March 2022

MONTHLY NEWSLETTER Vol 1 Issue 02

WHAT'S IN THISMONTH'S ISSUE:

UN Days of the Month

IASSW Statement on Ukraine
Book launch - Best Practice ofSocial Work Methods
International Women's Day
IASSW Elections 2022
Partnership Management

International Women's Day March 8
World Water Day - March 22

Upcoming Programs
IASSW-Student Membership

IASSW Statement on Ukraine
Social workers subscribe to the principle of self-determination of the people, and stand in solidarity with theUkrainian people taking a stand against the aggressor on the basis of our shared values. We abhor the use of forceagainst the territorial integrity to subjugate any people and urge all nations, government and non-governmentorganizations, to respect human rights, social justice and international laws that uphold Ukraine’s sovereignty andindependence.
IASSW has spent the past 94 years encouraging the social work profession throughout the world in seeking
peaceful resolutions of conflicts and disagreements, whatever the cause. In keeping with this tradition, IASSW
condemns the current attack on Ukraine and the needless loss of life, destruction to housing and other built
infrastructures, and cost to the environment, caused through the contribution that discharging military ordnance.
This has already brought unimaginable horrors among civilians, refugees, combatants and the world’s ecosystem.
IASSW calls on the international community throughout the globe to come together to insist that President Putin
cease this attack immediately and engage in dialogue where Ukrainian people’s voices will be heard and theirsovereignty upheld.

IASSW calls on the international community throughout the globe to come together to insist that President Putin
cease this attack immediately and engage in dialogue where Ukrainian people’s voices will be heard and theirsovereignty upheld. President Putin’s contravention of international law, the stability of societies living with eachother in peace needs to be fully addressed. Also, President Putin must be held accountable for his actions in this andother similar scenarios. But an immediate end to this aggression on Ukraine must become the reality immediately.
Regardless of where we live, we are all affected by the impact of this aggressive act upon all of the inhabitants of thisplanet. Showing solidarity with the peoples of both Ukraine and Russia who call for an end to war, is a way that
IASSW encourages all members of the social work profession to respond and let their leaders nationally and locallyknow their views and facilitate action that realises this purpose. IASSW considers a war response to be unjustifiable inany situation of conflict in today’s world. Diplomacy, negotiations conducted with integrity and consensus are theway to deal with unsolved conflicts Peace must become an inalienable right for all!

Book launch - Best Practice of SocialWork Methods
Best Practices of Social Work Methods was released on January
17, 2022, by Notion Press Publishers, a company thatinternationally distributes the book mainly through online
stores.
Best Practices of Social Work Methods is an attempt to discussindigenous approaches to social work methods globally, aiming
to impart knowledge and support the practitioners,academicians and students to work for social work intervention
models, appropriate to the local needs within the socio-culturalcontext. The book brings an evidential reading to the social work
practice professionally in the backdrop of six social work
methods. The book is picturesque of how social workers
worldwide attempted to practice profession and relate theknowledge they earned from theories and thus makes reading
examples for furthering the social work profession.

International Women's Day
IASSW wished women across the globe Happy
Women's Day through video messages from thewomen leaders of IASSW. Through their message
they requested everyone too work towards Gender
Equality to examine the opportunities, as well as toempower women and girls to have a voice and beequal players in decision making further leading toSustainable Future.
In a special way they also appreciated the women inUkraine for the courage they have shown and theirpatience in these times of trouble.

IASSW elections 2022: Vote On-Line

The IASSW is holding elections for three positions on the IASSW Board of Directors (Treasurer and two Members
at large representing all IASSW members).
The voting is organized in electronic way. You may go to the link : https://www.iasswaiets.org/elections/elections-2022/elections-2022-announcement-of-candidates/ and vote for candidates.
Please note following points:
Only those members who have paid membership dues for 2022 are eligible to vote.
Electronic Ballot is password protected, if you OR your school has paid membership for 2022, Please ask forpassword – Rashmi Pandey – rashmi@iassw-aiets.org
The deadline for on-line e-voting is 31stMay 2022.
Each Member can only vote ONCE.
Affiliate Members do not have voting rights.
Your active participation in voting is important, Every vote matters. Kindly exercise your right to vote as paid
members of IASSW and choose the individuals whom you feel are worthy of the positions.

Partnership Management
The book of Mark Enrickson: the origin of social care and social work and Community Development Case Studies
in Asia (A Collection of Contemporary Cases from Social Work Perspective) was endorsed by Annamaria Campini. As
part of her endorsement she highlighted that bringing together the historical roots of social work with the culturaland religious influences on its global development, is an unprecedented operation. Mark Henrickson has produced afundamental work that offers important guidance for building international social work.
IASSW in Iran conference: Iran Association of Social Workers (IrASW) organised the 4th International and 36th
national social work day conference on: Social Work and Social Inclusion . During the conference Annamaria
Campini, President, IASSW spoke on service user inclusion in social work education. It engages all of the participantsin a process aimed to transform traditional power relationships through the inter-subjective discourses that lend to
the production of knowledge aimed at individual and social change.
She also highlighted the importance of social work as profession is to promote social change through focusing
practice on human well-being, human rights, and social justice, factors all closely aligned to inclusion in the social
fabric within which people live. The profession should operate on multiple social levels ranging from work withindividuals to enhance their well-being, or focus their activities in supporting whole communities, to work at more
macro level, developing social policy, research, and knowledge. The conference was held on Wednesday 23 Feb 2022.

Upcoming Programs
International Seminar on Disaster Preparedness& Sustainable Development
In conjunction with World Social Work Day 2022, the internationalseminar will position “Social Work in an Eco-Social World” and helpbuild new partnerships and alliances. We join with social workers allover the world in a concerted effort towards ´Co-building a New EcoSocial World: Leaving No One Behind'.
The International Seminar, jointly organized by IASSW with GISW, alongwith many supporting organizations, aims to network practitioners,
researchers and educators in the social work and the field of disaster risk
reduction and management for sharing best practices in crisis anddisaster management focusing on sustainability and covering topics
such as: Climate Change, Green Social Work, Disaster Risk Reduction
and Crisis Management.

SWESD Conference - 2022
Due to the outbreak of COVID-19 all around the world, weare now facing newly emerging social problems and social
demands. Inequality, exclusion, discrimination, global
unemployment and food insecurity has been intensified,and it is expected to be increased even more as the COVID19 pandemic continues for over two years. Considering thechanging environment of the global society, it is importantto redefine social work practices in a post pandemic world.
Hence, International Association of Schools of Social Work(IASSW) and International Council on Social Welfare(ICSW) presents Joint World Conference on Social Work
Education and Social Development (SWESD) 2022 titled “Redefining social policy and social work practice in a postpandemic society: Social welfare programs and social work
education at a crossroads.” For further information visit
www.iassw-aiets.org

IASSW - Student Membership
IASSW reaches out to the student community across the globe
by launching the membership opportunity for students. IASSW
is proudly inviting all students to take up the membership andgain access to the enriching resources of social work. Reach outto www.iassw-aiets.org for further details

Mail regarding membership renewal has been sent to all individual andinstitutional members of IASSW. Requesting you all to renew yourmembership with us for sustained association.
https://www.iassw-aiets.org/membership/

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jenny@iassw-aiets.org.