NOW and Global Feminism

See also Peace Is a Feminist Issue

Latest News

• Women Need a Strong CEDAW, Not One with Disabling RDUs (08/09)
• Afghan Women and Girls Need Our Help (08/09)
• Continued Threats to Afghan Women Require Support in U.S. and Worldwide (08/09)
• NOW Calls on International Court and Mexican Government to Stop Violence Against Women (07/09)
• 2009 National NOW Conference Resolutions: National Campaign and National Day of Action to Ratify CEDAW (07/09)
• International Women's Day March 8: Difficult Global Times Call for Improving Status of Women (03/09)
• Feminist Agenda Survey Results: Many Issues Linked in Struggle for Women's Equality (02/09)
• NOW Cheers Repeal of Global Gag Rule As First Step toward Worldwide Reproductive Justice (01/09)
• Senate Confirms Champion of Women, Hillary Clinton, as Secretary of State (01/09)
• Support International Women's Health Services (04/08)
• Help Reduce Harmful Child Marriages Worldwide (03/08)
• Urge Your Senators to Co-sponsor International VAWA (02/08)
• Below the Belt: A Maddening Reminder (01/08)

Archive

2006-2007

• NOW Supports Legislation that Denounces 'Honor' Killings and Violence Against Women (10/07)
• Stop the Sale of Women: Combat Trafficking in the U.S. (09/07)
• Tell Your Senators to Ratify CEDAW (09/07)
• NOW Continues Campaign to End Violence Against Women in Juarez, Mexico | En Español (10/06)
• Urge Election of Woman as Next United Nations Secretary-General (09/06)
• NOW Co-Sponsors International Women's Day Delegation to Venezuela (05/06)

2005

• Hundreds March from El Paso to Mexico in Protest of Femicide - Photo Gallery - (12/05)
• NOW Demands End to Violence Against Women in Juarez, Mexico (12/05)
• Stop the Killing of the Women of Juarez Toolkit (12/05)
• Congress Members Join NOW in Urging Bush to Fight for Iraqi Women (10/05)
• Report Shatters Myths about U.S. Women's Equality (10/05)
• NOW to Protest the Brutal Murder of Juarez Women (09/05)
• Bush Wins the CAFTA Battle, Women and Poor Workers Pay the Price (08/05)
• Urgent Humanitarian Aid, Police Protection Needed for Darfur Women (08/05)
• Tell Your Representative to Oppose the Central American Free Trade Agreement (7/05)
• NOW Calls for Commitment to Stop Brutal Murder of Juarez Women (6/05) | En Español
• Support the Relief and Rebuilding of the Lands and Families Hurt by the Tsunami (1/05)

2003-2004

• Violence Against Women in Sudan Reveals Common Weapon of War (12/04)
• Anti-Feminist Group Awarded Grant to Train Iraqi Women in Democracy (10/04)
• NOW Joins Million Women Challenge (Fall 2004)
• Vives Meets with Women Under Siege in Israel and the West Bank (4/03)
• Open Letter to President George W. Bush Regarding a Possible War Against Iraq (3/03)
• NOW Celebrates International Women's Day with a Rally for Peace(3/03)
• National Council of Women's Organizations Statement on the War with Iraq (1/03)

1992-2002

• The World March of Women Marches On (Spring 2002)
• Feminists Call for State Department to Bring Justice for Former "Comfort Women" (7/01)
• Feminists Take CEDAW Into Our Own Hands (Winter 2000)
• World March of Women 2000
• Take Global Action NOW (Summer 1999)
• NOW Reminds State Department of Commitment to Afghan Women (8/98)
• NOW Joins the Human Rights Watch "Arrest Now!" Campaign (3/98)
• Fourth World Conference on Women
• NOW Global Feminist Conference (1992)
• Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasrin

Women's International Symposium on Health (WISH):

• Women's Health Symposium Draws Visitors from Around the Globe (Winter 2001)
• NOW Foundation Makes a WISH for Women's Health (Summer 2000)
• Women's Achievements and Global Health on the Agenda for October Events (Spring 2000)

Issue Information

• Women in Afghanistan:

  • Women's Rights Supporters Call on Bush Administration to Ensure Democracy and Equality in Afghanistan (5/02)
  • Women Must Lead Afghan Government Back to Democracy (Spring 2002)
  • Take Action: Help Women Rebuild Afghan Democracy (Fall 2001)
  • Background Report: Women's Lives Under the Taliban (11/01)
    
  • U.S. Women Applaud Afghan Women's March (11/01)
  • Activists Use Internet, E-mail to Advocate for Afghan Women's Rights (11/01)
  • Fact Sheet: Stop the Abuse of Women and Girls in Afghanistan and Call to Action (3/99)
  • Women Denied Basic Rights in Afghanistan (Fall 1998)
  • NOW Reminds State Department of Commitment to Afghan Women (8/98)
  • The Day the Music Died: Women and Girls in Afghanistan (3/98)

• CEDAW:
  • NOW Pressures Senate for Ratification of CEDAW (5/98)
  • Letter to Senate Foreign Relations Committee Regarding CEDAW RDUs (Lawyers Committee for Human Rights and NOW Legal Defense Fund) (9/94)
  • Legal Analysis of CEDAW RDUs (9/94)

• Violence Against Women:
  • Violence Against Women in Sudan Reveals Common Weapon of War (12/04)
  • Pakistani Tribe Orders Gang-Rape (7/02)
  • Armies At War Use Rape as a Weapon (Fall 99)
  • October 1997: Women in Radio Healing War-torn Bosnia
  • U.S. Ban on FGM Gains Strength (3/97)

• Other News:
  • Court Overturns Stoning Sentence for Nigerian Woman Accused of Adultery (9/03)
  • House Approves Foreign Aid Bill Without Family Planning Funds (7/03)
  • U.S. Is 11th in Mother's Day Rankings (5/03)
  • U.N. Population Conference Rejects Bush Administration's Anti-Abortion Stance (12/02)
  • Nigerian Couple Sentenced to Death by Stoning for Adultery (9/02)
  • NOW Denounces Sentence of Nigerian Woman to Stoning (8/02)
  • Fact Sheet: Women's Rights Under Sharia in Northern Nigeria (8/02)
  • NOW Joins Vast Coalition Opposing 'Fast Track' Trade Bill (5/02)
  • U.S. Companies Support Gender Segregation in Saudi Arabia (Summer 2002)
  • Nigerian Woman Wins Reprieve from Stoning (3/02)
  • United Nations Conference on Population and Development article by Rep. Anna Eshoo

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