IASSW demands urgent action to protect LGBT victims of state violence in Chechnya In recent weeks, several reports from international media and human rights organisations have documented the existence of Chechnyan concentration camps for people accused of being gay. According to these reports hundreds of people have been arbitrarily detained, tortured and humiliated because of...
3rd Critical Edge Alliance International Conference on Higher Education for the 21st Century: Innovations in University-Society Partnerships CALL FOR PAPERS Date and Time: Sept. 19, 2017 10:00AM – Sept. 23, 2017 7:00PM Conference Summary The proposed conference to be organised by the Tata Institute of Social Sciences under the aegis of Critical Edge Alliance...
Building Networks and Frameworks for Global Social Work Cultural Diversity and Social Work Challenges and Competencies in Response to Populism and Forced Migration Landshut, Germany 22-23 June 2017 This second symposium includes the broader perspective of diversity issues in social work. We are looking forward to presentations on social work and cultural diversity and would...
Level 1 Cybercounselling Spring 2017 registration is now open To register please follow the link at the bottom of the page Instructors Paul Parnass, Lawrence Murphy and Mary MacDougall (meet the instructors) “Cybercounselling – Level 1” is a three module course designed for experienced counselling practitioners who want to be accessible to their clients via...
IASSW-UNAIDS Joint Publication: Getting to Zero: Global Social Work Responds to HIV In celebration of World Social Work Day (21 March) we are delighted to announce the publication of Getting to Zero: Global Social Work Responds to HIV. The 18 chapter e-book is a joint project of the International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW)...
Social Work conference 2017: 1st Call for papers Dear Colleague We are delighted to announce the up and coming Social Work Conference 2017, taking place in Gauteng, South Africa from 8 – 11 October 2017. Please diarise these dates! Please find attached, the first call for papers. For further information please refer to the...
SOCIAL WORK CONFERENCE, OCTOBER 25 – 27TH 2017 (SWC 2017). CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS The department of social work at the University of Botswana in conjunction with Erfurt University, Germany is pleased to announce social work conference to be held in Gaborone, Botswana on October 25 – 27, 2017 Click for more details: SOCIAL...
Pronunciamiento de la Asociación Internacional de Escuelas de Trabajo Social (AIETS/IASSW) La AIETS/IASSW informada de la iniciativa empresarial del Grupo Excellentia sobre la organización de un Cumbre Mundial de Trabajo social, expresa su total acuerdo con los pronunciamientos enviados de la Asociación Chilena de Escuelas de Trabajo Social Universitarias (ACHETSU) y de la Asociación Latinoamericana...
IASSW Statement on President Trump’s Executive Order On Friday the 27th of January, the US government issued an Executive Order halting U.S. travel for citizens of several Muslim-majority countries and suspending refugee resettlement. This order has affected thousands of people both directly, through discriminating against individuals on the basis of religion/ nationality and indirectly, as...
