WASHINGTON, D.C. – NOW is proud to join Black Mamas Matter Alliance and other organizations across the country in showing our support for Black Maternal Health Week. While it is clearer than ever that the inequitable and discriminatory American health Read more …
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It is More Vital Than Ever to Recognize National Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Month, 2021
Released on April 2, 2021
As the COVID –19 pandemic raged this past year, an increased number of American women endured an ongoing plague of sexual assault. This public health and human rights crisis affects everyone – women, girls, transgender women, transgender men, men, boys Read more …
NOW Celebrates International Transgender Day of Visibility
Released on March 31, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. – NOW is proud to celebrate International Transgender Day of Visibility. Today we remind the world that trans women are women, trans girls are girls, and that non-binary and gender-nonconforming people are valid in their stated identit Read more …
The Right To Vote Is A Fight To Vote In Georgia
Released on March 26, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Georgia’s Republican Governor, Brian Kemp, hid behind a locked door to sign his controversial new voter suppression bill into law, but Georgia state Rep. Park Cannon wasn’t going to let him suppress her constituents’ voices in secrec Read more …
NOW Marks Equal Pay Day by Calling for Congress to Pass the Paycheck Fairness Act
Released on March 23, 2021
Since Equal Pay Day was established by the National Committee on Pay Equity in 1996, the gender pay gap has decreased by less than 10 cents. Between 2018 to 2019, this disparity remained virtually stagnant with women earning only 82 cents on average fo Read more …
NOW Applauds Passage of the Dream and Promise Act
Released on March 19, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Organization for Women applauds the House of Representatives for passing the American Dream and Promise Act of 2021. This is a vital first step in permanently protecting undocumented immigrants from the threat of deporta Read more …
NOW Celebrates International Women’s Day
Released on March 8, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Organization for Women takes this International Women’s Day to acknowledge and celebrate the accomplishments of women around the world and the obstacles we have had to overcome on the journey. This year has been a diffi Read more …
NOW Celebrates Women’s History Month
Released on March 3, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This Women’s History Month and every month, NOW celebrates women’s historic achievements in the national spotlight and behind the scenes. Even now as women are bearing the brunt of a national health and economic crisis and are still Read more …
Celebrating the Centennial of a Feminist Icon: Betty Friedan
Released on February 4, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today marks what would have been the 100th birthday of National Organization for Women (NOW) co-founder Betty Friedan. Her groundbreaking work as the “mother” of the modern women’s rights movement includes her seminal book, The Femin Read more …
NOW Commemorates Black Feminist Trailblazers This Black History Month
Released on February 4, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This Black History Month, NOW is excited to engage our grassroots in efforts that will move the country forward on racial justice issues. With a new administration in place, we know we must prioritize making progress towards ending p Read more …