Happy Valentine's Day: Send a NOW E-Card
Show your support for Equal Marriage or Ending Violence Against Women with one of our special Valentine's Day e-cards.
2005: A Dramatic Year for Women's Reproductive Rights
Women's reproductive rights were in sharp focus in 2005, facing attacks
at both the federal and state level and as a central issue in the battle
around two Supreme Court vacancies.
Reprehensible Budget Slashes Human Needs Programs to Pay for Tax Cuts for the Rich
The House narrowly approved the 2006 budget bill that cuts nearly $40 billion over five years from critically important programs including Medicaid, child support enforcement, disability assistance, child care for poor families, welfare funding and student loan programs.
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NOW, Allies
Support Lawsuit Calling for EC Access at Wal-Mart
At the same time Wal-Mart faces the largest gender discrimination class action lawsuit in U.S. history, three Massachusetts women are now suing Wal-Mart over its failure to provide access to emergency contraceptive pills.
In Memoriam: Coretta Scott King
We mourn the loss of social justice champion Coretta Scott King, widow of slain civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Alito Confirmation Means Step Back for Women
Despite a courageous filibuster led by Senators Kennedy and Kerry, the full Senate voted to fill Sandra Day O'Connor's Supreme Court seat with extreme conservative Samuel Alito, jeopardizing decades of gains for women.
"Supporters of women's rights, civil rights and the separation of powers lost this pivotal vote because senators who should have been fighting for their constituents chose not to do so," said NOW President Kim Gandy.
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NOW to lead an International Women's Day Delegation to Venezuela
Together with Global Exchange and the US Women and Cuba Collaboration, NOW will lead a delegation from the United States to Venezuela to participate in the Venezuelan Solidarity Delegation March 5-16.
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Don't Get Weary...
Kim writes in her biweekly Below the Belt column, "We lost two of our own soldiers last week, Coretta Scott King and Betty Friedan, whose leadership in the civil rights and women's rights movement inspired us all to keep moving forward, every day. But I am heartened by Scott King's closing words at the 1978 NOW Conference: 'So let us continue to work together, because when we are together there is a kind of strength that we get from each other... My sisters, let us walk together, and don't get weary.'"
NOW Helps Lifetime TV Return to DISH Network Lineup
Success! After NOW members sent messages to DISH Network CEO Charlie Ergen, the network and Lifetime announced an agreement to return Lifetime's channels to the lineup on the DISH Network.
NOW Joins Call for Emergency Gulf Coast Renewal Plan
NOW President Kim Gandy joins several other groups to demand that the Bush administration stop stalling, stop giving out no-bid contracts, and start cooperating in the restoration of our ravaged Gulf Coast and its people.
In Memoriam: Betty Friedan
Today NOW and the nation celebrate the life and legacy of Betty Friedan, one of the founders of NOW and the modern women's rights movement.
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Thanks For Making Our Online Campaigns So Successful
In spite of the harsh political climate, your responses to our action alerts have made a real difference. Just think what might have happened with twice or three times as many of us taking action!
New Year Starts With Legislative Victories for Women
Two issues we followed throughout 2005 — the Bureau of Labor Statistics' decision to discontinue collecting women workers data and reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act — have been successfully resolved.
Bush Gives Cronies Holiday Treats with Recess Appointments
George W. Bush used the holiday recess to fill 17 key government posts, misusing his "emergency" appointment powers to bypass congressional hearings—and bypass lawmakers' constitutional role in confirming presidential nominations.
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