We are approaching the opening of registrations for our World Conference on Social Welfare and Social Development to be held in Stockholm from 8th to 12th July 2012. The other important date for your diaries is the meeting of the General Assembly of members which will be held after the closure of the conference on Thursday 12th July. The meeting of the Board will be the day after on Friday 13th July. The call for abstracts is due to close next week on the 30th November. Although the response has been excellent we could do with more abstracts in the area of religion under the first theme and water under the second theme. (Go to http://www.swsd-stockholm-2012.org/Programme-Themes.aspx to see the themes).This is your conference and don’t be afraid to submit an abstract – you don’t have to be an academic. Practitioner viewpoints are as valid as a research paper.
As you may have experienced, the Big Give website unfortunately had some technical problems on Monday. This was due to the high numbers of donors using the site. The website is now live and working.If you have tried to donate and had problems, please try again from 10am GMT today to help older Bolivian farmers and double your donation.
Health inequities are preventable and unjust differences in health status between different population groups. They are shaped by the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age – the so called social determinants of health. Health inequalities are present in all European countries and evidence shows that health inequalities are currently widening.下載
EuroHealthNet, the pan-European network for bodies responsible for health promotion and tackling health inequities in EU states and regions, has given a qualified welcome for the proposal adopted today by the European Commission for a new Health Programme in the context of the next EU budgetary period from 2014.下載
The November 2011 edition highlights the UK Auditor General’s report on the practice of transferring cash and assets to the poor, a social protection floor for a fair and inclusive globalization, the Human Development Report 2011, the Global Agenda, ICSW Europe Board and the World Conference 2012, and much more…下載本月詳細文件 (英文版)
