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Aug - Sept 2022

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Vol 1 Issue 05

WebinarInternational Youth Day - Webinar
SWESD Conference 2022 – Register Now!
5th International Conference on Gender andSexuality
International Summer School: “Gender andLeadership: Social Work Education inSoutheast Europe”
DYUTI International Conference
Global Task force Launched
Publication Alert - Politics of Ailment

The resilience and contribution of OlderWomen.
1st October, 2022
International Day of Older Persons
1pm CET
Register now - https://cutt.ly/OVgIJ87

International Youth Day
Observing the International Youth Day IASSW conducted a webinar on 20th August, 2022 titled –"Intergenerational Solidarity: Creating a world for all ages, building back better leveraging all generations.". Thewebinar was hosted on the virtual platform zoom and live-streamed via IASSW Facebook page for a larger
audience. The webinar was moderated by Barbara Shank, Secretary IASSW, University of St. Thomas, School ofSocial Work, Dean and Professor. The panel had four esteemed panelists. Pamela Singla, Prof & HOD, Dept. ofSocial Work
Delhi University, India spoke on Swami Vivekanand and the relevance of his teachings for today's youth. The
second panelist Dr. Kgomotso Jongman, University of Botswana, ASSWA President spoke on Understanding
Generation Z&A: A Positive Youth Development approach. The third panelist Dr Vinay Kumar, Central University
Jammu, India shared his expertise on Intergenerational Solidarity: A hope towards Sustainable future followed by
our final panelist Mrs. Neelam C Dey, Educationist & Social Activist, India speaking on Let Youth be the TorchBearers for family bonding and transition within Society World Over.

SWESD Conference 2022: REGISTER NOW!

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We are pleased to introduce you two of the plenary speakers

Professor Darja Zaviršek
EEsrASSW President
IASSW Board Member
Recipient of Eileen Younghusband Award 2022
award from IASSW

Julia M. Watkins, BS, MSW, PhD
Co-founding Director, Southeast Europe Academic
Women’s Leadership Initiative (SEEW).
IASSW Treasurer (2010-2014)
Recipient of Katherine Kendall Memorial Award 2022
award from IASSW

Read More - http://www.swesd2022.com/theme/swesd/html/program/03.php?ckattempt=1

Join for the 5th International Conference on Gender and Sexuality: “Crafting andImagining an Alternative Vision and Future”
Shahana Rasool
The 5th International Conference on Gender and Sexuality
2022 will be virtually held on the 13th and 14th of October
2022. This year’s exciting theme is “Crafting and Imagining
an Alternative Vision and Future,” This theme provides thespace to build on the discussions of the last four years tochart a way forward for reimagining and re-envisioning theworld of gender and sexuality across and within differentcontexts. The conference is an initiative to deepen creativeknowledge generation, sharing of best practices, and expand
substantive work and activism in the fields of gender andsexuality. This is done in collaboration with many partnersof the conference- which includes universities, associations,journals, reviewers, committees, and of course all thedelegates and individuals who have participated in theconference and continue to contribute in many ways.
Prof. Patricia McFadden is the main keynote speaker of theconference. Prof. McFadden is a radical African feminist,sociologist, writer, educator, and publisher from eSwatini,Africa. McFadden has served as a professor at Cornell
University, Spelman College, Syracuse University and Smith
College in the United States. She currently teaches, andadvocates internationally for women’s issues. Prof. Melinda
Madew is also serving as a Keynote Speaker at theconference. She is a Professor of International Social Work,at the University of Applied Sciences Ludwigsburg,
Germany, she has spent years working for international aidorganizations in Asia, Africa and Europe as a development
consultant.
In addition to the 2 keynote presentations, there shall be three plenary speakers. The first plenary speaker is Dr. Evi,
who is a professor of English at Universitas Negeri Malang in Indonesia. She has conducted extensive research andpublished in the fields of gender, cultural, and gender studies. The second plenary speaker is Prof. Heidi Hudson, Deanof the Faculty of Humanities at the University of the Free State in South Africa, who will deliver a plenary address
titled "Framing the Relationship Between Gender, Time, and Space: The Women, Peace, and Security Agenda
Revisited." The third plenary speaker is Prof. Gyz Molnár, she is professor of Sociology of Sport and Exercise from theSchool of Sport and Exercise Science at the University of Worcester in the United Kingdom, who will speak on thetopic "Gender Politics in Sport”.
We are also excited to present two workshops. One on writing for publication which is presented by the co-editors ofthe journal-Studies in Gender and Sexuality. There will also be a very important workshop on sexuality studies thatwill be facilitated by Prof. Anthony Brown.
The conference is a space for theorizing about how the fields of gender and sexuality intersect; it enables the cocreation of theories and practices that are appropriate and ground-breaking; and facilitates networking and sharing ofbest practices. The contribution to knowledge building in the domains of gendering and sexualities is particularly
couched in the exciting and ground-breaking work of young and emerging scholars both during the conference and insome of their publications.Hope to see all the knowledge seekers join the conference and benefit from the various
exciting inputs that have been organized.

