Released on March 11, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The omnibus spending legislation that passed the Senate on a 68-31 vote finally reauthorizes the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) —the federal law that commits resources to survivors of domestic abuse and sexual violence for diverse communities across the country. NOW has long prioritized ending violence against women as one of our Read more …
Released on March 7, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Every March, Women’s History Month presents an opportunity to uplift women who continue to fight for equality, achieving tremendous feats. Women experience incessant threats to their livelihood, physical autonomy, and safety and have no choice but to fight to control their own lives. This past year, women continued to take hard hits; Read more …
Released on March 2, 2022
“RUN NOW was the best training I could have ever asked for…I took my current skills and was able to transfer them to a campaign in a way that helped my candidate tremendously.” – California NOW member and RUN NOW participant, Monica Podlesh
Released on March 2, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. — We will long remember what was on display at President Biden’s first State of the Union address. Two women sat behind him, occupying for the first time both the second and third highest office in the land. The first woman and first woman of color Vice President and the first woman Speaker of the Read more …
Released on February 28, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Earlier this month, Delegate Danielle Walker, West Virginia’s only Black female lawmaker and a National NOW board member, received a grotesque, racist email that depicted a hooded Ku Klux Klan member giving a Nazi salute, with a message comparing her views on reproductive rights to the killing of children by Nazis. While Read more …