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Stockholm 2012

The Guardian social care network is international media partner for the Joint World Conference on Social Work and Social Development in Stockholm. We'll be examining the main themes and previewing some of the keynote speeches in the run-up to the event, as well as reporting from the conference

August 2012

  • Cristina Martins

    A day in the life of ...
    A day in the life of ... a Portuguese social worker

    Cristina Martins is president of IFSW Europe, and works at the Portuguese Institute of Oncology in Porto

July 2012

  • Yan Chan, programme director at the ZeShan foundation

    A day in the life of ...
    A day in the life of ... a Hong Kong social policy professional

  • Two young girls sisters both using laptop computers to chat with their friends

    The rise of social care 'e-services'

  • Man pushing his disabled wife's wheelchair in a garden

    Disability is multi-dimensional, so a joined-up response is needed

    Tom Shakespeare
  • City of God Neighborhood

    Care in the global community

  • Social work: Step up to speak out

  • What's so special about social work and social justice?

    Malcolm Payne
  • International Federation of Social Workers photo competition

  • How social work in South Africa entered a new era

    Vishanthie Sewpaul
  • Why I'm going to the social work conference in Stockholm

    Hilton Dawson

June 2012

  • Shanty town in Brazil on fire

    We need to strengthen the voice of social work and give it new direction

    Eva Holmberg-Herrström, David N Jones and Sven Hessle
  • Nomadic Somali children in Middle Shabelle region

    Role of the social worker is more essential now than ever

    Dr Rory Truell
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