Released on January 17, 2025
NOW National President Christian F. Nunes released this response to President Joe Biden’s statement about the ERA. We need the Equal Rights Amendment, and we need it NOW. President Biden is right when he affirms that the ERA has cleared all necessary hurdles to be formally added as the 28thAmendment. It is the law of the Read more …
Released on January 14, 2025
Statement by National NOW President Christian Nunes WASHINGTON, DC–When Arizona Senator Mark Kelly asked Pete Hegseth about the sexual assault allegation against him and the numerous reports of public intoxication and sexual harassment of young women, he didn’t apologize or explain—instead he called them “anonymous smears.” When Senator Mazie Hirono of Hawaii asked if Hegseth Read more …
Released on January 9, 2025
Freedom Plaza, Washington, DC – 3:30 – 5:00 p.m. EST President Biden: You have Six Days to Protect Women and Girls WASHINGTON, DC—Join NOW, Young Feminist Party, the ERA Coalition, The Feminist Front, and more at a rally to demand #ERANow in Biden’s last few days in office. President Biden has a chance to secure Read more …
Released on January 7, 2025
Every year since 2010, the President has dedicated the month of January to raise awareness about human trafficking and to educate the public about how to identify and prevent this crime. NOW members know that we cannot step away from the bipartisan commitment to protect and empower survivors of all forms of human trafficking; to Read more …
Released on January 7, 2025
On January 2, President Biden honored former NOW President Eleanor Smeal with the Presidential Citizens Medal–the nation’s second highest civilian honors—for “defining the movement for women’s rights.” The official proclamation reads: “From leading massive protests and galvanizing women’s votes in the 1970s to steering progress for equal pay and helping the Violence Against Women Act Read more …