Press Releases - National Organization for Women

NOW Supports Robin Hood Tax

Released on April 17, 2013

The National Organization for Women is proud to announce its support of The Inclusive Prosperity Act, a financial transaction tax introduced today by Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn. The Ellison bill would create a Wall Street sales tax, providing hundreds of billions of dollars in revenue every year for such critical needs as jobs, health care, education, housing assistance for low-income individuals, and expanding and improving the social safety net.

On Equal Pay Day, NOW Calls For Closing of Gender Wage Gap

Released on April 17, 2013

Today is Equal Pay Day — the day when U.S. women’s average earnings finally catch up with the amount men were paid on average in the previous year. That means that women must have worked more than 600 hours into 2012 to attain the same pay men received in 2011.

NOW Calls on Congress to Reject President Obama’s Betrayal of Women, as Chained CPI Compounds Harm Caused by Gender Pay Gap

Released on April 9, 2013

On Equal Pay Day, NOW has a message for Congress: Do not follow President Obama in cheating the women of this country. After facing years of wage discrimination, women cannot afford to be swindled yet again when it comes to their Social Security. Keep the chained CPI out of the federal budget!

NOW Applauds Plan B Decision

Released on April 5, 2013

NOW applauds today’s ruling by a federal judge ordering the Food and Drug Administration to make Plan B available to women and girls of all ages without prescription.

On International Women’s Day, NOW Denounces Anti-Woman Austerity Policies

Released on March 8, 2013

On International Women’s Day, NOW calls upon leaders in the US to firmly reject the austerity model that has been economically devastating to our sisters in Europe. Call it what you like — austerity, sequester, deficit reduction, balancing the budget. I call it a stealth attack on women.