Press Releases

Statement by NOW President Christian F. Nunes   WASHINGTON, D.C. – Let’s raise awareness and shed light on the horrific practice of human trafficking during this year’s World Day Against Trafficking in Persons. Women and girls represent 65 percent of all trafficking victims globally and are subject to violence, exploitation, and cruelty. We must negate the Read more …

Statement by National NOW President Christian F. Nunes  The promise of our democracy has been denied too long, for too many. The barriers that keep Black, Brown, Indigenous, young, and new Americans from voting must come down—NOW!  The Freedom to Vote Act, re-introduced in Congress yesterday afternoon, will set national standards for voters to safely Read more …

Statement by National NOW President Christian F. Nunes  The word “woman” does not appear in the U.S. Constitution, and to the privileged white men who wrote it, many of them slaveholding, that was a feature, not a bug.  These men didn’t want women to own property, vote, or have bodily autonomy. They saw women’s rights Read more …

Statement by National NOW President Christian F. Nunes WASHINGTON, D.C. — National Now President Christian F. Nunes issued the following statement in response to the House approving the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which authorizes $886 billion for the national defense budget for 2024. This legislation specifically and purposely removes funding for travel reimbursement for Read more …

“At a time when women have seen their bodily autonomy stripped away and their ability to make their own medical decisions limited, this is a welcomed shift forward.”