“Governments must keep their promises on the Right to Food” says the UN...
It is important to integrate the commitment to the Right to Food at national level and this must include accountability mechanisms, the UN Special Rapporteur on the “Right to Food”, Mr. Olivier de...
View ArticleSocial Workers Support The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
African Social Work leaders gathering together in South Africa to to ensure that the voices of people in poverty are heard by policy makers Each year on the 17th of October the global community...
View ArticleIFSW and NGOs successful in supporting the UN to adopt Guiding Principles on...
For the first time global policy guidelines focusing specifically on the human rights of people living in poverty have been developed. The Guidelines are intended as a practical tool for policy-makers...
View Article“Austerity is Devastating for the World’s Poorest” says the UN special...
Magdalena Sepúlveda, the UN special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights strongly opposes austerity measures being taken by several governments. In an interview with the London-based Guardian...
View ArticleRory Truell’s World Social Work Day message: unequal, fluctuating societies...
Rory Truell, Secretary General of the International Federation of Social Workers, writing on World Social Work Day 2013 in The Guardian newspaper, argues that ‘people thrive when they live in secure...
View ArticleIntegrating human development and environmental sustainability in a new...
A new report from the Overseas Development Institute in London explores how the two goals of fighting poverty and ensuring environmental sustainability can be combined in the post-2015 priorities for...
View ArticleUnited Nations calls for a more sustainable, just and prosperous world for all
As the world’s leading economies prepared to meet in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on 5-6 September 2013, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on countries to show leadership and commitment...
View ArticleUN Millennium Development Goal review summit opens in New York – 23 September...
The UN General Assembly has convened in New York for its annual meeting. This year a major item for discussion will be the future of the Millennium Development Goals with a special summit on Monday 23...
View ArticleWhy can’t we use our experience of fighting colonialism and apartheid to...
25 September 2013 Social workers and communities should rediscover the energy of past struggles to renew the fight against poverty, according to Professor Abye Tassé in his keynote address to the...
View ArticleUN Secretary General sends personal message to social workers in Africa
25 September 2013 The “Voices for Development” Conference opens today, Wednesday, in Johannesburg, South Africa. Around 600 social workers are gathering from South Africa, the wider African region and...
View ArticleGlobal hunger down, but millions still chronically hungry
Some 842 million people, or roughly one in eight of the world’s total population, suffered from chronic hunger in 2011-13, not getting enough food to lead active and healthy lives according to a report...
View ArticleVoices for Development – Outcomes from African Region conference
Social workers from across Africa met in Johannesburg in September 2013 to send messages to their governments and international development agencies. The Voices For Development Conference will inform...
View ArticleBotswana: Social Workers Agents of Change
The Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Mr Slumber Tsogwane says social workers are integral in the development of the country and as such they must take themselves seriously. He said...
View ArticleThe World Needs Good Global Governance not TPP, TTIP and TISA
Statement by the International Federation of Social Workers The US led global trade agreements TPP, TTIP and TISA* being negotiated by many countries in secrecy threaten the basis of democracy and...
View ArticleEl mundo necesita buena gobernanza global y no TPP, TTIP y TISA
Declaración de la Federación Internacional de Trabajadores Sociales Estados Unidos encabeza los acuerdos comerciales globales TPP, TTIP y TISA* que se negocian en privado en muchos países, lo que...
View ArticleThe World Needs Good Global Governance not TPP, TTIP and TISA (in Arabic)
العالم بحاجة الى الحكومة وليس الى اتفاقيات TPP, TTIP و TISA لقد قادت الولايات المتحدة اتفاقيات التجارة العالمية TPP, TTIP و TISA التي يجري التفاوض بشانها من قبل العديد من الدول في سرية تهدد اساس...
View Article“بدون الاخصائيين الإجتماعيين لا يمكن لبلد أن تلحق ركب التقدم”الحكومة تعترف...
مشقة المعيشة ليست غريبة على رومانيا. حيث أن 42.5% من الأطفال يعيشون حياة فقيرة ويعيش أكثر من 40% من السكان تحت خط الفقر. على مدى السنوات ال 20 الماضية، حاولت الحكومات المتعاقبة التعامل مع مشكلة الفقر...
View Article“Without Social Workers a Country Cannot Progress” Government Recognises...
Romania is no stranger to hardship. 42.5 % of children are living in poverty and the more than 40% of the entire population live under the poverty line. For the last 20 years successive governments...
View Article“Sin trabajadores sociales, un país no puede progresar” El gobierno reconoce...
Rumania no es ajena a las dificultades. El 42,5% de los niños y más del 40% del total de la población viven bajo el umbral de la pobreza Durante los últimos 20 años, sucesivos gobiernos han intentado...
View ArticleThere is enough for everybody – it’s about sharing! Social worker’s...
Statement issued by Ana Radulescu, IFSW Europe Vice President Today, 17th of October, International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, the International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW European...
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