WASHINGTON, D.C. – This Women’s History Month and every month, NOW celebrates women’s historic achievements in the national spotlight and behind the scenes. Even now as women are bearing the brunt of a national health and economic crisis and are still the majority of frontline and essential workers battling COVID-19, they continue to overcome the obstacles before them and make strides Read more …
Under the Trump Administration these past four years, the bold advances that women have made over the past decades, particularly those of our Black, Indigenous, Women of Color, Latinx, trans, and gender non-conforming relatives, have come under threat of regressing. We know the first 100 days are crucial in setting the tone and establishing priorities Read more …
Under the Trump Administration these past four years, the bold advances that women have made over the past decades, particularly those of our Black, Indigenous, Women of Color, Latinx, trans, and gender non-conforming relatives, have come under threat of regressing. We know the first 100 days are crucial in setting the tone and establishing priorities for Read more …
A New Year, A New Start: Bear Atwood – 12/30/2020 A Down Payment on COVID Relief: Bear Atwood- 12/23/2020 NOW’s Commitment to Ending Violence Against Women – 12/16/2020 What It Means To Be A Feminist – 12/9/2020 We Must Protect Asylum Seekers – 12/2/2020 Thankful for Our Grassroots – 11/15/2020 Undoing Trumps Damage – 11/20/2020 Celebrating A Historic Vice President-Elect, Kamala Read more …
2021 Racial Justice Summit 2020 was a challenging year. The outbreak of COVID-19 disrupted the lives of people all around the world. International, state, and local leaders acted. However, the hyperpoliticization of the pandemic response and historic global inequities resulted in asymmetric containment and disproportional access to fundamental resources. Social and economic dislocation has been widely felt, Read more …
As you may have seen, we’ve recently launched a listening and discussion series with our partners at Black Women’s Blueprint, “100 Days of a Feminist Agenda: Healing from Centuries of Oppression—Our Work is Not Done Yet.” Over the past four years, it’s become evident that listening (and uplifting) the experiences of those communities who have been harmed most under the Trump Administration is a Read more …
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Organization for Women (NOW) joins a diverse coalition of organizations to applaud President Biden for taking the first steps to undo the harms of the previous administration’s dangerous and restrictive policies that robbed countless people of the right to control their own bodies and access sexual and reproductive health care, including abortion. Rescinding the Read more …
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today’s inauguration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will long be remembered by history, and by every one of us who worked so hard for this moment. Donald Trump has spent the last four years taking a wrecking ball to policies and laws that protect against discrimination, violence against women, and threats to Read more …
We will remember where we were today when we watched Kamala Harris sworn in as Vice President. We will remember her hand on Thurgood Marshall’s Bible, held by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. We will not forget how it felt to see the first woman, first Black woman and first person of South Asian heritage take the Read more …
NOW Joins Call to Action on Lawmakers and Tech Companies to Address Violence WASHINGTON, D.C. — The insurrection at the U.S. Capitol was the most shocking assault on our democracy to unfold before our eyes since the horrific attacks of 9/11. But unlike the sneak attack from terrorists based overseas, this violence was organized, in Read more …