issue: Stopping Violence Against Women

NOW Congratulates Terri Sewell on Definitive Victory in Alabama

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The National Organization for Women congratulates Terri Sewell for her definitive runoff victory in Alabama last night. Sewell is now the Democratic nominee for an open seat in the House of Representatives from Alabama’s 7th Congressional District, and she will go on to challenge GOP candidate Don Chamberlain in the general election. NOW’s Political Action Committee proudly endorsed Sewell, a first-time candidate for public office, early in her campaign and highlighted Sewell’s race at the recent National NOW Conference. The Washington Post reports that Sewell is favored to win in November.

For Mel Gibson, Scandal Puts Him In a Harsh Light Again

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NOW Vice President Erin Matson interviewed by USA Todays’ Olivia Barker about why Mel Gibson’s latest scandal reminds us why domestic violence is a public health crisis: “Tape recordings purported to be Gibson unleashing a barrage of insults, racial slur…

Mexico’s Distressed-Migrant Visas Reach Few Women

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Amy Lieberman of WeNews reports that “When Mexico decriminalized undocumented migration from the nations south of its border through its country two years ago, it also started allowing migrant victims of violence access to humanitarian visas. However, th…

Roman Polanski’s Freedom — and Unmitigated Gall

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In an op-ed in The Washington Post, Eugene Robinson writes: “After authorities announced Monday that they were denying the U.S. request to have Polanski extradited, one of the famed auteur’s lawyers called the decision ‘an enormous satisfaction and a gre…