The horrific events unfolding in Israel and Gaza in recent weeks are a stark reminder to the world that the occupation of Palestine must end. It is heart wrenching to witness so many families mourning their loved ones. We want to express our collective sympathy with social work colleagues who are personally affected through connections with Israeli and Palestinian family members and friends who have been killed, injured and made homeless.  The Social Work Action Network has always supported the Palestinians’ struggle for freedom and recognises that the root cause of the conflict today lie ..read more

SWAN-I member, Masoud Kamali, has brought together a selection of authors that shows how social work can be an active agent for promoting revolutionary changes in order to counter the global neoliberal market fundamentalism which is destroying our planet and reinforcing socioeconomic inequalities, political instability, antidemocratic political ideologies and movements, small wars, conflicts, racism and other forms of oppression. Providing case-studies from South Africa, Chile, Iran, Europe, Australia and the USA written by leading critical and radical social work scholars, this book she ..read more

As members of the Social Work Action Network-International to express our concern about the recent removal of Professor Alan Dettlaff from his post as Dean of the Graduate College of Social Work, at the University of Huston. SWAN-I is a network of social workers and social work organisations from across the globe committed to social work for social justice. Our international network draws together nationally based groups of social work researchers, educators and practitioners campaigning for a more just world. Professor Dettlaff is a leading scholar and political activist whose work on racial ..read more

Please read below the following statement from the Human Rights Foundations Turkey in relation to the unjust arrest of Bilal for his human rights work. We will be hosting a live webinar in solidarity on the 11th December at 3pm (UK) via our Facebook page, which you should like, attend and share. Follow the link here You can also sign our online petition, which will be sent to the Minister of Justice and Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor. Please read the following statement from the Human Rights Foundation Turkey for more information. Dear colleagues Please find below a statement from the Human ..read more

SWANI Declaracion sobre Ucrania PortugueseDownload SWAN-I Statement in ChineseDownload SWANi_Declaracao sobre a Ucrania SPANISHDownload ..read more

Social Work Action Network-International (SWAN-I):   Statement on the Invasion and War in Ukraine  Please find below a statement agreed by SWAN-I in relation to the war in Ukraine. As an international social work organisation, the Social Work Action Network- International (SWAN-I) stands in full solidarity with the ordinary men, women and children of Ukraine, currently experiencing the destruction of their homes and towns and growing loss of life. We oppose and condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine. We call for an immediate ceasefire and for all Russian armed forces to immediately ..read more

Here you can watch back our SWAN-I webinar on Transgender rights and download our statement in English, Greek and Spanish. NB. you will hear some people trying to interrupt the meeting at the start, this highlights that transphobes are actively trying to sabotage activists fighting for trans rights across the world. Unfortunately, we can’t edit these out and we hope you enjoy the presentations. EnglishDownload GreekDownload SpanishDownload ..read more

DATE FOR THE DIARY: 28th October 2021 , 7pm – 9pm On the 22nd of May 2021 at the AGM Reclaim Social Care the campaign organisation adopted a new vision and strategy alongside voting to change its name to Act 4 Inclusion. We wish to invite you and anyone you know who is interested in addressing the current crisis within Social Care along to our official launch.  Act 4 Inclusion wants to see the development of a new national service framed by a community based eco–social system which needs to work for all disabled people, of all ages, with all types of impairment, and for eve ..read more

PLEASE READ AND SHARE THIS SOCIAL WORK RESPONSE TO THE INHUMANE ASYLUM SYSTEM DELIVERED BY OUR GOVERNMENT. THANKS TO SWWB FOR LEADING ON THIS. 31st August 2021 Dear Priti Patel MP (Secretary of State for the Home Department), Cc: Sajid Javid MP (Secretary of State for Health and Social Care), Gavin Williamson MP (Secretary of State for Education), Vicky Ford MP (Minister for Children and Families), Robert Jenrick MP (Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government), Dominic Raab MP (Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs and First Secretary of St ..read more

Robin Sen, lecturer in social worker and steering group member for CRWA, and Alissa, social worker and steering group member for both SWAN and CRWA, discuss what is said – and more importantly what is NOT said – in the Case For Change. We don’t all have time to scour these large documents. Let Alissa and Robin do it for you ..read more