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Social Work Action Network Philippines (SWAN Phils) on Mr. Erwin Tulfo’s Appointment to the DSWD
The Marcoses were forced to go into exile as an aftermath of the EDSA revolution in 1986. Five years after her exile, Imelda Marcos was allowed by then Pres. Corazon Aquino to return to the country to face more than 60 criminal and civil charges against her, including charges of graft and tax evasion (Rappler,…
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Statement: Rendering service to the people courts death
Ms. Carmel A. Eubra, a municipal social welfare and development officer (MSWDO) of Viga, Catanduanes was killed by riding in tandem in Virac, Catanduanes last May 24, 2022. She was shot twice while driving her car inside a subdivision. It is obvious that her killers had subjected our colleague to a surveillance and decided that…
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Statement: A DSWD Secretary should be beyond reproach
Colleagues from various social work organizations have appealed to the incoming president “to appoint a professional social worker for the secretary of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) or within the qualifications of an experienced development worker, exposed and familiar to the wide range of welfare issues and social protection programs.” The collective…
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UP Tops Social Work Board Exams
For two consecutive years, graduates from the University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD) have led the successful examinees of the Social Worker Licensure Examination administered by the Board for Social Workers. Alain Matteo Ferrer Meneses topped this year’s examination with an 85.60% rating. Sofia Clare Parcon Silva-llana joins Meneses in the top ten by placing…
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PJSD 14 Research Forum: Resistance and Hope from the Fringes
The Research and Extension for Development Office, UP CSWCD would like to invite everyone to attend the second part of the PJSD Vol 14 Research Forum entitled, “Resistance and Hope from the Fringes” on March 10, 2022 (Thursday) from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM. This second part will feature the following articles from the PJSD…
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Opisyal na Pahayag: Hands off our Development Workers!
Hands off our Development Workers! Ang Kolehiyo ng Gawaing Panlipunan at Pagpapaunlad ng Pamayanan, sampu ng kanyang mga guro, kawani at mag-aaral ay nagkakaisa sa pagkondena sa hindi makatarungan at iligal na pag-aresto kay Agnes Mesina at kanyang mga kasamahan, at sa tahasang panggigipit at pagpatay sa mga development workers at human rights defenders tulad ng tinaguriang New Bataan…
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SECURING A MANDATE IS NOT BY NARROWING THE CHOICES AND HOODWINKING THE ELECTORATE (36th EDSA revolution statement)
Any election is defined as an exercise of rights and power of the people in forming the government that carries their mandate and implement their decision. This is the reason any electoral exercise has always been considered as a sacred act.
Yet this definition is far and even runs counter in practice and reality of our elections where the obligation to elect is significantly narrowed down by our choices among the candidates. The electoral landscape and the hold of power at various levels are painted by a dynasty rule of families and clans in the form and essence of feudal patronage politics. Positions from the local to the national level has been regularly shifting within members of families and among relatives of traditional politicians and have been reduced into political fiefdoms where the rule of the governance is amassing wealth in the name of public service. Together with the conditions and institutions, culture and mindset that support and promote it, feudal patronage politics prevents the realization and conscious engagement of the people in their democratic rights and freedom to decide and ensure the realization of their decisions. Consequently, what we have today is elite democracy instead of people’s democracy. -
DSW Faculty Members Speak at the Biennial Convention for Social Work Educators
DSW Faculty Members Speak at the Biennial Convention for Social Work Educators Sue Magalona-Nazal The National Association for Social Work Education, or NASWEI, held its 49TH biennial convention on November 29-30, 2021 & December 1-3, using online platforms. The theme of the conference was: “Philippine Social work Education Amidst the Pandemic: “Challenges, Innovations and Trajectories”….
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UP CSWCD 7th Placer of the Social Worker Licensure Examination 2021
Leanne Feliz Ordillano Pastorpide entered UP Diliman with the course of BA Comparative Literature (Major in European Literature). In search for a course more focused on the development sector, she found BS Social Work through the help of her friends, and shifted in 2016. Together with her research partner, her undergraduate research entitled “A Study…
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