June - July 2022

MONTHLY NEWSLETTER

Vol 1 Issue 04

WHAT'S IN THISMONTH'S ISSUE:
Right to seek safety - Webinar
SWESD Conference 2022 – Call for Abstracts
IASSW Live Panel Session at the People's
Global Summit
Keynote address at Global Summit
IASSW Online General Assembly 2022
IASSW announces - Social Dialogue - Vol 26
Thank you & Welcome !
International Social Work Leader Review
IASSW is on Youtube now!

Right to Seek Safety
Observing the World Refugee Day IASSW conducted a webinar on 28th June, 2022 titled – “Right to seek safety”.
The webinar was hosted on the virtual platform zoom and live-streamed via IASSW Facebook page for a larger
audience. The webinar was moderated by Janet Walker, Prof – International Social Work University of Lincoln,England The panelists Dr. Timo Tohidipur (University of Frankfurt, Germany), spoke about ‘World Refugee Day
2022 - Between Solidarity and Deterrence’. Dr. George Palattiyil, Senior Lecturer and Head of Social Work at theUniversity of Edinburgh and Dr. Dina Sidhva, Lecturer in Social Work, University of the West of Scotland. They
jointly presented on “Precarity, Risk, and Lack of Protection: Experiences of Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH)and Gender-Based Violence (GBV) of Refugee Women in Uganda and Jordan”

SWESD Conference 2022 – Call for Abstracts

Authors are warmly invited to submit abstracts for Oral, Symposium, Workshop, and Poster presentations andinvite both traditional papers and innovative contributions of various kinds. Each registered author may
submit a maximum of 2 abstracts. Authors need to be clear to indicate which type of presentation theirabstracts will fit in.
PRESENTATION TYPES:
Oral Presentation
Oral in Workshop – Oral presentation with audience interaction.
Oral in Symposium – Oral presentation with 2 or more co-authors per abstract. The abstract should
describe the title, the main purpose of the symposium, and 2 or more presentation contents, each with thename of the author. ONLY the coordinator of the symposium must submit the abstract entering all thenames of the authors.
PosterLanguage of presentation: The abstract should be presented in English. All abstracts will be reviewed by
the International Scientific Committee who will grade them for inclusion at the Conference. Submissions
will be selected through a peer review panel based on scientific merit and relevance of findings.
Call for Abstracts closes: 31st July 2022
Notification of Abstract acceptance: 31st August 2022
You may submit your abstracts via the official website at http://www.swesd2022.com/
If there is any inquiry, write to swesd2022@gmail.com

IASSW Live Panel Session at the People's Global Summit
This panel was composed of social workers from England, Israel, New Zealand, Slovenia, and South Africa whohave experience with violence and war, building solidarity, providing support, and promoting social cohesion andpeace. Addressed during this panel were weekly meetings with social work academics in Ukraine organized by theEast European Sub Region of IASSW in solidarity and actions aimed at providing support focusing on expressedneeds of Ukrainian colleagues and the limitations and opportunities of this kind of support. The newly createdSocial Work for Peace (SW4P) network was organized to support Ukrainian social and community workers byproviding services and hope to people surviving the war, whether defending their homes within Ukraine, orfleeing to other lands for safety; violence against indigenous communities and gender-based violence; andresponses to post-traumatic stress ranging from pathological symptoms and vulnerability to healthy responses,
hardiness, and resilience.
The panel discussed the social workers’ approaches and strategies of intervention, implications for educational
and professional training, and roles of social workers before, during, and after traumatic events and stressed theimportance of building solidarity, providing support, antimilitarism, and promoting peace for all acts of violence
and war.
Panelists·Orit Nuttman-Shwartz: Social worker, professor at the School of Social Work at Sapir Academic College(Israel)·David McNabb, Senior Lecturer – Social Practice, School of Healthcare and Social Practice at UNITEC (NewZealand)·Shirley Ikkala Professional Teaching Fellow at University of Auckland. New Zealand.
·Shahana Rasool University of Johannesburg. (South Africa)·Darja Zaviršek Sub-Regional Representative – President Of East European Regional Association. (Slovenia)·Oksana Boyko, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (Ukraine)·Lena Dominelli, Stirling University·Facilitator: Janet Walker

Keynote address at Global Summit - Leave no one Behind – confronting
Caribbean Realities
Dr. Karene-Anne Nathaniel was the Key Note Speaker representing IASSW at the People’s Global Summit on 30thJune. She spoke on the topic - “Leave no one Behind – Confronting Caribbean Realities”. Dr. Nathaniel serves on
the Board of Directors of IASSW and participates on a number of committees, currently serving as the executive of
the North American and Caribbean Association of Schools of Social Work (NACASSW) and interim president of
the Association of Caribbean Social Work Educators (ACSWE).
This keynote highlights the realities for the small island developing states of the Eastern Caribbean, on thepremise that, in order to meaningfully strategize for ‘leaving no one behind, the global social work community
has to recognize and acknowledge who has been severely impacted, how they have been affected, and who ishighest at risk of being forgotten, therefore ‘left behind. The presentation called for a reminder about theenduring power of community and prevailing cultures of resilience which are valuable resources for co-building
an eco-social world.
Dr. Karene-Anne Nathaniel is a social work educator with over 17 years of teaching experience at theundergraduate and postgraduate levels at The University of West Indies, St. Augustine Campus. Her areas ofspecialization are critical thinking and practice, professional socialization, macro-practice interventions withcommunities, and social justice. She has also taught cultural and interpersonal competencies in Mediation
Studies and medical sciences in the Post Graduate program.

