Anne-Marie Slaughter pens a now-infamous article for the Atlantic: “I still strongly believe that women can ‘have it all’…But not today, not with the way America’s economy and society are currently structured. My experiences over the past three years have forced me to confront a number of uncomfortable facts that need to be widely acknowledged—and Read more …
The nation’s largest annual gathering of grassroots women’s rights activists and allies will take place in Baltimore, Md., on June 29 – July 1, 2012 at the National Organization for Women National Conference. Hundreds of women and men will convene to strategize and organize a vision for the months ahead in the fight for women’s equality.
Zack Ford of Think Progress reports: “This morning, the Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee held a hearing on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, which would extend employment protections based on sexual orientation and gender identity. For the first time in the Senate’s history, a transgender witness testified on behalf of the bill.”
Soraya Chemaly of Fem2.0 asks: “What messages are we sending to girls and boys about agency, merit, entitlement, fairness, the value of education and pay?” She discusses the Paycheck Fairness Act, which was blocked this Tuesday by Senate Republicans.
In 2002, the National Organization for Women named Walmart a Merchant of Shame as part of its Women Friendly Workplace Campaign. Walmart’s dismal record contradicts the worker-friendly image it projects to the public. Join NOW in its campaign to demand changes in Walmart’s unfair practices.