Israel Promotes International Learning from the Corona Pandemic When the world began to shut down in mid-March, it became clear that all social workers were facing uncharted territory. How to […]
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Israel. International roundtable on Social Work in Times of Crisis.
Information Type: NewsTopic: Membership, Covid19, IFSW, Social WorkThe Israel Union of Social Work holds a virtual roundtable this coming Thursday to present the results of the survey Social Work Interventions During the Coronavirus Pandemic. During the event, we […]
STATEMENT BY IFSW AGAINST ADMINISTRATIVE DETENTION OF OUR SOCIAL WORK COLLEAGUES IN ISRAELI PRISONS
Information Type: NewsTopic: Human RightsIFSW supports the call from the Palestinian Union of Social Workers and Psychologists (PUSWP) to end Administrative Detention which includes arrest and imprisonment without trial of Palestinians by the Israeli […]
IFSW Europe Newsletter
Information Type: NewsTopic: IFSWRead IFSW Europe’s Newsletter here…
A Bullet Through the Heart of a Social Worker
Information Type: NewsTopic: IFSWBy Dr Rory Truell, Secretary-General of the International Federation of Social Workers The 25th July started like any other day for the Abu Maria family. Hashem, 45, and his children […]
Statement by the North American Region of IFSW on the Israeli/Palestinian Conflict
Information Type: NewsTopic: ConflictThe roots of the social work profession are grounded in the principles of peace and social justice. Social workers in North America are united by our respective Codes of Ethics […]
Public statement by the Japanese Coordinating Body for IFSW, concerning the humanitarian disaster currently taking place in Gaza
Information Type: NewsTopic: ConflictWe, the Japanese social workers who belong to the Japanese Coordinating Body for IFSW (International Federation of Social Workers), make the following statement, based on the values and ethics of […]
CASW for Peace and Self-Determination
Information Type: NewsTopic: ConflictThe following statement was issued on Friday 15 August by the Canadian Association of Social Workers with comments by Morel Caisse, CASW President and IFSW President for North America. The […]
Public statement by IFSW Asia Pacific Regional President and Member-at-Large concerning the humanitarian disaster currently taking place in Gaza
Information Type: NewsTopic: ConflictWe affirm the public statement from IFSW and support the United Nations position on Gaza. We live in the Asia Pacific Region with numerous languages, cultures, religions and races, and […]
Statement of the Israeli Union of Social Workers – Histadrut on the situation in Gaza
Information Type: NewsTopic: ConflictWar is always horrible and it is a lose-lose situation. Social workers rarely create the situations in which we intervene; we react to people’s needs at any given time. In […]
Statement of Latin American and Caribbean IFSW about the killing of civilians in the Gaza Strip
Information Type: NewsTopic: ConflictSocial workers of the Latin America and Caribbean of the International Federation of Social Workers defend human rights, democracy and fight for social justice, so we declare contrary to the […]