Promoting peaceful and inclusive societies (SDG 16) is integral to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Communities, in their diverse forms, sizes and locations, play a crucial role in the social, economic and political transformations necessary to achieve peaceful, inclusive and healthy societies. Social work and social workers seek to empower individuals, fam-ilies and communities. In particular, they assist vulnerable or discriminated groups and individ-uals to overcome their everyday challenges, ac-cessing services and programmes they are en-titled to, making their voices heard and holding politicians to account. They are not only imple-menters of social policy, but also agents and en-ablers of change in a world that has committed to finding alternatives to business as usual on a new pathway to sustainability for people and planet. Most importantly, they support vulnera-ble groups and contribute to the provision of es-sential services in times of crisis, as the current Covid-19 pandemic has shown. Read more…
Read the Concept-Note-WSWD-2021