Press Releases

Washington, D.C. — NOW applauds President Biden’s new framework for his Build Back Better Agenda that sets a course to achieve our climate goals, expand affordable healthcare and the Child Tax Credit and support childcare services, like free pre-school. While this is a historic investment in our future, we are deeply disappointed by the removal of funding for a national paid family leave policy.  It’s a policy that contradicts the White House’s own recent pledge from its Gender Policy Council’s National Strategy, which Read more …

Washington, D.C. – The Biden-Harris Administration was elected to advance the full participation of all people, regardless of gender. With the release of the first-ever national gender strategy to advance equity and equality, that’s precisely what it’s doing.   NOW applauds the interconnected priorities identified by the strategy, including a renewed national focus on gender-based violence from a trauma-informed perspective. It is imperative that Read more …

Media Advisory October 20, 2021                                                                                                      Read more …

Senate Democrats stood up for democracy—but Republicans, to their everlasting shame, used the filibuster to once again block debate.