NOW President Terry O’Neill wrote an Op-ed for OtherWords.org about the importance of keeping Social Security intact for all women: “Women already comprise the largest group of elderly who live in poverty, a fact that reveals the urgency of improving–n…
In a federal court on Sept. 9, 2010, Judge Virginia Phillips delivered a landmark decision declaring the policy commonly known as Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell to be unconstitutional.
We just can’t have someone with obvious animosity toward women and seniors making important decisions on Social Security. This commission is supposed to be developing ways to reduce the national debt, which, by the way, has nothing to do with Social Security. The canard that the Social Security trust fund is going broke is always brought out by the same crowd who want to cut taxes for the rich.
NOW’s Combating Racism Committee, with the National NOW Board’s approval, would like to help organize Combating Racism Workshops for NOW at the regional, state and chapter levels in the coming year.
NOW President Terry O’Neill delivered on a promise when she presented Fiscal Commission Co-Chair Alan Simpson with 1,500 baby bottle tops this morning and promptly asked him to step down from the commission.
NOW members have spoken loud and clear: they want Fiscal Commission Co-Chair Alan Simpson out — and NOW President Terry O’Neill is ready to send him home with 1,500 baby bottle tops. On Wednesday, Sept. 29, at the next meeting of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, O’Neill will hand deliver nearly 1,500 baby bottle tops from NOW members as part of its “Tits for an Ass” campaign calling for the removal of Alan Simpson.
Krissah Thomspon write for The Washington Post: “The effort to track sexist comments and put pressure on advertisers that help bankroll the media figures responsible for some of the remarks comes as women campaign in several high-profile races this year,…
Anna Limontas-Salisbury writes for Women’s eNews: “Petra Rodriguez lost her welfare benefits when she injured her back and couldn’t keep her welfare work assignment. A Legal Aid lawyer says situations like hers help explain why the rolls have dropped–pe…
Obama should be giving this strategy a big re-think.
The United Nations Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) has led to tremendous changes around the world. In agreeing to ratify CEDAW, countries agree to take concrete action to improve the status of women and girls.