NOW Foundation, Inc.

About the NOW Foundation

The National Organization for Women Foundation ("NOW Foundation") is a 501(c) (3) organization devoted to furthering women's rights through education and litigation. The NOW Foundation is affiliated with the National Organization for Women, the largest women's rights organization in the United States, with a membership of over 500,000 contributing women and men in more than 550 chapters in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Annual Reports

NOW Foundation Work

NOW Foundation Announces Love Your Body Poster Contest Winners

View the 2008 winning poster entries, send an e-card with the designs, and learn more about entering your own submission.

Abortion Around the World - Overview (May 2008)

Economic Justice Summit An inspiring and diverse mix of grassroots activists, academic researchers and program managers came together at the 2008 Summit on Economic Justice for Women in Atlanta, Ga., April 11-12.

Feminist Super Bowl AdWatch Finds Few Women, but Plenty of Demeaning Stereotypes (February 2008)

NOW Foundation Goes on Offensive with 2008 Feminist Super Bowl AdWatch (January 2008)

Title IX at 35 - Progress Measured, Gaps Remaining (January 2008)

Read the NOW Foundation Times - a special year-end edition of NOW's national newspaper (December 2007)

Testimony at Hearing on Immigration Legislation - NOW Foundation Calls for Justice for Immigrant Women (November 2007)

Testimony at Congressional Briefing on Social Security and Women (November 2007)

Comments on Media Localism to the Federal Communications Commission (October 2007)

NOW Foundation Opposed Southwick Nomination (October 2007)

NOW Foundation Celebrates 10th Annual Love Your Body Day (October 2007)
Watch Our Slideshow: Sex, Stereotypes and Beauty: The ABCs and Ds of Commercial Images of Women

NOW Foundation Releases New Report on Emergency Contraception
Today we mark the one year anniversary of the Food and Drug Administration's decision to allow over-the-counter sale of emergency contraception (EC) to women ages 18 and over with the release of a report entitled: "Limited Success: One Year of Access to Emergency Contraception".
Download the report (PDF) (August 2007)

NOW Foundation Letter to FCC on Media Ownership (PDF) (03/07)
Title IX in Danger: Proposal Would Weaken Training Access (PDF) (02/07)
NOW Submits Further Comments On Consolidation of Media Ownership (01/07)
Archive of NOW Foundation's work

The Crisis in Family Courts
Love Your Body Campaign
Women's Health Project
Become a Media Activist!
- Watch Out, Listen Up!
- NOW Foundation's work with the Federal Communications Commission (03/07)
NOW v. Scheidler

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