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A digital crossroads in social policies? Priorities for social welfare programs and social work

  • Subtitle: Global Newsletter - January 2024
  • Excerpt: Digital Social Work, or e-social work, in a technological society in which social services are undergoing a process of accelerated digitization, emerges as an increasingly necessary specialization.
Digital Social Work, or e-social work, in a technological society in which social services are undergoing a process of accelerated digitization, emerges as an increasingly necessary specialization.

Challenges in Japanese society revealed after the COVID-19 pandemic and the future development of social welfare

  • Subtitle: Global Newsletter - June-July 2025
Featured Article From Global Newsletter - June-July 2025 By Mr. Kenichi Furuichi, Vice President of Japan National Council of Social Welfare (JNCSW) 1. The Challenges Faced by Japanese Society and Responses during the COVID-19 Pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic further highlighted the vulnerabilities within Japanese society. Those facing financial hardship expanded across generations and demographic groups to an unprecedented extent. For example, the government’s declaration of a state of emergency led to restrictions on social activities, which initially caused an economic downturn and...

North American and Caribbean Region On The Move

  • Subtitle: Global Newsletter - September 2023
by Patricia Martin-O’Meally, Regional President of ICSW North America and the Caribbean The 39th Annual Social Work Day at the UN Program:On March 31st, 2023, the ICSW-US members, Dr. Cudore Snell, Board Member and ICSW Management Committee Member, Ms. Tany Brown, Board Member and Chair of the Membership Committee and Patricia Martin- O’Meally, Board Member and Chair of ICSW-US and President of the North American and Caribbean Region, held a dinner meeting in New York with our ICSW Colleague and friend Sergei Zelenev, ICSW Management Committee Member and Consultant to the 39th Social Work...

President's Report: ICSW Global Assembly, April 2024 - Panama

  • Subtitle: Global Newsletter - December 2024
  • Excerpt: ICSW has taken the lead in discussing the strategies and ways forward for a post-pandemic society that social welfare sectors around the world will need to be prepared for.
ICSW has taken the lead in discussing the strategies and ways forward for a post-pandemic society that social welfare sectors around the world will need to be prepared for.

Ronda Conference: Rethinking Participation for Responsive and Adaptive Welfare Systems

  • Subtitle: Global Newsletter - April-May 2025
Featured Article From Global Newsletter - April-May 2025 The recent conference held in Ronda, Spain, on 24–25 April brought together stakeholders, experts, and practitioners from across the social policy and development sectors to explore the urgent need to reimagine welfare systems in response to today’s unprecedented global challenges. The Presidents of the three partner organizations—Prof. Antoinette Lombard (IASSW), Dr. Sergei Zelenev (ICSW), and Prof. Joachim Mumba (IFSW)—actively participated in the discussions and endorsed the conference’s outcome documents. UNED provided vital...

Social Protection in the MENA Region: Realities, Challenges, and Horizons

  • Subtitle: Global Newsletter - August-September 2025
Featured Article From Global Newsletter - August-September 2025By Bachir Tamer President of MENA Region of CIAS & Driss Guerraoui, Member of the Executive Committee of CIAS Social protection transcends the mere notion of a safety net; it serves as a pivotal instrument for forging a more equitable society, mitigating disparities, and fostering sustainable economic development. In the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, it manifests in diverse forms, encompassing social security programs, informal assistance, and governmental initiatives such as cash transfers, health...

Statement submitted by the International Council on Social Welfare (ICSW), a non-governmental organization in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council

  • Subtitle: Global Newsletter - March 2025
Featured Article From Global Newsletter - March 2025 The Secretary-General has received the following statement, which is being circulated in accordance with paragraphs 36 and 37 of Economic and Social Council resolution 1996/31. Statement The three core, interrelated themes addressed in the outcome documents of the 1995 World Summit for Social Development (WSSD) in Copenhagen – poverty eradication, full and productive employment, and social integration – remain highly relevant. The key messages of the WSSD significantly advanced global dialogue on social development, shaping the...

Summary of the Seminar “Poverty of Children and Families” of ICSW Europe in Vilnius, Lithuania

  • Subtitle: Global Newsletter - February 2024
  • Excerpt: The key issue of ICSW Europe in the last year was the problem of increasing poverty in Europe. The European Anti-Poverty Network EAPN has issued the European Poverty Watch Report 2022
The key issue of ICSW Europe in the last year was the problem of increasing poverty in Europe. The European Anti-Poverty Network EAPN has issued the European Poverty Watch Report 2022

The Impacts of COVID-19 On School Children - Governments To Create Emergency Preparedness Fund

  • Subtitle: Global Newsletter - April 2024
  • Excerpt: It is realized that, during the COVID-19 era, children experienced reduced access to essential goods and services, increased poverty, food insecurities and exposure to violence, abuse and exploitation, as well as declines in physical and mental health.
It is realized that, during the COVID-19 era, children experienced reduced access to essential goods and services, increased poverty, food insecurities and exposure to violence, abuse and exploitation, as well as declines in physical and mental health.