IASSW initially set up the Disaster Intervention, Climate Change, and Sustainability Committee in 2010, following the failure of the UNFCCC COP meeting in Copenhagen in 2009. Its aim was to prepare policies, materials and inputs into the United Nations’ discussions on climate change and other disasters.
Now, it has contributed to understanding and addressing the impact of COVID-19, the novel corona virus that has spread to 180 countries across the world endangering lives and economic development. For this new crisis, the Committee would like to hear from you and learn how you have contributed to dealing with the crisis in your school, community and family. Please contact the Committee Chair, Lena Dominelli by email at lena.dominelli@stir.ac.uk Social distancing can still include communicating with and sharing our stories with one another. The human spirit, kindness, compassion and solidarity will defeat the corona virus! Social workers have these characteristics in abundance. Let us share this optimistic message with those we encounter virtually or otherwise.
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IASSW Announces The Release Of Social Dialogue Magazine # 25 Dear Friends, International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW) is ready with an excellent volume of Social Dialogue. on the theme “The Pandemic that Shook Social Work Education It is a collaborative effort from academics, students, practice teachers and service users from across…
Seminario Internacional Proyecto IASW UNAM España Sudáfrica International Seminar Spain, Mexico and South Africa Mapping Social Work in Higher Education due to COVID-19 will be held online on November 30th. It will be BROADCAST: School of Social Work ENTS UNAM https://www.youtube.com/c/EscuelaNacionaldeTrabajoSocialENTSUNAM 11:00 hrs Mexico / 18:00 hrs Spain / 19:00 hrs South Africa For more…
Webinar by The PG Department of Social Work, Sree Sabareesa College, Kottayam, Kerala The PG Department of Social Work, Sree Sabareesa College, Kottayam, Kerala is going to organise a webinar on the topic Social Work Practice and Resilience during Covid 19:A Global Perspective on 25th, 26th, 27th and 28th August, 2021. You can join it…
AIFRIS WEBINARS – Wednesday July 7, 2021 International Association for Training, Research and Social Intervention – AIFRIS Theme: “Springs of experience and social inventions in times of crisis” AIFRIS and the national associations – ABFRIS / AFRIS France / ASFRIS / AQCFRIS -, in partnership with UNAFORIS are offering two Webinars on Wednesday July 7,…
Call for contributions: Social dialogue- social work education during COVID-19 The COVID-19 pandemic brought significant disruption to social work education around the world. As we pass the one-year anniversary of the start of COVID-19 pandemic, we need a global inquiry to highlight our responses to these experiences. Therefore, we are seeking articles, research project reports, short stories, and other…
The Arc of Our Paths: Growing into Wholeness Vishanthie Sewpaul, on https://www.amazon.com/Arc-Paths-Growing-Into-Wholeness/dp/B08WP9FMJ5 I find nothing more daunting, than the prospect of pulling from the depths of my being the highways and byways, and valleys of my life that I would rather leave unexamined. Yet, I had always engaged my students in writing and reflecting on…
COVID-19 AND SOCIAL WORK: A COLLECTION OF COUNTRY REPORTS IASSW draws your attention to a compilation of country reports on the COVID-19 pandemic which it is hosting on the website to provide access to as many people as possible to this resource Country Report from Northern Ireland Click to download Northern Ireland Report For more reports…
COVID-19 Impact in Israel: A Call for International Networking to Promote Resilience and Coping among Front-Line University Social Work Students Shmaya Bender – BSW* shmayab@post.bgu.ac.il Mor Yehudi – MSW moryehu@post.bgu.ac.il Roi Erel – BSW* erelro@post.bgu.ac.il COVID 19 is a serios challenge faced by university students responsible for the well-being…
Literature review on social work and social policy related to Covid-19 Selected Topics Click here for download: https://archive.iassw-aiets.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Literature-review.Covid-19.IASSW_.Research-Committee.pdf
IASSW STATEMENT ON COVID-19 VACCINES AS A GLOBAL COMMON GOOD Social work educators internationally are concerned about the growing social and health inequalities that have significantly increasing in 2020, the year of the pandemic of COVID -19. Therefore, the International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW) Human Rights and Social Justice Committee; Research…