Statements

NWSA Statements Archive

The National Women’s Studies Association (NWSA) is frequently asked to advocate specific public policies, issue a response to an academic/institutional concern, or make a statement about the field of women’s and gender studies. Our guidelines are grounded in NWSA’s mission as a professional organization “dedicated to leading the field of women's studies, as well as its teaching, learning, research, and service wherever they be found.” Issues related to the academic field of women’s and gender studies should receive the Association’s highest attention. 
Such issues might include: the educational and social value of women’s and gender studies, particularly when the field is attacked or maligned; cuts to and elimination of specific women’s and gender studies academic programs and women’s centers; and academic freedom. 

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NWSA Recommits to BDS and Feminist Accountability - April

NWSA Stands in Solidarity with our Colleagues at the New College of Florida - January

NWSA Statement About the Anti-Woke Agenda and Legislative Actions - March 

NWSA's Statement on the 75th anniversary of the Nakba - May 

NWSA: One Year After The Dobbs Decision - June 

NWSA Condemns the Racist Killings in Jacksonville, Florida - August

NWSA Calls for a Ceasefire and Negotiations to End Gaza Siege and Israeli Apartheid - October

NWSA Calls for an End to Israel’s War on Gaza - October

NWSA Statement on Threats to the Field in Higher Education and Beyond - March

NWSA Condemns The Attack On The People Of Ukraine - March

NWSA Statement on Leaked Draft of the SCOTUS Decision to Overturn Roe V. Wade - May

NWSA Responds To Faculty Cuts At University Of Maine Farmington - May

Statement Concerning the Overturning of Roe v. Wade - May

NWSA Stands in Solidarity with Iranian Protesters - October

NWSA Stands in Solidarity with our Colleagues at the Indiana University School of Medicine and at the University of Notre Dame - December

NWSA Condemns the Racially Insensitive Remarks of Chancellor Thomas L. Keon - December

NWSA Condemns the Siege at the Capitol - January 

NWSA Statement on the End of 45’s Presidency and the Start of a New Chapter in History - January 

NWSA Condemns anti-Asian Violence and Racism - March

NWSA President’s Statement on Derek Chauvin’s Guilty Verdict - April

NWSA: Palestinian Solidarity is a Feminist Issue- May

Joint Statement on Legislative Efforts to Restrict Education about Racism in American History- June

NWSA Statement on Caste as a Protected Category - August

Solidarity with Afghan Women and Feminists - August

NWSA Presidents reflect on the incredible loss of our sista bell hooks - December

NWSA Statement on COVID-19 - March

NWSA Statement in Support of the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM) Celebration of International Women’s Month- March

NWSA Statement in Support of Dr. Red Washburn - April

NWSA Statement in Support of Black Lives and Protests against Police and State Violence - June 

NWSA Statement on White House "Executive Order on Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping"- October

NWSA Statement on 2020 U.S. Elections - November

Statement In Support Of Angela Davis - January

Statement For Reproductive Justice - May 

Statement on Rojava- October 

Statement on Kashmir - October 

Statement on Hong Kong - December

NWSA Statement On Pittsburgh  - October

NWSA Statement Against Redefinition Of "Sex" - November

NWSA Statement Against Brazilian State Violence And Repression - November

NWSA Statement On Charlottesville, Virginia - August

NWSA Statement Of Solidarity With Puerto Rico- November

NWSA Contingent Faculty Statement - February

NWSA Post Election Statement - November

NWSA Statement of Solidarity - January

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The National Women's Studies Association (NWSA) is governed by a Governing Council (GC) comprised of the Executive Committee (EC), Members-at Large, and the chairs/co-chairs of the Lesbian Caucus and the Women of Color Caucus respectively. The GC serves as the NWSA board of directors and are often referred to as "the Board". As such, the GC has all the authority and responsibilities usually assigned to such a body and as set forth in law, Articles of Incorporation, bylaws, and other policy documents. 

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