Press Releases

NOW Commemorates Native Women’s Equal Pay Day

Released on November 18, 2025

November 18, 2025, marks Native Women’s Equal Pay Day — falling within Native American Heritage Month and underscoring a painful truth about economic inequality in the United States. This date represents how far into the year Native women must work to earn what white, non-Hispanic men earned the year before. Native American women continue to Read more …

Tell the Senate: Don’t Use Lies About Abortion as Reasons to Vote Against ACA Subsidies

Released on November 12, 2025

Statement by National NOW President Kim Villanueva  WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader John Thune’s latest move to tie anti-abortion language to extend subsidies for the Affordable Care Act is a cynical and dangerous political stunt.  Let’s be clear: the Hyde Amendment already bans any federal funds from being used for abortion care.  Senate Republicans who Read more …

Native American Heritage Month

Released on November 10, 2025

Each November, we observe Native American Heritage Month, a time to celebrate and honor the histories, cultures, and contributions of American Indian and Alaska Native peoples.  Native American women have played an important and often underrecognized role in shaping feminist thought and activism in the United States. Many Indigenous communities traditionally had social structures that Read more …

Thank You, Nancy Pelosi!

Released on November 6, 2025

Statement by NOW President Kim Villaneuva  U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s announcement that she will retire after 39 years in Congress — including her history-making tenure as the first woman Speaker of the House — marks the end of an extraordinary era in American leadership. It’s also an opportunity for women to look back on all Read more …