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The ICSW has its origins in 1928 when the International Conference on Social Work, its immediate predecessor, was born in Paris, with the aim of strengthening cooperation between various countries in promoting human welfare. The first Conference had a high proportion of women participating in its preparation and discussions, with nearly two ...
Networked advocacy or net-centric advocacy refers to a specific type of advocacy.While networked advocacy has existed for centuries, it has become significantly more efficacious in recent years due in large part to the widespread availability of the internet, mobile telephones, and related communications technologies that enable users to overcome the transaction costs of collective action.
The Transnational Institute (TNI), is an international non-profit research and advocacy think tank that was founded in 1974 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. [1] According to their website, the organization promotes a "... just, democratic and sustainable world."
The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) is a professional organization of social workers in the United States. NASW has about 120,000 members. [1] The NASW provides guidance, research, up to date information, advocacy, and other resources for its members and for social workers in general.
Annalisa Enrile is a Filipina-American clinical associate professor at USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work. [1] Her work focuses on combatting sex trafficking, interpersonal violence, and exploitative migrant labor. She is the President of the non-profit Mariposa Center for Change. [2]
Sikkink studies international norms and institutions, transnational advocacy networks, the impact of human rights law and policies, and transitional justice. [4] In 2008, she received a Guggenheim Fellowship. [3]
From 2012 to 2014, Ramírez served as acting deputy director of Centro de los Derechos del Migrante, Inc., the first transnational migrant workers’ rights organization based in Mexico. [10] In 2014, she founded Justice for Migrant Women, a national advocacy and technical assistance project focused on representing female farmworkers and other ...
While their status and role in the development of norms in the transnational sphere can be understood through work on "hard" and "soft" law including Kenneth W. Abbott, and Jon Birger Skjærseth. Further scholarship on their role in global governance includes work by Diane Stone who also refers to policy transfer, global knowledge networks and ...