Washington, D.C. — Our hearts are breaking for the women and girls of Afghanistan. As the Taliban completes its total takeover of the Afghan government, women face terrible danger and risk. The advances in women’s rights over the last 20 years are now void as Afghan women are already reporting that they are like prisoners in Read more …
The famous meeting that prompted the founding of NOW took place 55 years ago, on June 30, 1966. In the years since, our community has been on the front lines of the grassroots feminist movement, growing strength at the national level, in the states and through our NOW chapters. In 1967, at NOW’s 2nd Annual Conference, we became the first national organization to endorse Read more …
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and the COVID-19 pandemic has brought this subject into sharp focus for millions of Americans. As a licensed mental health provider focused on treating PTSD and trauma, I have seen the long-term effects trauma, stress, and abuse can have on mental health and overall well-being. We are experiencing an 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 …
This verdict will not satisfy or silence us. Black people fear that they will become the next George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, or Duante Wright because of the police misconduct, white supremacy, and racial targeting that plagues our justice system and sees Black people as threats because of the color of their skin.
As the COVID –19 pandemic raged this past year, an increased number of American women endured an ongoing plague of sexual assault. This public health and human rights crisis affects everyone – women, girls, transgender women, transgender men, men, boys, and nonbinary individuals. It is particularly devastating for Black, Indigenous and communities of color, where the criminal justice system is badly compromised by the profound intersections of systemic racism and Read more …
In the fall of 2019, we launched our “Unlock the Future“campaign on behalf of the women and girls who were being held in Donald Trump’s horrific and immoral detention prisons. We issued a Bill of Rights and held rallies along the border along with elected officials, local leaders, coalition partners and others. Today, our advocacy for, and solidarity with this community in Read more …
Register Here Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney -Keynote Speaker Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney has represented parts of New York City in Congress since 1993. She is the Chair of the Committee on Oversight and Reform and former Chair of the Joint Economic Committee – the first woman to hold both gavels. A champion of women and families and equal rights for all, Congresswoman Maloney is the longtime House sponsor of the Read more …
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Organization for Women (NOW) has called for a boycott against the state of South Carolina in the wake of the state Senate passage of legislation that would ban abortions when a fetal heartbeat is detected. The call is joined by the State President of NOW in South Carolina, Annette Bethel, and members of the Columbia NOW Read more …
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The middle-of-the-night execution of Lisa Montgomery, hastened by the rush-to-execute mandate of Donald Trump’s Justice Department, was a shock to our system of fairness, justice, and decency. In any other week, it would have been the worst imaginable example of such desecration. Donald Trump’s abuse of power corrupts everything he touches, and Read more …