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UP Social Work Students Bring Youth Engagement in Uplifting Communities
As the main component of CSWCD-KALAHI-CIDSS Partnership, four social work students of the CSWCD who are fully committed to serve, uplift and transform communities through government service and academic support have just been deployed in Nabua, Camarines Sur. For their Field Instruction Program (FIP) this semester, Aedry Absalon, Janna Palmenco, Abigail Recarro and Abigail Soriano…
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UP CSWCD Joins UP Officials in Meeting with DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian
UP CSWCD Dean Prof. Justin Nicolas participated in a meeting between UP Executives, led by President Angelo Jimenez, and DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian and his team on January 9, 2026, at the DSWD Central Office. The discussion centered on strengthening UP’s commitment to public service by exploring partnerships and collaborative initiatives with the DSWD across…
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CSWCD Professor Emeritus Amaryllis Torres Appointed as Philippine Women’s Rights Representative to the ACWC
The UP College of Social Work and Community Development (CSWCD) congratulates Professor Emeritus and former Dean Dr. Amaryllis Tiglao-Torres on her appointment as Philippine Representative for Women’s Rights to the ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children (ACWC). She will serve as Philippine Representative from April 8, 2025…
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UPD CSWCD Alumni Association Unveils Strategic Plan
The UPD CSWCD Alumni Association launched its Strategic Plan for 2024 to 2027, which is the outcome of visioning exercise and series of discussions among its board members and officers. In October 2024, the association administered an online survey among alumni to seek their inputs on the direction of the UPD CSWCDAA. The survey served…
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Download the Philippine Journal of Social Development 2024 Volume 17 Issue 2 Left-Behind Subjects: A Critical Interrogation of Philippine Development from the Margins
The Philippine Journal of Social Development 2024 Volume 17 Issue 1 “Left-Behind Subjects: A Critical Interrogation of Philippine Development from the Margins” is now available for download!
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The 10th ICSDAP Conference Manifesto, UPD CSWCD, Quezon City, Philippines, 24 October 2024
The 10th International Consortium for Social Development Asia Pacific (ICSDAP), College of Social Work and Community Development, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines, 24 October 2024 We, the participants of the 10th International Consortium for Social Development Asia Pacific Conference on the theme “5th Industrial Revolution in the midst of multiple disruptions: harnessing…
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Disaster Relief Work Without Exacting Accountability is Tokenism
Among 193 countries, the Philippines has the highest risk of extreme natural events and negative climate change impact for the years 2022, 2023, and 2024 (Business World, 2024). Disaster is a situation when a significant number of vulnerable people experience a hazard and suffer severe damage and/or disruption of their livelihood system in such a…
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UP CSWCD Hosts the 10th International Consortium for Social Development Asia Pacific Biennial Conference
Social development practitioners, academics, civil society organizations, institutions, and humanitarian organizations from Asia-Pacific will gather at the University of the Philippines on 23 to 24 October 2024, for the 10th International Consortium for Social Development-Asia Pacific Biennial Conference. The overall conference theme is The Fifth Industrial Revolution Amidst Multifaceted Disruptions: Harnessing the Power of Social…
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