• Welcome to
    SWAN Philippines

    The Social Work Action Network is a SEC registered progressive movement of social workers, students and academics committed to committed to upholding social justice and fighting structural oppression.

In the Philippines, social work as a discipline evolved within a highly unequal society founded on nearly 400 years of colonization, where inequality was and is a given part of life. As such, it developed within a social and political environment where individualist understandings of social problems and social welfare have preponderant influence.

Our Focus

Critical Social Work Education and Practice

Critical Social Work Education and Practice

Influencing Social Policy

Influencing Social Policy

Forging Collaborations for Change

Forging Collaborations for Change