IASSW Online General Assembly 2022
IASSW held its Online General Assembly 2022
on July 13, 2022. It was attended by members
and the Board of Directors of IASSW from all
five continents/ across the world. Prof.
Annamaria Campanini opened the meeting
and welcomed all members in the General
Assembly. The IASSW Board of Directors
presented their reports and updated various
activities of IASSW. Members activelyparticipated in the General Assembly andgave various suggestions and feedback.
Election results were announced and newboard members were welcomed
IASSW President Prof. Annamaria Campanini gave tribute to Late Prof. Vimla Nadkarni who served as IASSWPresident 2012-2016, Immediate Past President 2016-2020 and 2020-2021 until her demise. Prof. Campanini
thanked board members who completed their term : Profs. Tan Ngoh Tiong as Treasurer , Augusta Olaore & PK
Shahjahan as Member at large and other Board members from regional and national associations. During closing
remarks, Prof. Annamaria thanked all executive committees and board members for their support over the pastyears, especially during these unusual times. IASSW hopes that the international community can continuously
recognize the effort of social work education.

IASSW announces - Social Dialogue - Vol 26
International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW) has launchedSocial Dialogue magazine volume 26 on Black Lives Matter: developments
in de-colonising social work. This volume contains 16 articles from
Ecuador, Guyana, Uruguay, Papua New Guinea, Italy, UK, Canada,
Australia, and Aotearoa/New Zealand, exploring the title “Black lives
matter: Developments in decolonizing social work”. It is a collective effort
from academics, students, practice teachers, and social workers across theworld. Guest Editors are: Kish Bhatti-Sinclair and Brian Littlechild andEditor-in-chief is Carolyn Noble. Please visit for current and past volumes:
https://socialdialogue.online/ and share your experience with us at
hello@iassw-aiets.org.

Thank you & Welcome !
IASSW appreciates and thanks the services of its outgoing Board Members
Tan Ngoh Tiong – Treasurer: Term 2018-2022
Augusta Yetunde Olaore -Member at lrge : Term 2018-2022
P K Shahjaha -Member atlarge : Term 2018-2021 (resigned in 2021)
Teresa Francesca Bertotti – Vice President IASSW (President EASSW) : Term 2018-2021
Zulkarnain Hatta – Vice President IASSW (President APASWE): Term 2018-2021
Gidraph Wairire – Vice President IASSW (President ASSWA): Term 2018-2021
Late Vimla Nadkarni – Immediate Past President: Term 2016-2020, 2020-2021

Congratulations to IASSW's newly elected board members for 4 years of term (2022-2026)

Treasurer
Azlinda Azman from Malaysia
Dr Azlinda Azman is a Professor of Social
Work and the Dean of School of Social
Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang

Member-at-large
Alex Altshuler from Israel
Dr. Alex Altshuler is a Senior Lecturer at the School ofSocial Work, University of Haifa, Israel.

Member-at-large
Pamela Singla
Dr. Pamela Singla is Professor and Head,
Department of Social Work (DSW),
University of Delhi (DU), India.

International Social Work Leader Review
CSWE’s Commission on Global Social Work Education and the Katherine A. Kendall Institute collaborate
to offer the International Social Work Leader Review. Each quarter the Review features an individual who
has made significant contributions to international social work education with ties to the United States.
In the spirit of Katherine A. Kendall’s life and work, these highlighted leaders are recognized as
influencers in the global social work community whose efforts have made important advancements insocial work education and practice.

Featured Leader
Vimla V. Nadkarni (1948 – 2021)
Although small in stature, Vimla Nadkarni (née Lala) was a
giant in shaping both Indian and global social work. Professor
Nadkarni is well-known internationally for her work as
President of the International Association of Schools of Social
Work (IASSW) from 2012–2016, although she was active inmany areas of international social work and served onnumerous international projects, editorial, and advisoryboards. She headed the Department of Medical and PsychiatricSocial Work and was the Founding Dean of the School ofSocial Work at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) in
Mumbai, India, from which she retired in 2013 after 42 years ofservice.
More here : https://www.cswe.org/centersinitiatives/kendall-institute/international-social-workleader-review/

IASSW is on Youtube now!

Visit the IASSW Youtube channel on https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyfzFxbLNvAxoc90lZ2oD_w

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