NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS: NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON WOMEN'S ISSUES.

The article presents an update on issues and events related to the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) in the U.S. as of December 1986. The National Committee on Women's Issues (NCOWI), chaired by Patricia King, met twice in 1986 to discuss and outline various activities that significantly affect women. It acknowledged the accomplishment of the following noteworthy achievements in 1985 to 1986: the Institute on feminization of Poverty at the 1985 NASW Professional Symposium in Chicago; endorsement of and participation in the March 9 NOW March for Women's Lives, as well as lobbying for the Civil Rights Restoration Act on March 10; presentation of the findings of the PAF Feminist Practice Project at the NASW National Conference on Women's Issues; establishment of formal relationship with the Commission on the Role and Status of Women of the CSWE; a position statement opposing proposed antifemale revisions to DSM-III, which could result in discrimination against women; associate membership of the NASW in the National Committee on Pay Equity; the development by Barbara Shore of a position paper on research on the health of women for NIMH in which guidelines addressing gender bias in research are recommended.