The National Organization for Women Political Action Committee is proud to announce our endorsement of Rep. Tammy Baldwin for U.S. Senate. Baldwin launched her bid this week to become the next Democratic senator from Wisconsin, filling the seat of the retiring Sen. Herb Kohl.
Community Team writing for CBC News: “A hair salon ad featuring images that hint at domestic violence and the slogan “Look good in all you do” is generating irate comments and heated debate online.”
Rob Okun writing for Women’s eNews:”A recent editorial about a domestic violence murder case in Massachusetts placed the onus on stopping this violence on women. Rob Okun says the responsibility lies with men too, and that it’s time for men to speak up.”
Sonia Ossorio, executive director of NOW-New York City, is quoted in this New York Times article by William Rashbaum and John Eligon about the Manhattan district attorney’s office motion on Monday to dismiss the sexual assault case against Dominique Stra…
NOW deplores the decision to drop Nafissatou Diallo’s charges of sexual assault against Dominique Strauss-Kahn. This miscarriage of justice exhibits all the hallmarks of a society that tolerates sexual violence by blaming and shaming the survivors.