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Education
for International Social Work | Employment
and Career Planning
Government
Agencies | Cross-national
Social Welfare Policy
Monitoring
Reports | International
Courses at the University of Michigan
Social
Movements for Peace and Justice | U
of M International Resources
International Health and Social Development (IHSD) Certificate Program (with links to Human Rights Resources)
Education for International Social Work
Core Curriculum and Ethnic Specific Modules
Stanford University Curriculum in Ethnogeriatrics provides histories of twelve immigrant populations to the U.S. and the cultural influences that may impact health care delivery to elders.
Indigenous
People and the Social Work Profession: Defining Culturally Competent Services 
by
Hilary N. Weaver (2002). Social Work 44(3):217-225
Council for International Exchange of Scholars
(CIES)
CIES has helped administer the Fulbright Scholar Program, the U.S. government's
flagship academic exchange effort, on behalf of the United States Department
of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Founded in 1947, CIES
is a private organization. It is a division of the Institute of International
Education (IIE).
Council on Social Work Education
Katherine A. Kendall Institute for International Social Work Education
The institute's overall mission, shaped by the vision of international social work icon, Katherine A. Kendall, is to foster the mainstream development of international content in social work education and to increase the cross-organizational collaboration in project development as well as research and data collection and dissemination. Specifically, it promotes the implementation of programs and initiatives within the global social work education community.
Commission on Global Social Work Education
The Commission on Global Social Work Education works with other international organizations, including the International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW), to promote international programs and projects and to develop the international dimension of the social work curricula. The commission also is responsible for advising the Foreign Equivalency Determination Service and for maintaining relationships with foreign students and schools.
College and University Home Page (Site links to 3000 universities in 80 countries)
International Association of Schools of Social Work (Promotes social work education world-wide)
Internationalizing Social Work Education Models (For international social work throughout the world)
SIETAR International (International Society for Intercultural Education, Training and Research)
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organizations (Information on organizations events, publications, programs, statistics, etc.)
Employment and Career Planning
American Evaluation Association (Job Bank occasionally lists international jobs)
CARE (Offers world-wide career opportunities)
Caritas (Catholic Relief Service)
Catholic Relief Services Deadline:
October-November
The Catholic Relief Services (CRS) International Development Fellows Program
is intended to give people who are interested in a career in international
relief and development an opportunity to increase their overseas experience
and gain broad exposure to CRS programs. Each year, CRS has approximately 20
to 25 placements with our country programs (based overseas). Assignments are
for one year. Specific job responsibilities vary greatly from one country to
another
depending on the country programs focus (Agriculture, Health, Peace building,
Education, Microfinance, social assistance or a combination of these). The
goal of the IDFP is to place Fellows in positions where they can draw on their
previous education and work experience, while broadening their skills. Many
of our fellowships lead to regular positions with Catholic Relief Services.
Charity Village (Canada's super
site for nonprofit sector includes directories for nonprofit workers, donors,
vendors, etc.)
Children's Hope International (International Adoption Agency)
"http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ssw/careers/socialwrk/international.html" Columbia University School of Social Work Career Development Center International Social Work (no longer available)
Cross Cultural Solutions (Organization and volunteer opportunities in Brazil, China, Costa Rica, Ghana, India- Delhi, India- Himalayas, Peru, Russia and Thailand)
Democracy Net (Private nonprofit grant making organizations that seeks to strengthen democratic institutions globally.)
European Social Welfare Information Network (ESWIN) (Source for social welfare information on Austria, Belgium, Hungary, Israel, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Slovenia, Spain, & UK)
Go Abroad (Comprehensive online source for study abroad, language schools,internships, etc.)
Habitat for Humanity International (Jobs listed by area: Africa and the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific, Europe and Central Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean)
How To Get Work Abroad, Washington Post, November 23, 2003. (Features University of Michigan's Overseas Opportunities web site.)
Interaction (Source for paid and volunteer positions in the US and abroad)
International Council on Social Welfare (ICSW) (A network of grassroots organizations which provide help for a wide range of people in need and organizationally has consultative status with the United Nations)
The International Federation of Social Workers (Promotes exchange of social work practice experience in developing and developed countries)
Medical+Recruitment Specialists (MRS) (Helps to place Social Workers, House Parents, Facilitators, Project Coordinators, Instructors, Tutors, Carers and Psychologists in Ireland. Contact Pat Hayes 83 Merrion Square Dublin 2 Ireland Phone: 353 1 6146057 FAX: 353 1 6146041 email: pat.hayes@mrs.ie)
Mennonite Committee (Areas of service)
Peace Corps (Information and applications)
Student's guide to planning a career in international social work Structured approach for preparing for career in international social work. Resources on programs, lists of international organizations that employ social workers. Richard J. Estes, 1992. In: Internationalizing Social Work Education: A guide to resources for a new century. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania School of Social Work.
Union of International Associations (Identifies international organizations by category and alphabetically. See also Guide to international scholarships
United Nations (UN Job Search site: From UN Home Page, click on"Welcome", "UN Employment", "Continue". At this point the response time gets very slow. There is an encryption procedure, then click on "Login" to view the UN Employment page. (Internet Explorer version 5 or above (download) or Netscape 6 or above (download) required)
UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund employment opportunities)
UNIFEM (United Nations Development Fund for Women employment opportunities. Click on vacancies)
UNRRA (United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration)
UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization employment opportunities)
US Government (Job Search site)
USAID (Employment Opportunities at USAID)
University of Michigan's Overseas Opportunities web site
Washington University (Job Search site)
Work Abroad: Overseas Opportunities in Social Work (University of Michigan)
World Bank PovertyNet (Selected job opportunities with the World Bank and other organizations devoted to understanding and alleviating poverty) Sample report: Two Years of Intifada, Closures and Palestinian Economic Crisis: An assessment. March 5, 2003.
