By Robin M. Mathy What sex are you? The answer to that question was assigned to you at birth. You did not choose it, and the answer shapes much of the course of your life. For nearly everyone, biological and gender distinctions are aligned. However, experts say, 1.43%...
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Social Workers Have Ethical Responsibility to Fight Bans on Gender-Affirming Care | NASW Member Voices
What sex are you? The answer to that question was assigned to you at birth. You did not choose it, and the answer shapes much of the course of your life.
NASW Attends White House Meeting on Veterans’ Suicide
By Anna Mangum, MSW, MPH NASW was invited to participate in a meeting last Friday, Aug. 23, at the White House to discuss the President’s Roadmap to Empower Veterans and End a National Tragedy of Suicide (PREVENTS) initiative. NASW Chief Executive Officer Angelo...
For NASW official, Trump’s comments draw uncomfortable parallels to white supremacist leader
By Maxine Thome, LMSW, PhD, MPHExecutive Director, NASW Michigan ChapterI want to share with you an experience I had while working on my MSW at Michigan State University in the early 1970s. Another social work student asked me if I would go with her to interview...
NASW urges members, organizations to oppose Trump Administration’s proposed lowering of poverty line
The Trump Administration has proposed changes that will lower the federal poverty line. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is requesting comments, before June 21st. Submit comments with OMB. The poverty line is adjusted each year for inflation. The poverty line...
Connecticut passes social work title protection bill
The Connecticut Legislation on June 5 passed a social work title protection bill that the National Association of Social Workers Connecticut Chapter had worked to achieve. The bill will protect the use of the title social worker to BSWs, MSWs and Doctorate...
Congressional briefing to bring together social work, mental health experts on need to end gun violence
Gun violence has become an epidemic in our nation. Every year more than 7,700 children and teens are shot, and more than 36,000 people die from gun violence, according to the Brady campaign to end gun violence. Social workers and mental health professionals play a...
Transhealth Information Project: A Peer-Led HIV Prevention Intervention to Promote HIV Protection for Individuals of Transgender Experience
A recent issue of the journal Health & Social Work, co-published by NASW Press and Oxford University Press, features an article on the issue of HIV and individuals of transgender experience. Individuals of transgender experience (ITE) in the United States face an...