Advocacy

NASW joins Equal Rights Amendment amicus brief

NASW joins Equal Rights Amendment amicus brief

The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) and the ERA Coalition, along with numerous women-centered advocacy groups and organizations that work against sex-based discrimination and violence, on Jan. 10, 2022, participated in an amicus brief supporting the view...

NASW joins Equal Rights Amendment amicus brief

NASW and the ERA Coalition, along with numerous women-centered organizations, participated in an amicus brief supporting the view that the Constitution did not intend to recognize a time limit on the ratification process of the Equal Rights Amendment.

Senate fails to confirm Adegbile at Justice

The U.S. Senate on March 5 failed to approve President Obama’s nominee Debo Adegbile to become the Assistant Attorney General to head the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division. The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) was one 75 organizations that...

Global LGBT Equity is a Social Justice Issue

The National Association of Social Workers has a strong position against discrimination of persons based on their sexual orientation or gender identity.  Criminalizing relationships based on one’s sexual orientation or gender identity violates fundamental human...

U.S. Reps say more public policy social workers needed

By Paul R. Pace, News staff Two members of Congress who are also social workers emphasized the need for more social workers in politics at a Public Policy Roundtable discussion in Washington, D.C., in December. U.S. Reps. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., and Carol...

Capitol Hill briefing focuses on child welfare

By Rena Malai, News staff The Child Welfare: Wicked Problems/Wicked Innovations Institute held a Capitol Hill briefing in November to present the Wicked Problems concept to a congressional audience, and to remind policymakers to keep the issue in mind when drafting...