Help Keep Shelters Open and Expand Services to Survivors of Domestic Abuse
The Family Violence Protection Services Act (FVPSA), a vital source of funding for programs that aid survivors of domestic abuse, expired in 2008 and desperately needs to be reauthorized this year.

Time is Running Out - Senate Needs to Pass Paycheck Fairness Act
TAKE ACTION: NOW activists should call AND email their senators, urging them to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act (S.182/H.R.12), which the House adopted early in 2009.

NOW Applauds Signing of Law to Address Safety of Native Women
This landmark bill is a tribute to the years of hard work by Native women all across the country urging Congress to address violent crime and sexual assault on Indian lands.

NOW Participates in Launch of Campaign to
Protect and Strengthen Social Security
NOW is glad to be a part of this large and diverse coalition to strengthen our country's most important and successful social insurance program -- Social Security. Speaking on behalf of NOW's 500,000 members and contributing supporters, my message is simple: Social Security is especially vital to women, who would be disproportionately harmed by cuts in benefits.

Watchdog Not Lapdog Needed to Reform Wall Street
Tell Obama to nominate Elizabeth Warren to head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau!

Defending Charlotte: A Grassroots Success Story

We did it! Thanks to the extraordinary efforts of Charlotte NOW, National NOW, the Feminist Majority Foundation and other allies, the Family Reproductive Health clinic in Charlotte, N.C., was free of harassment and terror threats from extreme anti-abortion rights group Operation Save America for the first Saturday in eight years.

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• Utah Supreme Court Affirms Forced Marriage and Rape of 14-Year-Old Girl
• Get Back to Your Grassroots, Part 2: Get Aware!
• Lessons from Shirley Sherrod
• Health Care Reform and Women: Birth Control 0, Sex Discrimination 1

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NOW Conferences The 2010 National NOW Conference was a success! Stay tuned for our post-conference coverage.

Love Your Body: Do you love what you see when you look in the mirror? See what you can do, and take the quiz!

Say It, Sister! NOW's blog to inform, inspire and instigate feminist activism -- join the conversation online today.

Media Hall of Shame: Read about the media's latest outrages, and rate them yourself!

Help Keep Shelters Open and Expand Services to Survivors of Domestic Abuse
The Family Violence Protection Services Act (FVPSA), a vital source of funding for programs that aid survivors of domestic abuse, expired in 2008 and desperately needs to be reauthorized this year.

Time is Running Out - Senate Needs to Pass Paycheck Fairness Act
TAKE ACTION: NOW activists should call AND email their senators, urging them to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act (S.182/H.R.12), which the House adopted early in 2009.

Watchdog Not Lapdog Needed to Reform Wall Street
Tell Obama to nominate Elizabeth Warren to head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau!

Congress Must Repeal DOMA -- Contact Your Representative
NOW is the time to pressure Congress for immediate passage of the Respect for Marriage Act (H.R. 3567), which would fully repeal the discriminatory Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). A federal district court judge recently ruled DOMA unconstitutional, and the case may well get to the Supreme Court -- but we want Congress to act now.

Speak Out Against Anti-Abortion Terrorism
Groups like Operation Save America and Operation Rescue use intimidation tactics to scare away women from exercising their right to obtain abortion care. By signing this petition, you will send a message that these actions are an organized form of terrorism that must stop.

Help Eradicate Female Genital Mutilation
Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is a horrendous, excruciating, and life-threatening practice forced upon women and girls around the world, including countries such as Canada and the United States.

Tell the Senate to RATIFY WOMEN
The U.S. the only industrialized country in the world not to have yet ratified CEDAW.

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