Annual Meeting 2025
Join us in Newport, October 3rd to 5th, 2025. Board elections, social events, and a focus on one of our core issues: violence against women.
Scouts Honor—It’s Wrong To Discriminate Against Girls
Statement by NOW President Toni Van Pelt: That old glass ceiling continues to break, but the cracks don’t run deep enough. NOW welcomes the news that the Boy Scouts of America have once again admitted to their long history of discrimination, this time against girls, and are taking steps to correct it. For more than
NOW calls on the Academy to Revoke Harvey Weinstein’s Membership
Statement of NOW President Toni Van Pelt: NOW is calling for sexual predator Harvey Weinstein to be removed from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. After decades of abusing his power to prey on women, the last place he should be is in Hollywood’s most powerful club. This week the New York Times reported that
Donald Trump’s Denial of Contraceptive Coverage Harms Women
Statement of NOW President Toni Van Pelt: Donald Trump’s hypocrisy and cruelty knows no bounds. The Administration of our Playboy-in-Chief, who famously said that avoiding STDs while he was dating models was his “personal Vietnam,” has issued a ruling that takes affordable contraceptive care away from scores of women. Women’s health will suffer as a
NOW Celebrates Defeat of Yet Another Disastrous Health Care Bill
Statement of NOW President Toni Van Pelt: Today Senate leaders announced they would not vote on the Graham-Cassidy bill–the latest attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Once again, we’re breathing a sigh of relief, and gearing up for the next challenge ahead. Since Donald Trump’s inauguration, ultra-conservative lawmakers have tried over and over again
Trump’s Adolescent Bullying Behavior Demeans All Women
The gif showing Hillary Clinton being knocked down by a golf ball that Donald Trump released earlier this week is almost beyond outrage. “Trump’s continued attacks on his former opponent reveal Trump’s true nature – that of an ignorant bully stuck in adolescence,” NOW President Toni Van Pelt said, “and he needs to stop it”
50 Years of Organizing for Change
Statement of NOW President Toni Van Pelt: The National Organization for Women (NOW) welcomes the opportunity to participate in the March for Black Women and the Racial Justice March. NOW believes that changing the culture that marginalizes, disparages and excludes women, particularly women of color, is our most important work. We were distressed to learn
NOW Stands by Jemele Harris
Donald Trump is a White Supremacist, And Sexist Fox Sports Analyst Clay Travis Poisoned The Airwaves Slamming Harris and Other Women Statement of NOW President Toni Van Pelt: In an appearance on CNN Friday, Fox Sports Analyst Clay Travis was asked to comment on ESPN host Jemele Hill’s remarks calling Donald Trump a white supremacist.
NOW Proudly Endorses the Black Women’s March and March for Racial Justice
Statement of NOW President Toni Van Pelt: The National Organization for Women is proud to officially endorse the March for Black Women, and the March for Racial Justice (M4RJ). The events will take place concurrently, and in solidarity with one another, on September 30, 2017. As our nation reels from Charlottesville, we have a responsibility
Trump Administration Protects the Privileged, Shuns Survivors
Statement of NOW President Toni Van Pelt: Sexual assault survivors are not safe on Betsy Devos’s watch. Her announcement today that the Department of Education would begin rolling back protections for campus sexual assault survivors signals once again that this administration is committed only to protecting the privileged. We’ve seen this in the administration’s treatment
Ending DACA Will Stoke Fear — and Harm Women
Statement of NOW President Toni Van Pelt Donald Trump’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program will decimate protections for immigrant youth–and sends a message to immigrant women, children, and families that their safety is in jeopardy. Trump announced Tuesday that the DACA program would formally cease six-months from now, and