{"id":5679,"date":"2025-06-20T09:20:06","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T09:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/international-federation-of-social-workers-ifsw-african-social-work-conversation-forum-sharing-social-work-practice-stories-and-interventions-in-africa\/"},"modified":"2025-06-21T06:16:21","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T06:16:21","slug":"international-federation-of-social-workers-ifsw-african-social-work-conversation-forum-sharing-social-work-practice-stories-and-interventions-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/international-federation-of-social-workers-ifsw-african-social-work-conversation-forum-sharing-social-work-practice-stories-and-interventions-in-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW) African Social Work Conversation Forum: Sharing social work practice stories and interventions in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This article was originally published as: <strong>International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW) African Social Work Conversation Forum: Sharing social work practice stories and interventions in Africa<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Original Article Link: <a href='https:\/\/www.ajol.info\/index.php\/ajsw\/article\/view\/212549' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>Read Original Article<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Download PDF: <a href='https:\/\/www.ajol.info\/index.php\/ajsw\/article\/download\/212549\/200457' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>Click Here to Download PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Abstract<\/h2>\n<p>African social workers\u2019 voices and practice stories have largely remained undocumented and untold. The many good works and things that social workers are doing in enhancing lives of citizens, communities and society remains largely unknown and unrecognised. To address the silence, increase visibility of social workers on the African continent and amplify African social workers\u2019 voices, International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW) Africa Region introduced African Social Work Conversation Forum, a web-based discussion platform. This short paper reports progress, challenges and future prospects of the African Social Work Conversation Forum. In addition, the documentation is part of the amplification of African voices of social workers on issues affecting Africa as well as the globe on matters related to social work practice. 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