State Department's Bureau of Consular Affairs:
Links to United States Embassies and Consulates Worldwide
Travel Warnings & Consular Information Sheet (Information on safety, health conditions, etc.)
Cross-national Social Welfare Policy
Family Policy Database (Downloadable data in Excel for Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom, and United States published in two studies: Gornick, J. C., Meyers, M. K. , and Ross, K. E. 1997. “Supporting the Employment of Mothers: Policy Variation Across Fourteen Welfare States." Journal of European Social Policy 7(1): 45-70 and Gornick, J. C. and Meyers, M. K. . 2003. Families That Work: Policies for Reconciling Parenthood and Employment. New York: Russell Sage Foundation.) See also home page Luxembough Income Studies.
Social Security Administration. Office of Policy. (The Office of Policy serves as the Social Security Administration's focal point for policy analysis and research, evaluation, and statistics. Social Security Programs Throughout the World 2004 offers a comparison of the social security systems in 172 countries.)
International Courses at the University of Michigan
Center for Middle East and North African Studies
Center for Russia and East European Studies
Center for South Asian Studies
Center for Southeast Asian Studies
International Health and Social Development (IHSD) certificate program
Latin and Caribbean Studies Program
US State Department's Background Notes are updated/revised as they are received from regional bureaus.
Demographic and Health Survey
The Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) project is initiated by the U.S. Agency
for International Development (USAID) to provide data and analysis on the
population, health, and nutrition of women and children in developing countries.
Doctors without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières MSF)
MSF unites direct medical care with a commitment to bearing witness and speaking out against the underlying causes of suffering. Its volunteers protest violations of humanitarian law on behalf of populations who have no voice, and bring the concerns of their patients to public forums, such as the United Nations, governments, and the media.
United Nations Population Fund (UNPF) focuses on Reproductive Health including Family Planning and Sexual Health, Population and Development Strategies and Advocacy.
State of the World's Children 2006
UNICEF's urgent appeal to world leaders for women and children
State of The World's Refugees 2006
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is one of the world's principal humanitarian agencies. Its staff of more than 5,000 personnel help 21.8 million people in more than 120 countries. During its half century of work, the agency provided assistance to at least 50 million people, earning two Nobel Peace Prizes in 1954 and 1981.
WHO: Core Health Indicators by country
This interactive World Health Organization data extractor allows the user to display one or multiple countries, and any one of 32 variables from the topics of Mortality Indicators, Population, Life Expectancy, and National Health Accounts for any or all of the years from 1997-2007. Quick graphs can also be generated.
WorldWatch Institute:
State of the World (not online)
Hatcher Graduate
HC 59 .B7661
Latest year in Referene.
Social Movements for Peace and Justice
American Friends Service Committee (Quaker organization that includes people of various faiths who are committed to social justice, peace, and humanitarian service)
Amnesty International (Grassroots activist organization dedicated to freeing prisoners of conscience, gaining fair trials for political prisoners, ending torture, political killings and "disappearances," and abolishing the death penalty throughout the world)
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace* (A private, nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing cooperation between nations and promoting active international engagement by the United States.)
Conscience and Peace Tax International (Aims to obtain recognition of the right to conscientious objection to paying for armaments and war preparation and war conduct through taxes. CPTI works through international movements and through international institutions such as the United Nations and the European Union).
International Peace Bureau (Promotes global campaign for peace through participatory process of education.)
National Campaign for a Peace Tax Fund and Peace Tax Foundation (U.S. advocates for rights of conscience)
Stockholm Institute for Peace Research (SIPRI)* (Conducts research on questions of conflict and cooperation of importance for international peace and security, with the aim of contributing to an understanding of the conditions for peaceful solutions of international conflicts and for a stable peace. )
U.S. Institute of Peace* (Independent, nonpartisan federal institution created by Congress to promote research, education, and training on the peaceful management and resolution of international conflicts)
War Resisters' International (Works for a world without war)
War Resisters' League (Emphasizes action, war resistance and individual conscience against all forms of militarism)
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (First international feminist peace organization in the world organized in Europe in 1915)
U of M International Resources
Academic Programs in Area, International, and Global Studies
Business School
Cognition and Aging Laboratory (Denise Park)
Culture and Cognition (Psychology and Anthropology)
Ecumenical Center and International Residence
International Health and Social Development (IHSD) certificate program
World Radio Network(Access to world news via radio, newspaper and video)
Daryl Cagle's Professional Cartoonists
Index (Cartoons by famous artists
from all over the world)
The list of resources included in this handout are by no means exhaustive. If you can add to or update any of the information, please contact us at social.work.library@umich.edu and mention your recommendation for Selected Resources for International Social Work.
*Organizations thanks to Kathleen de la Pena McCook kmccook@tampabay.rr.com
University of South Florida, Library & Information Science A Librarian
at Every Table http://www.cas.usf.edu/lis/a-librarian-at-every-table/
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