Hundreds of feminist activists from around the country will gather in Tampa, Fla., for the National NOW Conference from June 24-26, 2011. This year’s conference theme, Daring to Dream: Building a Feminist Future, is centered on advancing the principles that have been steering feminism all along: equality, fairness, opportunity, non-violence and empowerment.
Jim Yardley reports for The New York Times: “India’s increasing wealth and improving literacy are apparently contributing to a national crisis of ‘missing girls,’ with the number of sex-selective abortions up sharply among more affluent, educated familie…
On a conference call with reporters, National Organization for Women President Terry O’Neill said the coaltion has relayed its concerns directly to the White House, and she believes its members may be granted a meeting with staffers. “Obviously we do…
Roll Call quotes NOW President Terry O’Neill from a conference call with reporters: “Women are not prominently there at the meeting. We are concerned that the disproportionate impact on women of the proposed budget cuts is not at the center of the anal…
In a New York special election Tuesday, May 24, NOW/PAC-endorsed candidate Kathy Hochul (D) decisively won the open House seat in the state’s traditionally Republican 26th District.