Social Dialogue #24 Global Call for contributions Topic: Global impact of COVID-19 on women and young girls Guest editors: Darja Zaviršek, David McNabb, Laura Guzman (Women’s Interest Group, IASSW) We are seeking articles, research projects, short stories, evidence, documents and reports exploring the social and economic impact of COVID-19 on women and girls. As...
INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL WORK: AN EVENING WITH THE AUTHORS, LYNNE HEALY AND REBECCA THOMAS Thursday, March 4th, 2021 Mar 4, 2021 05:30 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada) via Zoom Enjoy an evening of meaningful dialogue with Drs. Healy and Thomas about global social work and its impact on human rights and globalization as they discuss...
37th Annual Social Work Day at the United Nations Theme: Responses to COVID-19: Standing Together Makes Us Stronger This year’s event will be held online via Zoom. More information will be available in the coming weeks…..
5th International Academic Forum on Decolonization, Indigenization, Spirituality, and Buddhist social work Here’s the program! Scholars and practitioners from Asia, Africa, Oceania, and North America will share ONLINE on February 18 -19, 2021. For more information: https://www.ariisw.com/forum2021en
WEBINAR: FIELD EDUCATION IN SOCIAL WORK UNDER CORONA CRISIS: Learning from Southeast European and North American Perspective(s) DESCRIPTION: Corona crisis has tremendously impacted ‘normal’ functioning of all our social system, including (higher) education. Virtually overnight, schools and universities were asked to digitalize, distance learning became a new magic word, but the problem is that it...
The Tensions between Culture and Human Rights: Emancipatory Social Work and Afrocentricity in a Global World Edited by Vishanthie Sewpaul, Linda Kreitzer, and Tanusha Raniga This book project was supported with funding from the International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW) International Projects fund and Association of Schools of SW in Africa (ASSWA). About the...
Virtual Side event : Social inclusion through digital inclusion in the context of sustainable development: trends and challenges February 9: 10.00 -11.15 EST, online The event seeks to explore the pre-requisites and core activities necessary to ensure that all individuals and communities, including the most disadvantaged, have access to and use of information and communication...
IASSW- UN NY Newsletter- February 2021 Here is the most recent update of news from IASSW’s Team of Representatives at the United Nations, New York. It covers our work on Social Development and on Migration. Please note the important events of the UN Commission for Social Development, taking place largely online from February 8-17, 2021....
6i-DIRS project : COFUND Doctorate Programme Building upon the success of the DIRS project, the 6i-DIRS project is the second COFUND Doctorate Programme awarded to the University of Deusto through the European Commission´s Marie Skłodowska-Curie COFUND Action. 6i-DIRS aims at recruiting outstanding Early Stage Researchers for high doctoral training to generate interdisciplinary, international and intersectoral projects and dissertations, support...
