Tag: International Social Work
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World Social Work Day 2026: Harambee: Pulling Together Across a Divided World
A message to my students and social workers everywhere Today is World Social Work Day. I am writing from Kamloops, British Columbia, on the unceded territory of the Secwépemc people, with a full heart and a deep sense of gratitude. Gratitude, first, to the IFSW, IASSW, EASSW, for their inspiring message this year, a reminder…
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My Journey Through European Social Work Education Conferences: A Personal Reflection
The European Conference on Social Work Education has been an integral part of my professional journey for over a decade. As I sit here in Salzburg in 2025, presenting three papers at what marks my fifth conference attendance, I find myself reflecting on how these gatherings have shaped not only my scholarship but also my…
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Everything Is in Her Hands: Honoring Svitlana Arkhypova at 70
When you meet someone like Professor Svitlana Petrivna Arkhypova, you don’t just remember them. You’re transformed by them. Today, on her 70th birthday, I celebrate one of the most caring, brilliant, and inspiring people I’ve ever known. Svitlana Petrivna is a force in Ukrainian education: a pioneer of adult learning, a scholar of social work…
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Panama Stands with Ukraine: A Call to Action for Global Social Work Educators
On April 6, 2023, at 3:00 p.m. local time, a peaceful gathering was held at the Altaca Conference Center Entrance in Panama during the Social Work Social Development Conference. The event served as a reminder that social workers globally stand in solidarity with Ukraine. However, it also highlighted the need for increased awareness and education…
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Celebrating World Social Work Day: Embracing Buen Vivir for Transformative Change
Dear Social Work Students and Colleagues: As we embark on a new chapter in the global social work agenda for 2024-2026, I would like to draw your attention to the concept of “Buen Vivir” (“Good Life” or “Sumak Kawsay”), which has been chosen as the guiding theme for the coming years. This concept, rooted in…
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Social Work Education in China
Kondrashov, Oleksandr; Zhu, Jiawen, September 2021 China has the second largest number Schools of Social Work around the World. Social Work Education in China re-opened many Schools after China changed its economic policies at the end of 1970s. Thanks to support from Jiawen (Amy) Zhu through Mitacs Globalink project the list of Schools of Social…
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Social Work Education in Hong Kong
The region of Hong Kong has been inhabited since the Old Stone Age and became a part of the Chinese empire from the Qin dynasty (221–206 BC). Hong Kong grow from the farming fishing village to a free port and a major international financial centre. Japan occupied Hong Kong from 1941 to 1945 during the…
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Social work education in Macau.
Macau is a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the People’s Republic of China. In 1557 it was leased to Portugal as a trading post. In 1887 the Portuguese finally managed to secure an agreement from China that Macao was Portuguese territory. In 1999 it was handed over to China. Macau was the last extant European…
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Social Work Education in Greece
I had visited Greece in May 2019. It was a brief visit to Athens and Crete but helped me to map three Schools of Social Work: GRE The Technological Educational Institute (TEI) of Athens Department of Social Work GRE Democritus University of Thrace Department of Social Administration and Political Science GRE The Technological Educational Institute…
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Social Work Education in Honduras
Social Work Education in Honduras Schools of Social Work in Honduras were easy to map as there is only one School in the country: HND Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras https://cienciassociales.unah.edu.hn/ and thanks to Yolanda Molina Fonseca we were able to verify the information. It was also not easy to find literature on social work…
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Social Work Education in Colombia
Social Work Education in Colombia Colombia was the first country in Latin America Region we received feedback from local social work educators and thanks to Yuly Marcela Parra Montoya we were able to finalize the list with the latest information on Social Work Education in Colombia that can also be accessed online: CONETS website (Consejo…
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Social Work Education in Latin America
January 26, 2018 Verifying a continent and locating all Schools of Social Work in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Salvador, Surinam, Nicaragua, and Venezuela is a monumental task for a person who do not speak Spanish and Portuguese and only briefly visited Peru…