WASHINGTON, D.C. – This Women’s History Month and every month, NOW celebrates women’s historic achievements in the national spotlight and behind the scenes. Even now as women are bearing the brunt of a national health and economic crisis and are still Read more …
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Celebrating the Centennial of a Feminist Icon: Betty Friedan
Released on February 4, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today marks what would have been the 100th birthday of National Organization for Women (NOW) co-founder Betty Friedan. Her groundbreaking work as the “mother” of the modern women’s rights movement includes her seminal book, The Femin Read more …
NOW Commemorates Black Feminist Trailblazers This Black History Month
Released on February 4, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This Black History Month, NOW is excited to engage our grassroots in efforts that will move the country forward on racial justice issues. With a new administration in place, we know we must prioritize making progress towards ending p Read more …
NOW Calls for Boycott of South Carolina in Response to Abortion Ban
Released on February 2, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Organization for Women (NOW) has called for a boycott against the state of South Carolina in the wake of the state Senate passage of legislation that would ban abortions when a fetal heartbeat is detected. The call is jo Read more …
NOW Celebrates Historic Inauguration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris
Released on January 20, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today’s inauguration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will long be remembered by history, and by every one of us who worked so hard for this moment. Donald Trump has spent the last four years taking a wrecking ball to policies and law Read more …
NOW Commemorates MLK Day and Reaffirms Commitment to Racial Justice
Released on January 18, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This Martin Luther King Jr. Day, NOW reaffirms our commitment to continue fighting for racial justice and the lives and rights of Black people across the nation. In the last year, we have seen the impacts of structural racism dominat Read more …
NOW Condemns the Unjust Execution of Lisa Montgomery
Released on January 13, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The middle-of-the-night execution of Lisa Montgomery, hastened by the rush-to-execute mandate of Donald Trump’s Justice Department, was a shock to our system of fairness, justice, and decency. In any other week, it would have been Read more …
NOW Calls for Donald Trump’s Impeachment and Conviction
Released on January 11, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Donald Trump must be impeached now, and for the sake of history. He must stand in judgment before the Congress he defiled, desecrated and made into a target for insurrectionists who answered his call to be “wild” and stop the certi Read more …
NOW Celebrates Native American Heritage Month and Native Feminist Champions
Released on November 23, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C.—November marks Native American Heritage Month, a time to celebrate the over 575 tribal communities of the United States, their cultures, and the countless contributions Native and Indigenous people have made to our society. At NOW, we Read more …
This Transgender Awareness Week NOW Calls for an End to Anti-Transgender Violence
Released on November 13, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C.—As a national conversation around police brutality continued this year, activists brought attention to another issue impacting Black Americans and our nation as a whole — violence against the transgender community. In 2020 alone, at le Read more …