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SAVE THE DATE – 2021 National NOW Virtual Conference, Springing Hope into Action: Amplifying NOW’s Intersectional Feminist Agenda
Released on July 1, 2021
Press Releases
NOW Denounces Bill Cosby’s Release – Technicalities Cannot Stand in the Way of Justice
Released on June 30, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the judicial system in America failed survivors again. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturned Bill Cosby’s conviction for sexual assault not because anyone doubted his guilt of numerous crimes, but because of a prior legal agreement’s impact on the trial. Bill Cosby is free on a technicality, but the women he assaulted, Read more …
NOW Joins Call to #FreeBritney from Conservatorship Abuse of Power
Released on June 29, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The system is failing Britney Spears—but she’s not the only one. Her anguished plea to a judge of “I want my life back” resonated far beyond the courtroom. Millions of women know what it’s like to have powerful men question their mental stability, challenge their independence, usurp their bodily autonomy and jeopardize their health. Spears’ father took advantage of a broken system to lock her into a Read more …
WEDNESDAY: NOW Honors 55th Birthday with Virtual Celebration
Released on June 28, 2021
MEDIA ADVISORY June 28, 2021 Read more …
NOW Hails SCOTUS Move a Victory for Title IX and Trans Rights
Released on June 28, 2021
NOW Hails SCOTUS Move a Victory for Title IX and Trans Rights WASHINGTON, D.C. – In an important victory for Title IX, and for transgender students, the Supreme Court today left in place a lower court ruling requiring a Virginia high school to allow transgender student Gavin Grimm to use the bathroom that conformed to his gender identity. Though Title IX Read more …