World Social Work Day 2026

World Social Work Day (WSWD) at the United Nations in Geneva will be celebrated on 18 March 2026. The theme for this year, Co-Building Hope and Harmony: A Harambee Call to Unite a Divided Society, highlights the vital role of social work in bringing people together across communities, cultures and systems to shape a more inclusive and sustainable world. It underscores the central role of social work in rebuilding trust within and between communities.

It is also an aspiration of new eco-social contracts, societal agreements that aim to rebuild broken relationships between states and citizens, between capital and labour, between the global North and the global South, and between humans and the natural environment. Inspired by the African philosophy of harambee—“pulling together” or “all for one”—the theme highlights how social work approaches and skills are essential for healing divisions, overcoming challenges, and fostering inclusive, cohesive societies.