Economic Justice
NOW advocates for a wide range of economic justice issues, all of which limit women’s freedom and success. These include welfare reform, livable wages, paid sick leave, job discrimination, pay equity, financial literacy, and more. We know that these issues impact women of color at much higher rates and that economic justice is intertwined with racial justice, reproductive freedom, and our other core issues.
Watch the video below to understand why.
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Kavanaugh: A Threat to Women and Our Constitutional Right to Privacy
The danger that Judge Brett Kavanaugh poses to reproductive health and freedom in the United States cannot be overstated. It cannot be over-publicized, over-discussed, over-analyzed, or over-protested. His nomination to the Supreme Court of the United Read more...Education or Criminalization?
By Nairi Azaryan, Communications Intern A pipeline is a human made structure, moving substance swiftly and uninterrupted from point A to B. The school to prison pipeline does just that, sending young children of color, disproportionately girls, from sc Read more...Allies in Equality—Him and Her for Each Other
By Leora Lihach, President’s Office Intern As the millennial generation begins to take center stage in the world, the feminist movement is at risk of severely slowing down. Too many young adults believe that feminism is off-limits to men and a dangerou Read more...[wptabtitle] News[/wptabtitle] [wptabcontent]
Observing Latina Equal Pay Day
Pay equity is not a goal—it’s a necessity. Read more...Latina Equal Pay Day: How Employers Can Close the Pay Gap
According to Nunes equal pay “isn’t just the right thing to do, it’s the best investment we can make”. Read more...NOW Pushes for Equality on Black Women’s Equal Pay Day
09/21/2022 WASHINGTON— NOW recognizes Black Women’s Equal Pay Day and the need for transformative change that addresses the gender and racial inequalities that economically plague Black women. Black women are the backbone of our workforce but are often Read more … Read more...On Equal Pay Day, NOW Commits to the Push for Economic Justice
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today is Equal Pay Day, a stark reminder of how far into the year women must work to be paid what men were paid the previous year. White women working full time in the U.S. make 83 cents for every dollar made by white men: that add Read more … Read more...[wptabtitle] Resources[/wptabtitle] [wptabcontent]
The Gender Pay Gap – Myth vs. Fact
In the United States, according to an estimate published by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, the wage gap will not close at this rate until 2058, which is another generation away for women of today.
Women Deserve Equal Pay- Very Little Progress in Closing the Gap
In the United States, full-time, year-round working women continue to be paid less than her male counterpart. Women on average are paid only 78 cents for every dollar a male employee is paid. For older women and women of color, the gap is significantly wider.
ISSUE ADVISORY: GOP Budgets Whack Social Programs, Increase DOD Funding, Provide No New Revenues
Printable PDF March 30, 2015 The Republican-led Congress this past week adopted one of the most mean-spirited and irresponsible Budget Resolutions (H. Con. Res. 27/S. Con. Res. 11) ever! The budget plan is radically right-wing with deep cuts in human n Read more …
OPPOSE THE CHAINED CPI: A Benefit Cut that Hurts Women
Social Security is the largest source of income for most older women – for a substantial number of senior women it is their only source of income. The chained CPI would cut thousands of dollars from their already modest Social Security retirement and disability benefits.
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