…a communal gardening project and a house for the future of the neighborhood. The projects visited showed that working for social justice and social wellbeing also means ecological justice. Social…
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IFSW Climate Justice Program Launched
Information Type: NewsTopic: Environment…regions, and by learning to reduce their ecological footprints and advocate for change. Program Director, Meredith Powers, said, “It is wonderful to see the social work profession taking leadership on…
New Policy: The Role of Social Workers in Advancing a New Eco-Social World
Information Type: NewsTopic: IFSW, UN…Commission who has developed the policy paper thanks the member organisations for their support. Awareness raising regarding ecological and social change is widespread nowadays, but embracing these two and agreeing…
Ghana celebrates World Social Work Day
Information Type: NewsTopic: World Social Work Day…human and ecological development. On the importance of human relationships, the statement said family and relationship issues and challenges across the lifespan emerge as a major concern in relation to…
IFSW side panel event for the UN 62nd session of the Commission for Social Development
IFSW is delighted to announce a side panel event for the upcoming 62nd session of the Commission for Social Development, emphasising the critical intersection of social justice and ecological sustainability….
IFSW to Host Panel on Eco-Social Justice at 62nd Social Development Session
Information Type: NewsTopic: IFSW, UNIFSW is delighted to announce a side panel event for the upcoming 62nd session of the Commission for Social Development, emphasising the critical intersection of social justice and ecological sustainability….
Earth Day 2012: “Mobilize the Earth”
Information Type: NewsTopic: Environment…is being neglected. Climate change continues unabated and there seems to be a new ecological disaster happening on an almost daily basis. The famed Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore wrote “I…
IFSW supports Kyoto extension
Information Type: NewsTopic: Environment…and the success of the Kyoto Protocol is important for social workers who often work in disaster situations. “Climate change is not only an ecological issue, but also a social…
Paving the way for a safer and more secure future for children in Uganda
Information Type: NewsTopic: Social Work, Children…program assists social workers in developing community projects focused on child protection. This approach resonates with the social-ecological model, considering various factors as risks or protections against childhood violence. …
Africa's Crucial Contribution to a Sustainable and Equitable Global Future
Information Type: StatementTopic: IFSW, Conference…interconnectedness, and mutual respect in addressing social and ecological challenges. The outcomes emphasised that social work in Africa should strive not only to solve immediate social issues but also to…
IFSW hosts side-event during the 2023 UN High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development
Information Type: NewsTopic: IFSW, Environment…we take together to build and sustain ecological integrity, economic reform, international solidarity, employment and work, and state/national social protection. 1 The People’s Charter for an Eco-Social World promotes community…
The Ubuntu Practitioner: Social Work Perspectives
…Venesio Bwambale Bhangyi, Silverno Tweshengyereze, Hope Atim and Senkosi Moses Balyejjusa Chapter 7: Co-building the Ubuntu Ecological Resource Centre: A Local/Global Application of Ubuntu George A. Mansaray and Ruth Stark…
IFSW-AP UN Representative Addresses UN-ESCAP Committee on Social Development
Information Type: StatementTopic: IFSW, UN…are intertwined and have profound effects on people and their communities through the dramatic increase in economic, social, emotional, and ecological challenges.” UN-ESCAP Committee on Social Development The session was…
Breaking The Poverty Cycle
Information Type: Book ReviewTopic: Social Work…FrEE situates individuals as active change agents, rather than passive recipients and products of the development process. Drawing from social psychology and ecological theories of human behaviour, the authors argue…
ClimateJusticeContribution_Steps_Notes
…of payment. How will you be traveling? Did you know that trains (which carry many people to share the carbon offset) have the lowest ecological footprint? Typically, trains have ½…
IFSW Europe – WEBINAR - Developing eco-wisdom – leave no one behind! May 24th 2022, 18.00 - 19.30 CET
Topic: IFSW…the smallest carbon footprint and suffer the most
Power, Politics and Social Work: The Need to Reinvent Social Work Worldwide – Contributions from Latin American Thought
Information Type: NewsTopic: Social Work, Conference…radical redistribution, accompanied by an extraordinarily massive transfer of resources and access to common goods, will reduce the unsustainable human pressure on ecological systems that maintain life, and will permit…
Policy_TradeAgreements
…issues regarding toxic waste. As well as the decision not to grant the permit, the Mexican Government ordered the establishment of an ecological preserve on the same site. Metalclad started…
Swiss and Sierra Leone Associations form Collaboration
Information Type: NewsTopic: IFSW…rural area of Sierra Leone, co-designing and co-building a sustainable social protection system. Their approach is to employ ecological methods in the building of a communal resource, with disability access,…
Time for a New Social Rights Revolution
Information Type: News, StatementTopic: IFSW…of Social Workers invites all representatives from communities, social/ecological movements and unions to join with social workers in next month’s free, worldwide online conference: ‘The Social Work Global Agenda: Co-building…