- July 4, 2024The 36th Commonwealth Health Ministers Meeting (CHMM), held on 24-25 May 2024, spotlighted the pressing global challenges faced by the health and social services workforce.
- June 27, 2024In the photo community leaders of Mukuru Kaiyaba along with social workers In 2005 a social worker Evans Nyakundi and his colleagues first visited the Mukuru Kaiyaba community, a slum in the centre of Nairobi.
- June 27, 2024Members of the 2026 Local Organising Committee and members of the Kenyan National Association of Social Workers.
- June 19, 2024As the number of refugees worldwide has surged to 120 million, the vast majority, 68 million, are internally displaced people (IDPs).
- June 11, 2024This statement is a response to the Palestinian Union of Social Workers and Psychologists (PUSWP) call for the Israeli Union of Social Workers (IUSW) to be expelled by IFSW.
- June 6, 2024Eighteen young carers from eleven Commonwealth countries have created a video promoting the Commonwealth Charter for Young Carers, urging leaders to endorse it at their October 2024 meeting in Samoa.
- May 31, 2024The United Nation’s Secretary-General, António Guterres in promoting the rights of nature, highlighted in his Harmony with Nature report to the General Assembly that, “the International Federation of Social Workers, at their General Meeting (2022), adopted a policy paper entitled ‘The role of social workers in advancing a new eco-social world’.
- May 30, 2024Harambee!: Social Workers Unite for Sustainable Shared Futures at 2026 Global Conference As the Global President of the International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW), I am deeply honored to express my profound appreciation for the adoption of the theme for the 2026 Global Conference: "Harambee, for Sustainable Shared Futures." This theme encapsulates the essence of unity, collective effort, and shared responsibility—core values that are integral to the social work profession.
The People’s Charter for an Eco-Social World
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