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Latest News

• NOW Foundation Presents Panel on Indigenous Women at UN Event (03/12)
• On International Women's Day NOW Calls for End to the "War on Women" (03/11)
• CEDAW Hearing Encouraging, U.S. Ratification Long Overdue (11/10)
• Tell your Senators to urge Senator Kerry to hold a vote on CEDAW (11/10)
• NNT Article: Ratify Women Campaign Launches (05/10)
• NOW Remembers and Celebrates the Life and Legacy of Civil Rights and Women's Rights Activist Dr. Dorothy Height (04/10)
• New! CEDAW Issue Page (03/10)
• NOW Calls for Leadership from President Obama on Key Women's Rights Issues (03/10)
• Letter to President Obama Urging His Leadership in Securing U.S. Ratification of CEDAW (03/10)
• Haitian Women's Desperate Lives--Education and Reproductive Health Care Must be Addressed in Re-Building Efforts (03/10)
• Women of Haiti: A Violent History and Uncertain Future (03/10)
• NOW Echoes President Obama: Don't Quit on Women (01/10)

Archive

2008-2009

• Women Need a Strong CEDAW, Not One with Disabling RDUs (08/09)
• Afghan Women and Girls Need Our Help (08/09)
• Continued Threats to Afghan Women Require Support in U.S. and Worldwide (08/09)
• NOW Calls on International Court and Mexican Government to Stop Violence Against Women (07/09)
• 2009 National NOW Conference Resolutions: National Campaign and National Day of Action to Ratify CEDAW (07/09)
• International Women's Day March 8: Difficult Global Times Call for Improving Status of Women (03/09)
• Feminist Agenda Survey Results: Many Issues Linked in Struggle for Women's Equality (02/09)
• NOW Cheers Repeal of Global Gag Rule As First Step toward Worldwide Reproductive Justice (01/09)
• Senate Confirms Champion of Women, Hillary Clinton, as Secretary of State (01/09)
• Support International Women's Health Services (04/08)
• Help Reduce Harmful Child Marriages Worldwide (03/08)
• Urge Your Senators to Co-sponsor International VAWA (02/08)
• Below the Belt: A Maddening Reminder (01/08)

2006-2007

• NOW Supports Legislation that Denounces 'Honor' Killings and Violence Against Women (10/07)
• Stop the Sale of Women: Combat Trafficking in the U.S. (09/07)
• Tell Your Senators to Ratify CEDAW (09/07)
• NOW Continues Campaign to End Violence Against Women in Juarez, Mexico | En Español (10/06)
• Urge Election of Woman as Next United Nations Secretary-General (09/06)
• NOW Co-Sponsors International Women's Day Delegation to Venezuela (05/06)

2005

• Hundreds March from El Paso to Mexico in Protest of Femicide - Photo Gallery - (12/05)
• NOW Demands End to Violence Against Women in Juarez, Mexico (12/05)
• Stop the Killing of the Women of Juarez Toolkit (12/05)
• Congress Members Join NOW in Urging Bush to Fight for Iraqi Women (10/05)
• Report Shatters Myths about U.S. Women's Equality (10/05)
• NOW to Protest the Brutal Murder of Juarez Women (09/05)
• Bush Wins the CAFTA Battle, Women and Poor Workers Pay the Price (08/05)
• Urgent Humanitarian Aid, Police Protection Needed for Darfur Women (08/05)
• Tell Your Representative to Oppose the Central American Free Trade Agreement (7/05)
• NOW Calls for Commitment to Stop Brutal Murder of Juarez Women (6/05) | En Español
• Support the Relief and Rebuilding of the Lands and Families Hurt by the Tsunami (1/05)

2003-2004

• Violence Against Women in Sudan Reveals Common Weapon of War (12/04)
• Anti-Feminist Group Awarded Grant to Train Iraqi Women in Democracy (10/04)
• NOW Joins Million Women Challenge (Fall 2004)
• Court Overturns Stoning Sentence for Nigerian Woman Accused of Adultery (9/03)
• House Approves Foreign Aid Bill Without Family Planning Funds (7/03)
• U.S. Is 11th in Mother's Day Rankings (5/03)
• Vives Meets with Women Under Siege in Israel and the West Bank (4/03)
• Open Letter to President George W. Bush Regarding a Possible War Against Iraq (3/03)
• NOW Celebrates International Women's Day with a Rally for Peace(3/03)
• National Council of Women's Organizations Statement on the War with Iraq (1/03)

2002

• U.N. Population Conference Rejects Bush Administration's Anti-Abortion Stance (12/02)
• Nigerian Couple Sentenced to Death by Stoning for Adultery (9/02)
• Fact Sheet: Women's Rights Under Sharia in Northern Nigeria (8/02)
• NOW Denounces Sentence of Nigerian Woman to Stoning (8/02)
• Pakistani Tribe Orders Gang-Rape (7/02)
• U.S. Companies Support Gender Segregation in Saudi Arabia (Summer 2002)
• Women's Rights Supporters Call on Bush Administration to Ensure Democracy and Equality in Afghanistan (5/02)
• NOW Joins Vast Coalition Opposing 'Fast Track' Trade Bill (5/02)
• Nigerian Woman Wins Reprieve from Stoning (3/02)
• Women Must Lead Afghan Government Back to Democracy (Spring 2002)
• The World March of Women Marches On (Spring 2002)

2000-2001

• Take Action: Help Women Rebuild Afghan Democracy (Fall 2001)
• Background Report: Women's Lives Under the Taliban (11/01)
• U.S. Women Applaud Afghan Women's March (11/01)
• Activists Use Internet, E-mail to Advocate for Afghan Women's Rights (11/01)
• Feminists Call for State Department to Bring Justice for Former "Comfort Women" (7/01)
• Women's Health Symposium Draws Visitors from Around the Globe (Winter 2001)
• World March of Women 2000 (10/00)
• NOW Foundation Makes a WISH for Women's Health (Summer 2000)
• Women's Achievements and Global Health on the Agenda for October Events (Spring 2000)
• Feminists Take CEDAW Into Our Own Hands (Winter 2000)

1992-1999

• Armies At War Use Rape as a Weapon (Fall 99)
• Take Global Action NOW (Summer 1999)
• Fact Sheet: Stop the Abuse of Women and Girls in Afghanistan and Call to Action (3/99)
• Women Denied Basic Rights in Afghanistan (Fall 1998)
• NOW Reminds State Department of Commitment to Afghan Women (8/98)
• NOW Pressures Senate for Ratification of CEDAW (5/98)
• NOW Joins the Human Rights Watch "Arrest Now!" Campaign (3/98)
• The Day the Music Died: Women and Girls in Afghanistan (3/98)
• Women in Radio Healing War-torn Bosnia (10/97)
• U.S. Ban on FGM Gains Strength (3/97)
• Fourth World Conference on Women (1995-96)
• United Nations Conference on Population and Development article by Rep. Anna Eshoo (1/95)
• Letter to Senate Foreign Relations Committee Regarding CEDAW RDUs (Lawyers Committee for Human Rights and NOW Legal Defense Fund) (9/94)
• Legal Analysis of CEDAW RDUs (9/94)
• NOW Global Feminist Conference (1992)
• Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasrin