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Uplifting Women’s Issues is Board Member’s Passion

Uplifting Women’s Issues is Board Member’s Passion

By Paul R. Pace “The world is going through a challenging time in regard to women’s health and rights, and as a social worker we have a crucial role to play to ensure women have access to proper care and health,” says Yasoda Sharma, PhD, MSW, director of Region IV for...

Uplifting Women’s Issues is Board Member’s Passion

“The world is going through a challenging time in regard to women’s health and rights, and as a social worker we have a crucial role to play to ensure women have access to proper care and health,” says Yasoda Sharma, PhD, MSW.

NASW building media education campaign

By Paul R. Pace, News staff NASW and its chapters are building an education campaign this fall that promotes clarification of social work title protection in news stories and headlines so that social workers are not misrepresented in the media. When headlines...

Voice Awards shed light on mental health

By Greg Wright, News contributor Social worker Henry Acosta has probably received dozens of awards for his mental health outreach efforts in the Hispanic community. However, the Voice Award that Acosta received on Aug. 22 in Los Angeles from the Substance Abuse and...

Barbara Lee to lead Social Work Caucus upon her re-election

By Paul R. Pace, News staff A social worker in Congress announced she will lead the next Social Work Caucus after its founder and chairman, U.S. Rep. Edolphus “Ed” Towns, D-N.Y., retires this year. Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., said she is honored that Towns asked her...

NASW delegation observes country’s programs, culture

By Rena Malai, News staff Discovering South Africa’s social work voice was the theme of the People to People delegation trip in August, which included NASW CEO Elizabeth J. Clark and 10 NASW members from various roles in interdisciplinary care. The delegation...

NASW takes part in International AIDS Conference

By Paul R. Pace, News staff NASW hosted a discussion July 24 in the LGBT Networking Zone at the 2012 International AIDS Conference in Washington, D.C. Speakers from various disciplines gathered for the session called “LGBTI Human Rights: Building Capacities through...