Discrimination and sexual orientation
The current IFSW statement on ethics (which is shared with IASSW) was agreed in 2004. It acknowledges that there was some debate about some of the sections, it was eventually accepted as representing...
View ArticleWorld AIDS Day 2011
Message from IFSW President Gary Bailey December 1st 2011, World AIDS Day, marked the 30th anniversary of the global HIV/AIDS epidemic. It is hard to believe that there is now an entire generation of...
View ArticleHIV/Aids
IFSW General Meeting. Geneva, Switzerland, 10-12 July 2002 The AIDS Conference in Barcelona this week (7-12 July) has reminded the world of the current and future impact of the pandemic. The...
View ArticleHIV and AIDS
Introduction HIV/AIDS is a global pandemic that affects individuals, families, and entire communities around the world and has profound social and economic implications. In 2004, the pandemic killed an...
View ArticleSocial work manifesto on HIV and AIDS
On July 29, 2000 the Canadian Association of Social Workers sponsored a one-day symposium on HIV/AIDS in conjunction with the International Federation of Social Workers and the International...
View ArticleThe Child Development index 2012: Progress, challenges and inequality
The Child Development Index (CDI) is published each year by Save the Children and offers a fascinating insight into the situations of children around the world with comparative statistics and...
View ArticleTanzanian government supports social workers campaign for a Social Work Bill
The Minister of Health for Tanzania in East Africa has said that social work has an essential role to play in creating meaningful change in the lives of people who are vulnerable, helpless and...
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Message from IFSW President Gary Bailey on occasion of World AIDS Day
27th November 26, 2013 Dear Colleagues: Sunday, December 1st 2013 marks the 25th observance of World AIDS Day, a day when people the world over show solidarity in the fight against HIV/AIDS,...
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World AIDS Day: HIV /AIDS & Social Protection
Statement issued by: Dr Rory Truell, IFSW Secretary-General, on December 1, 2014 There is increasing evidence that social protection systems* reduce the spread of HIV /AIDS. In much of the world, HIV...
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