NOW Condemns DOJ Indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center as an Attack on Civil Rights

Released on April 23, 2026

The National Organization for Women (NOW) is proud to stand in solidarity with the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC).  The Trump Administration’s indictment of SPLC is a shocking abuse of power, designed by a Justice Department that has lost its way to serve not the law, but the whims and grievances of a tyrant.  SPLC was doing exactly what its supporters Read more …

NOW Observes Black Maternal Health Week

Released on April 16, 2026

Black Maternal Health Week , held annually from April 11-17, is a campaign founded by the Black Mamas Matter Alliance (BMMA) to build awareness, activism, and community. It amplifies voices and lived experiences to advocate for the elimination of maternal mortality.  Here’s BMMA’s toolkit with the core messages of Black Maternal Health Week and this year’s theme, “Rooted in Justice & Joy.”  NOW members are using this week to recommit to the federal Momnibus Act — the comprehensive solution to America’s Read more …

What Equal Pay Day Means NOW

Released on March 26, 2026

Today is Equal Pay Day — a date no one wants to celebrate. It marks how many days into 2026 women must work just to match what men were paid in 2025. In 2025, the gender wage gap widened, with women earning 18.6% less than men per hour on average. But the widest gaps fall Read more …

Sixty Percent of Americans Will Vote Based on a Candidate’s Stance on the Epstein Files

Released on March 10, 2026

National Survey Finds Americans Are Following Epstein Files Closely WASHINGTON — The  National Organization for Women (NOW), the nation’s leading grassroots membership-based advocacy group dedicated to defending women’s rights, today announced the results of a new nationwide survey showing that the release of the Epstein files will be a deciding factor in how 60% of people vote Read more …

What Women’s History Month Means NOW 

Released on March 6, 2026

March is Women’s History Month. Like every milestone along the timeline of women’s rights, this recognition has not come easily.  The historian Gerda Lerner, one of the founders of the academic field of women’s history, said, “When I started working on women’s history the field did not exist. Men didn’t think that women had a history worth knowing.”  Some still don’t.  In Read more …