International Federation of Social Workers in Tribute to Irena Sendler

• Authors: Szmagalski, Jerzy

Abstracts

EN

An introduction to the subject is a brief outline of the history of the Federation’s creation, its efforts to create a global definition and principles of ethics in social work, and its strive to create a global framework for the work in defense of children’s rights. The subject of honoring Irena Sendler by the Federation as a model for social workers is presented from the perspective of prof. Joachim Wieler, who obtained her permission for this distinction. The honoring Irena Sendler with the title of the Most Distinguished Social Worker of IFSW itself took place on July 30th, 2006 at the World Conference of Social Workers in Munich. It is described on the basis of the laudation given by Imelda Dodds, President of the Federation, as well as the account of the laureate Elżbieta Ficowska, who was saved as a five-month-old baby from a certain death, thanks to the Warsaw ghetto saving action run by Sendler. The article ends with a review of the memories of the message that Irena Sendler left to social workers and all the other people in the world.

Keywords

EN

Irena Sendler; Convention on the Rights of the Child; International Federation of Social Work; IFSW

• Publisher: Akademia Pedagogiki Specjalnej im. Marii Grzegorzewskiej. Wydawnictwo APS
• Journal: Praca Socjalna
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 33(1)
• Pages: 67-79

Dates

published

2019-10-16

Contributors

author

Szmagalski, Jerzy