My Custody Battle With Bode Miller

Sara McKenna has been accused of “appropriation of [a] child in-utero” when she moved to New York City after her ex, Bode Miller, filed for custody of their child in California. “It was unprecedented to have a judge basically accuse a woman of running off with her fetus,” said Sonia Ossorio, the president of the Read more …

What is The Violence Against Women Act? 

The original 1994 version of VAWA, authored by then-Senator Joseph R. Biden, was the first federal legislation acknowledging domestic violence and sexual assault as crimes. It provided federal resources to fund and promote community-coordinated responses to combating violence against women.   The Act comes up for renewal every five years, and during that time NOW activists Read more …

Ending Violence Against Women (Mock-up)

Introduction History In 1994 NOW and the NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund (NOW LDEF) led the campaign to pass the Violence Against Women Act and we have worked with allies over the years to reauthorize VAWA and assure funding to support programs preventing violence against women, protections for survivors, and other supports. BIPOC women especially are at Read more …

NOW Proudly Celebrates Pride Month In June

Statement by NOW President Christian F. Nunes Each June, NOW members join in celebrating Pride Month, the yearly commemoration to uplift LGBTQIA+ rights and honor the significant victories achieved since the historic Stonewall Uprising in June 1969.    The Stonewall Inn, now a national monument, was one of the most popular gay bars in New Read more …

Build Back Better for Women

This Saturday, NOW will be joining the Rally for Abortion Justice in Washington, D.C., along with more than 100 coalition partners.  We need to be on the front lines of the fight to defend access to reproductive healthcare, and that’s where we intend to stay.  That’s also why we’re working so hard to enact the Biden/Harris Build Back Better Agenda working Read more …

Stop The Inhumane Treatment Of Immigrants At The Border

WASHINGTON, D.C. — It’s not enough for Biden Administration officials to say they were outraged by the image of U.S. Border Patrol agents on horseback swinging long reins and confronting Haitian refugees with aggressive actions and profanity.     Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said he was “horrified” by what he saw. Press Secretary Jen Psaki echoed his Read more …