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NOW’s core issues are reproductive rights and justice, ending violence against women, economic justice, LGBTQIA rights, racial justice, and Constitutional equality.
America’s Game is America’s Shame
Statement by NOW President Toni Van Pelt: WASHINGTON, D.C. — The day after Antonio Brown became a player for the New England Patriots, a federal lawsuit was filed accusing him of rape and sexual assault. And the day after that, the Patriots, whose owner Robert Kraft was charged with two counts of solicitation of prostitution at
Stop Mitch McConnell’s Sneak Attack on Justice and Women’s Rights—Defeat Steven Menashi’s Nomination to the Court of Appeals
Statement by NOW President Toni Van Pelt: WASHINGTON, D.C. — Mitch McConnell likes to run his do-nothing Senate at a turtle’s pace, but there’s one thing that makes him run like a rabbit—confirming federal judges. The worse the nominee, the faster he acts. Steven Menashi, a legal aide to Donald Trump with an appalling record of inflammatory rhetoric,
Unlock the Future for Women and Girls in Immigration Prisons
Media Advisory from the National Organization for Women: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Thousands of immigrant families are being inhumanely locked away in horrific and immoral detention facilities – and the women and girls among them are suffering the most. Those fleeing to the U.S. are seeking refuge from sexual violence, assault and poverty and they deserve a fair and humane immigration process. If
Honoring the Past, Securing the Future on Women’s Equality Day
Statement from NOW President Toni Van Pelt: WASHINGTON, D.C. — Ninety-nine years ago we finally saw the end of men’s denial of women’s fundamental right to vote. Through 150 years of organizing, protesting and perseverance suffragists broke the unjust constraints on women’s constitutional rights as citizens. As we near the 100th anniversary of women’s right to vote
Look Beyond Averages this Black Women’s Equal Pay Day
Statement by NOW Vice President Christian F. Nunes: WASHINGTON, D.C. — Eight months is a long time — it’s a full year of college, nearly a full pregnancy, and even an entire sports season. It also marks how much longer Black women must work to be paid what White men received the previous year. Black Women’s Equal Pay Day is critical because
Trump’s Court-Packing Plan Must Fail
Statement from NOW President Toni Van Pelt: 08.21.2019 WASHINGTON, D.C.—Donald Trump’s nomination of anti-abortion lawyer Sarah Pitlyk to a federal judgeship in St. Louis is another brick in his judicial wall around abortion. He is packing the federal bench with young, ultraconservative zealots who are committed to weakening or reversing abortion rights. Sarah Pitlyk is the special counsel to
Time Runs Out on Title X—Here Comes the Gag Rule
Statement from NOW President Toni Van Pelt: WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals must stop the Trump Administration from building chains around Planned Parenthood. They want to padlock the truth about reproductive health care from people who are without insurance or who struggle to make ends meet by imposing a politically contrived gag rule on
Steve King is Only Part of The Problem
WASHINGTON, D.C. — There’s the bottom of the barrel, and then there’s Steve King. The Congressman from Iowa, who defended white supremacy, has now come out with a defense of rape and incest. It’s beyond obvious that Steve King has to resign his seat in politics, apologize to the people of Iowa and find something to do that doesn’t involve
Thoughts and Prayers Are Never Enough and They’re Not Enough Today
Statement from NOW President Toni Van Pelt: WASHINGTON, D.C. — The white nationalist who killed twenty people in El Paso targeted more than innocent shoppers and families from both sides of the border. He was aiming to promote the racist, hateful views of a toxic online community that’s been emboldened by what they hear from Donald Trump and his enablers on cable news
The Senate Fails Again to Protect Survivors of Sexual Assault
Statement from NOW President Toni Van Pelt: WASHINGTON, D.C. — The fix is in to elevate General John E. Hyten to be vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the military’s second highest position, despite credible accusations of sexual assault made by an officer under his command. Col. Kathryn Spletstoser has told investigators and the media about