementTopic: Conflict, ChildrenIFSW is concerned by the continuing detention of Palestinian children in Israeli jails and this follows our previous Statement made on Human Rights Day in 2014, endorsing UNICEF’s call for Palestinian […]
HRC Side Event Promoting the Need to Prevent Unnecessary Family Separation
Information Type: NewsTopic: UN, ChildrenOn 22nd of September, during the regular Session of the Human Rights Council (HRC), the Working Group on «Children without Parental Care» held a Side Event promoting the need to […]
HRC Side Event Promoting the Need to Prevent Unnecessary Family Separation
Information Type: NewsTopic: UN, ChildrenOn 22nd of September, during the regular Session of the Human Rights Council (HRC), the Working Group on «Children without Parental Care» held a Side Event promoting the need to […]
IFSW European President Presents on ‘The Best Interests of the Child’ in Brussels
Information Type: NewsTopic: ChildrenThis week IFSW Regional President for Europe, Cristina Martins was invited to present at a European Conference on “the Best Interests of the Child” held in Brussels. In her presentation […]
STATEMENT ON THE DETENTION OF PALESTINIAN CHILDREN
Topic: ChildrenOn Human Rights Day 2014 IFSW wishes to express its concern over the treatment of Palestinian minors who have been arrested and interrogated by the Israeli authorities for alleged stone-throwing […]
IFSW Intern Participates in 25th Anniversary of the Adoption of the CRC at UN Headquarters
Information Type: NewsTopic: UN, ChildrenThe Convention on the Rights of the Child is an international treaty adopted by the United Nations on November 20, 1989, establishing global standards to ensure the protection, survival, and […]
IFSW celebrates 25 Years of the UNCRC
Information Type: NewsTopic: ChildrenToday the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child reached a milestone in its history. Celebrations across the world celebrate the commitment by governments to treat children and young […]
International Surrogacy – meeting the needs of children or adults? A call for international action to safeguard children’s best interest
Information Type: NewsTopic: ChildrenIFSW condemns the actions of the Australian couple who abandoned Gammy, the twin born through an international surrogacy arrangement in Thailand. It calls on the international community to address the […]
Joint oral Statement on the Term ‘Family’ from a CRC Perspective
Information Type: NewsTopic: UN, ChildrenThis joint oral statement calls to acknowledge what ‘family’ means in the context of children’s rights. IFSW contact: Pascal Rudin Several international initiatives have been launched to mark the 20th […]
Taking the IFSW Policy on International Surrogacy (2008) forward -seeking social workers views
Topic: ChildrenMembers of the Hague Conference are currently considering whether to take forward work at the international level in relation to international surrogacy arrangements. At the IFSW General Meeting in 2008 […]
Changing children’s chances: new findings on child policy worldwide
Information Type: News, Website/Useful LinkTopic: Children, LawA new report provides, for the first time, a detailed international comparison of the laws and policies that shape children’s lives around the world. Click here to visit the website […]
Tanzania: New Social Work Curriculum introduced
Information Type: NewsTopic: EducationThe Tanzania Emerging Social Workers Education Programme (TESWEP) has started to introduce a new teaching curriculum of social work programmes in order to implement a Bachelors of Arts in Social […]
Growing number of countries prohibiting corporal punishment of children
Information Type: NewsTopic: ChildrenIFSW as an active member of the Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children is delighted to announce the Albanian government’s decision to join other countries in prohibiting corporal punishment of […]
International Day of the Girl Child
Information Type: News, Website/Useful LinkTopic: Children“In a society where the rights and potential of women are constrained, no man can be truly free. He may have power, but he will not have freedom.” Mary Robinson […]