International Summer School: “Gender and Leadership: Social
Work Education in Southeast Europe”
The Summer School offered a unique opportunity for students and women scholars – leaders in social work
education to enhance knowledge and exchange ideas on gender and leadership within the larger frame ofinternational social work, yet with authentic experiences and situated knowledge from Southeast Europe.
The first edition of the Summer School “Gender and Leadership: Social Work Education in Southeast Europe”, anundertaking of the Southeast Women’s Academic Leadership Network, comprised social work scholars andeducators from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Kosovo, North Macedonia, andSlovenia, and the US, hosted by the University of Prishtina, Kosovo co-chaired by Prof. Vjollca Krasniqi, Prof.
Sanela Bašić, and Prof. Barbara W. Shank (see https://www.glsw-see.org/).
Prof. Annamaria Campanini, President of the International Association of Schools of Social Work, Prof. DarjaZaviršek, President of the East European sub-regional Association of Schools of Social Work along with social
work educators’ members of the Southeast Women’s Academic Leadership Network provided lectures andworkshops on different topics related to gender and leadership. The main topics covered during the summer
school were: Social work leaders responding to the challenges of the current war in Ukraine and reflecting on
post-war societies in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, and Kosovo; human rights issues; historical roots of social
work development in the region; reflections on transformative leadership; stress, burnout, and moral courage; therole of women in the social sciences; the issues of female care labour migration across the region, and on theethical issues related to research and teaching. Experts from the host country presented their work. Field Visit
was organised at the Centre for Social Work, Save the Children Kosova/o, and Nevo Concepti provided a deeper
understanding of the current social work problems faced by professionals in Kosovo and the social policy
responses to them (https://www.glsw-see.org/_files/ugd/49e689_419a37bd52204389aa57b901a50c8443.pdf).
The summer school is an endeavor that fosters leadership through social work theories, research, and practices toinform policies and activism on gender and social justice locally and globally. Conceptualized as a long-termendeavor, the school will continue evolving, developing, and “traveling” in time and space across Southeast
Europe fostering collaborations and partnerships with social work schools, social work practitioners, students,communities, and institutions.

DYUTI International Conference
Rajagiri College, Kerala, India with its vision of ‘becoming a centre of excellence in learning for enriching andfulfilling LIFE’ has been regularly providing an annual forum for deliberations on vital issues of developmentfrom a Rights perspective. This annual series of deliberation (started in 1998) is named DYUTI (DevelopmentalYearning for a United and Transformed India)
also meaning ‘Spark of Life’.
Dyuti 2023 is the 23rd in its series. DYUTI 2023 is a three-day International Conference from January 11th – 13th,
2023, aimed at bringing together scholars, academicians, and practitioners to deliberate on Global Perspectivesand Practices based on health promotion. This Health Promotion Conference would provide a platform to discuss
the current developments and models in the field of Health Promotion. Health promotion is a comprehensive
process directed towards enabling people to act and it is done by, with, and for people either as individuals or asgroups. The conference would explore the avenues to strengthen the skills and capabilities of individuals to act
and the capacity of groups or communities to act collectively to exert control over the determinants of health andachieve positive change.
More details are available at the DYUTI website, www.dyuti.in. You may contact us for any queries
through dyuti@rajagiri.edu.
Last date for submission of abstracts: 1 st October 2022.
DYUTI 23 Registration link: https://forms.gle/ejnNsxvYraTp3w1X8

Global task Force for Global Standards launched!

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Publication Alert!

The Politics of Ailment Minna Zechner, University of Helsinki, Lena Näre, University of Helsinki, Olli Karsio,
University of Jyväskylä, Antero Olakivi, University of Helsinki, Liina Sointu, Tampere University, Hanna-Kaisa
Hoppania, National University of Ireland Galway and Tiina Vaittinen, Tampere University
Deficiencies in old age care are some of the most pressing human rights concerns in mature welfare states.
This book radically challenges the ethics of viewing care as a tradeable commodity and introduces a novel
framework for understanding and analysing social care through the concept of ailment. Providing examples fromthe British and Finnish welfare states, it demonstrates how ailment shapes societies from the micro to the macrolevel. Addressing the marketisation and financialisation of care, the authors bring to light increasing inequalities
in care. This book argues that ailment is part of human life and society, and therefore the politics of care should
begin with a politics of ailment

Publication Alert!
Future social work practice requires a holistic
framework to deal effectively with the great social andeconomic disruptions of this unprecedented time.
Innovation and creativity are indispensable toempowering social workers and social service
organizations to make an impact on the lives of people
and societies in today’s world. This book provides arange of innovative practices of social work drawing
from alternate theories and with a global orientation. It
is forward-looking with a focus on social resilience,social inclusion and recovery. Using a strengths
perspective, discussions in the chapters provide useful
insights in restructuring social life and social services at
the individual as well as community and societal
Remaking Social Work for the New Global Era is an
essential resource to inform practice, enrich teaching,and direct future research for social work academics,researchers, educators, students, and field supervisors,
as well as social care, social work and social service
practitioners in both clinical and policy settings. The
book also would be of interest to mental health andcommunity professionals in various practice contextsacross the globe.
Grab your copy by clicking here

IASSW is on Youtube now!

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