NOW and Economic Justice

NOW advocates for wide range of economic justice issues affecting women, from the glass ceiling to the sticky floor of poverty. These include welfare reform, livable wages, job discrimination, pay equity, housing, social security and pension reform, and much more.

Related issues: NOW and Social Security, NOW and Welfare, Mothers and Caregivers Economic Rights and NOW's Women-Friendly Workplace Campaign

General Information:

• Fact Sheet: Women Deserve Equal Pay (4/07)

Take Action:

• Ask Your Senators: Stop the Home Foreclosure Crisis
• Tell the SBA: Support Women-Owned Businesses
• Ask Your Senators: Support Fair Pay for Women
• Ask Your Legislators to Co-Sponsor the Paycheck Fairness Act
• Sign a Petition: Pay Equity Now! (Download a PDF version for printing)

Latest News:

• Summit Brings Activists and Experts Together for Economic Justice (04/08)
• Results: Votes for Non-Sexist Car Insurance Win 2nd Place (12/07)
• Testimony at Hearing on Immigration Legislation - NOW Foundation Calls for Justice for Immigrant Women (11/07)
• NOW Foundation Testimony at Congressional Briefing on Social Security and Women (11/07)
• NOW Cheers Clinton Commitment to Tackle "Maternal Profiling" (10/07)
• Below the Belt: The Most Terrible Poverty (10/07)
• NOW Calls on Congress to Remember our Children and Override Presidential Veto (10/07)
• Stop the Sale of Women: Combat Trafficking in the U.S. (09/07)
• Background Information on the Fair Pay Restoration Act (09/07)
• NOW Supports the Fair Pay Restoration Act (08/07)
• House Passes "Ledbetter" Fair Pay Act But Too Soon to Declare Victory (07/07)
• Stop Wage Discrimination and Restore Fairness (07/07)
• Adding Insult to Injury: Let Goodyear Know What You Think (07/07)
• Millions of Families Finally Get a Pay Raise (07/07)
• EEOC Clarifies Prohibition on Maternal Profiling (05/07)
• Supreme Court Moves Backward on Equal Pay (05/07)
• NOW and the Wage Project: Working Toward Pay Equity(05/07)
• Women Lose Millions Due to Wage Gap, NOW Calls for Passage of Pay Equity Legislation (04/07)
• Take Action: Encourage Your Legislators to Co-Sponsor the Paycheck Fairness Act (04/07)
• Bottom Line: Low Minimum Wage Means Millions of Working Poor (01/07)
• Passage of the Minimum Wage Bill – NOW says "It's about time!" (01/07)
• Urgent: Tell Us Why You Need A Higher Minimum Wage (01/07)
• Take Action on the Minimum Wage (01/07)
  • »Read the letter NOW sent to Congress (PDF)
  • »Read the letter NOW sent to Senators (PDF)
• Start a WAGE Club! (01/07)
• Voters Support Reproductive Rights and Minimum Wage (01/07)

Archive of NOW's work on economic justice.