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Day 1, September 24, Social Service Workforce Week Today marks day one of Social Service Workforce Week. Celebrated annually for the last five years, the Global Social Service Workforce…
Blog by the Family Services Team at Cabrini Ministries Swaziland In Honour of Universal Children’s Day, we celebrate the work of paraprofessional staff who work with orphans and vulnerable…
World Social Work Day is celebrated annually on the third Tuesday of March and took place on March 20, 2018. Events have been held throughout the month of March by…
(Originally appeared on the Frontline Health Workers Coalition blog, March 21, 2017) Today we mark World Social Work Day to increase attention and political will for greater planning, development…
Blog by Amanda Melville, UNICEF South Africa Involvement of fathers in caring for infants and children benefits not only children, but also mothers and fathers[1]. To strengthen father and…
Blog written by Kristen Wenz, MSW October 17 marks the 30th anniversary of International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, and birth registration is one means for helping to…
In blogs throughout Social Service Workforce Week, we have talked about ways that the social service workforce contributes to the achievement of the SDGs and reasons why we need to…
by Dr. Tapfuma Murove – Chief of Party for 4Children at CRS Nigeria In my more than 15 years of experience as a development professional, I have always marveled at…
by Dinnah Nabwire and Joseph Zzimula, TPO Uganda Uganda is home to more than 1.5 million South Sudanese refugees, with the number growing at an average of 1000+ refugees crossing…
by Roger Pearson, Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Adviser, Child Protection, Programme Division, UNICEF photo credit: UNICEF/NYHQ2006-127/d’Elbee Global estimates point to hundreds of millions of girls and boys experiencing some form…
by the Global Social Service Workforce Alliance Who is the Social Service Workforce? The social service workforce is comprised of paid and unpaid, governmental and nongovernmental, professionals…
Over three days in September, 400 attendees from 35 countries came together to discuss achieving “Equity, Equality for All Girls, Boys and Youth” at the Regional Psychosocial Support (REPSSI) Forum,…
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