Chilean Eartquake

ASASWEI supports the below IASSW statement on the Chilean Earthquake
The International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW) sends its heartfelt sympathy to the peoples of Chile, especially those in the Concepcion, Santiago and Talcahuano whose lives, social, political and economic systems and the physical environment that supports their daily lives have been devastated by one of the worst earthquakes in their recent history. 

President Zuma

The Association of South African Social Work Education Institutions [ASASWEI] and the National Association of Social Workers, South Africa [NASW, SA] – statement on President Jacob Zuma

HAITI

ASASWEI, NASW (SA) and ASSWA: Statement on Haiti

The Association of South African Social Work Education Institutions (ASASWEI), the National Association of Social Workers, South Africa (NASW, SA) and the Association of Schools of Social Work in Africa (ASSWA) express their solidarity with all those organisations working to alleviate the untold trauma and suffering experienced by the peoples of Haiti.

Removal of Children

THE ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH AFRICAN SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS [ASASWEI] STATEMENT ON THE FORCEABLE REMOVAL OF CHILDREN

Social work has always been characterized by competing societal and professional mandates in relation to prevention of social ills, working toward structural socio-economic changes in the interests of people, direct remedial and therapeutic services and social control functions, the latter characterized primarily by the removal of children to protect their best interests.