WORLD SOCIAL WORK DAY AT THE UNITED NATIONS – GENEVA – 16 March 2022 Wednesday 16 March 2022 (ONLINE) Positioning Social Work in an Eco-social World: Building New Partnerships and Alliances Like every year, social workers around the globe will celebrate World Social Work Day in March this year to promote and disseminate a common…
Social Dialogue #26 – call for articles Black Lives Matter: developments in de-colonising social work Editors: Kish Bhatti-Sinclair and Brian Littlechild The proposal for this special edition of Social Dialogue is from members of SWEARN (Social Work Education Anti-Racist Network), an established network of academics and leaders from England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Republic…
IASSW elections 2022: announcement of candidates This is formal announcement of candidates standing for three positions on the IASSW Board of Directors. Their bio sketches and statements of all candidate translated into the IASSW official languages (Chinese, English, French, Japanese and Spanish): https://archive.iassw-aiets.org/elections/elections-2022/elections-2022-announcement-of-candidates/ Electronic ballots for the 2021 election will be available on IASSW website…
World Social Work Day 15 March 2022-An international commemoration This is a momentous collaboration across several continents: Africa, Asia and Europe. This webinar is open to all, internationally. We also hope that you will participate in our student-driven interactive breakaway sessions for lively discussions on how, together, we build a new eco-social world. Participation is…
Project Funding − Call For Proposals IASSW Grants For Projects In Social Work Education International Schools of Social Work (IASSW) invites proposals for projects, designed to advance social work education internationally. Grants of up to US $5.000 are available for proposals submitted by IASSW members that can be expected to contribute to the implementation of the IASSW Mission Statement, and to the enhancement of cooperation among schools…
Food Insecurity: Youth from the grassroots speak out in the context of COVID 19 crisis Wednesday, February 16, 2022 10:00 am 11:30 am (EST) Panellists Augustine Kaheeru Bahemuka Human Rights Specialist, UNAMI Alexandra Mustafá Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil. International Associatio n of Schools of Social Work IASSW) Miroslav Budimir , University of Ljubljana, Slovenia…
Reaching nutritionally vulnerable social groups: the quest for multifaceted policy response Online Side event 9 February 2022, 8:30-9:45 am EST Co-organized by The International Council on Social Welfare (ICSW), Korea National Council on Social Welfare (SSN), The International Association of the Schools of Social Work (IASSW), International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), The United Nations…
Book publication — Best Practices of Social Work Methods Best Practices of Social Work Methods was released on January 17, 2022, by Notion Press Publishers, a company that internationally distributes the book mainly through online stores. The Editors are: Sheeja Karalam (IASSW individual member – India ) Norvy Paul (IASSW individual member – Kenya) Mariko Kimura (IASSW school member – Japan Women’s University)…
Online conference “SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE IN A CHANGING WORLD” A FREE online conference “SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE IN A CHANGING WORLD” being organised by the Department of Social Work, Veronica Adeleke School of Social Sciences, Babcock University, Nigeria. Please do consider if you may wish to/can attend, and also maybe submit an abstract. The conference will…
Asia Pacific Joint GS Seminar The Global Standards for Social Work Education and Training were updated in 2020. However, the new document’s content is yet to fully reach the professional social work community in the Asia Pacific Region, and we face several challenges as we engage in educational reform. Please join the discussion for FREE…