“If it does go that road, it’s going to undo so much progress that we’ve made,” said Christian Nunes, president of rights group the National Organization for Women, adding that she thought most women would want to return to workplaces.
WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, October 12, NOW is proud to continue to take part in the national movement to observe Indigenous Peoples’ Day and to reject the racist history of the Columbus Day observance. To continue to honor the legacy of a man who stole sacred and ancestral land from Indigenous people and caused centuries of colonization and genocide is an act of violence against Native Americans. Instead, we must utilize this day to Read more …
“He has really put forth a lot of things in his comprehensive agenda for women that really talks to speaking about equality for women and particularly women of color,” Nunes said.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, October 1, 2020, marks the date that Native women financially catch up to what their white male counterparts made in 2019. In the United States, it takes the average Native woman 22 months to make what the average white man makes over the course of one year. As NOW observes Native Women’s Equal Pay Day, we must address the ways in which Native women are continually disenfranchised by Read more …
WASHINGTON, D.C. – There aren’t sufficient words to describe the depth of sorrow women are feeling at the passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. We are shattered. We are broken. We feel that we have lost more than a dear and admired friend. Our country has lost a feminist champion. Ruth Bader Ginsburg was not only a historic Supreme Court Justice, but also a political Read more …
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