Since 2003, the National Organization for Women and the NOW Foundation has saluted resolutely courageous, fearless and bold women from a variety of fields at our annual Intrepid Awards Gala. This year we will be honoring five amazing women on July 17 at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C.
“Lilly Ledbetter and millions of women like her may never recover the pay they lost during their lifetimes,” says NOW president Kim Gandy. “But NOW calls on the Senate to pass the Fair Pay Act to ensure that pay discrimination victims get their fair day in court.”
“We are well into the 21st century, yet women ski jumpers still are not permitted to compete at their sport’s highest level,” said Kim Gandy in a statement issued at a Women’s Ski Jumping USA rally held in Vancouver, Canada.
“Media misogyny has reached an all time high, and David Shuster’s remarks on MSNBC about Chelsea Clinton are only the latest example,” says NOW President Kim Gandy.
Kim Gandy, president of the National Organization for Women (NOW) and chair of the NOW PAC, and Eleanor Smeal, co-chair of the NOW Advisory Board, comment on the Super Tuesday results. “The women’s vote carried Hillary Clinton to victory in delegate-rich states that will put her ahead in the ultimate delegate count. Her historic race has energized the gender gap, which is key because women make up the majority of voters in the general election,” said Kim Gandy.
Tell the Senate to vote No on the SAVE America Act.