Structure

Printable PDF Local Chapters Most of NOW’s politicking and organizing is carried out by more than 600 local chapters that do everything from staging protest marches and pickets to coordinating educational programs. Each chapter must have at least ten members and each elects its own, generally unpaid, officials. Each chapter must elect a president and treasurer and usually Read more …

Our Issues

Printable PDF Reproductive Rights and Justice: NOW affirms that reproductive rights are issues of life and death for women, not mere matters of choice. NOW fully supports access to safe and legal abortion, to effective birth control and emergency contraception, to reproductive health services and education for all women. We oppose attempts to restrict these rights Read more …

Racial Justice

 “If one could characterize in a single phrase the contribution of Black women to America, I think it would be ‘survival with dignity against incredible odds.”  NOW co-founder the Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray   NOW Stands in Solidarity to Combat Racism and Discrimination Ending racism is one of NOW’s six core issues. We are committed to identifying Read more …

Letter to Florida Officials Regarding Case Against Marissa Alexander

The National Organization for Women (NOW) has long fought for the rights of women throughout the United States, seeking justice for those that have been victimized or discriminated against. We believe that both of these situations have occurred in the Marissa Alexander case.

Will there be justice in 14-year-old rape victim’s case?

Irin Carmon writes for MSNBC.com: “Last Thursday, among the hundreds of protesters outside the offices of a Montana judge who shortened to 30 days the sentence of a teacher convicted of raping his 14-year-old student, was a surprise guest: the judge hims…