The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) on September 10, 2021, along with 32 other civil rights and public interest organizations, participated in the K.R. v. Duluth Edison Charter Schools amicus brief led by National Women’s Law Center (NWLC). The amicus...
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NASW participates in federal court amicus brief to support students of color who allege racial discrimination
The amicus brief supports four elementary and middle school students of color who allege they were subject to racial taunting and physical assaults regularly at school.
The Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization
The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) is expected to come up for reauthorization in the Senate next week. (We previously wrote about this bill back in January.) The protections the reauthorized bill would offer for all women, regardless of their circumstances, are...
White House Event: Girls in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)
From PublicEngagement@epa.gov Special Announcement The White House Council on Women and Girls On Tuesday, April 24th, 2012, from 10:30am to 11:30am EDT, The White House Council on Women and Girls will host a special White House event on girls in Science, Technology,...
NASW involved in equal-rights advances for LGBT community
By Paul R. Pace, NEWS Staff Advances for the equal rights of the LGBT community at the state and federal levels have been made in recent months, and NASW has played a role in these matters. In California, a federal appeals panel in San Francisco ruled in February that...
NASW Celebrates Rep. Towns’ Decades of Congressional and Professional Service
Congressman Edolphus Towns (NY-10) has been an unwavering advocate for the profession of social work throughout his 15-term tenure in the United States House of Representatives and NASW celebrates his lifelong career of service to others. Congressman Towns, as a...
Equal Pay for Equal Work: Much More than a Nuisance
April 17 is Equal Pay Day. That date marks the amount of time women must work each year before their pay catches up with men’s compensation for the same job. The signing of the Lilly Ledbetter Act in 2009 helped, as that legislation provided victims of discrimination...
Globally social workers have a critical role in combating HIV/AIDS stigma and discrimination.
Stigma and discrimination are universally experienced by persons living with and affected by HIV/AIDS. It has been determined that homophobia, stigma, and discrimination negatively affect the health and well-being of clients and communities, and can result in the...