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Written by Wossen Aman, Tesfaye Deksisa and Wendwesen Endale from the Mekdim Ethiopia National Association (MENA) Tarikwa Tibebe, a 17-year-old girl living in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, was diagnosed with HIV four years…
Dr. Vishanthie Sewpaul, PhD, MSW, Emeritus Professor, University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa, and Professor II, University of Stavanger, Norway Twenty-seven years into its celebrated non-racial democracy, South Africa is…
by Maury Mendenhall, Senior Advisor on Orphans and Vulnerable Children, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Office of HIV/AIDS. I am a social worker by training. But for most…
by Aishworya Shrestha, Deputy Chairperson at Antardhoni Nepal In the bustling streets and public squares of Nepal, a small group of social service workers gathers every Saturday. Armed not with…
by Kathryn Conley Wehrmann, PHD, LCSW, Global Social Service Workforce Alliance Steering Committee Chair “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s…
by Miriam Chadzingwa and Lispoh Rugaro, FACT Zimbabwe Case conferencing is a modern way of unifying multi-disciplinary professionals known to or working with a child in order to develop interventions…
How Ghana’s Integrated Social Services (ISS) provide comprehensive assistance to child survivors of sexual violence by Young Joo Lee, Child Protection Specialist, UNICEF Ghana Thirteen-year-old Efua* went to live with…
by Pilar O. Bonilla, MSW, and Elana Metz, MSW/MPH Not unlike other countries, the United States is experiencing a cost-of-living crisis with the price of higher education steadily rising along…
by Beth Bradford, Senior Associate, Maestral International and Marie Blum, Program Manager of Influence, Learning and Communications, Changing the Way We Care. In June 2023, Chisinau, Moldova played host to…
Written by Wossen Aman, Tesfaye Deksisa and Wendwesen Endale from the Mekdim Ethiopia National Association (MENA) Tarikwa Tibebe, a 17-year-old girl living in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, was diagnosed with HIV…
Written by Dr Poppy Masinga, President of the Association of South African Social Work Education Institutions (ASASWEI) South Africa continues to experience unprecedented weather patterns that place members of society…
From 30th June to 7th July, Alliance director, Hugh Salmon, was privileged to be able to join other national and international colleagues in London in supporting a side event, titled…
