NOW and Women in the Military

Latest News

• Tell Congress: Stop Denying Emergency Contraception to our Servicewomen (08/07)
• Lift the Ban! Ask your representative to help repeal "Don't Ask Don't Tell" (06/07)
• From The Citadel to Military Recruiting – Sexual Harassment in Military More Pervasive Than Ever (09/06)
• Women's Rights Violations Still Pervasive in U.S. Military (08/06)
• Stop Violence Against Women: Updates on VAWA and the Army Sexual Assault Database (12/05)
• Army to Institute Dangerous Sexual Assault Database(11/05)
• Not the Time to Retreat from Equality, Says NOW Leader and Military Veteran
• Military Veteran calls Combat Support Ban Discriminatory, Dangerous
• Combat Ban Wrong Move, NOW President Says

General Information

Profile: Retired Lt. Colonel Karen Johnson,
Former NOW Executive Vice President

Contacts and Referrals for Women in the Military

National NOW Conference Resolutions

• Shannon Faulkner Recognition (1995)
• Lift the Ban (1993)
• Lesbians and Gays in the Military (1993)
• Tailhook Incident (1992)
• Military Witch Hunts (1992)
• Women in the Military (1990)
• Opposition to Draft and Registration (1980)
• Women and War (1971)

Archive

2004

• Action Alert: Repeal Ban on Abortion Services to Military Women (9/04)

2003

• Feminists Applaud Panel Investigating Sexual Assaults at Air Force Academy (9/03)
• Military Women Prevented from Having Abortions Overseas (7/03)
• Panel Investigating Air Force Academy's Mishandling of Sexual Assault Charges Resembles "Fox Guarding the Hen House" (6/03)
• Action Alert: Demand the Appointment of a Victim Advocate to the Air Force Academy Panel (6/03)
• Congress Endangers Military Women's Health With Ban (5/03)
• Military "Don't Tell" Policy Hushes Up Rape and Sexual Assault (3/03)

2002

• Support Funding Programs and Services for Military Families Facing Violence (10/02)
• Senate Votes to Lift Abortion Ban on Military Bases (6/02)
• Female Fighter Pilot Battles U.S. Military's Double-Standard in Saudi Arabia (Spring 2002)

2001-1998

• Military Challenged to Punish its Own in McKinney Trial (5/98)
• Military Members Who Work Together Should Train Together (3/98)
• NOW Calls for Action on Military Misconduct (1/98)
• Military Shame Uncovered (1/98)

1997

• Retired Lt. Colonel and NOW Leader Criticizes Pentagon Panel's Recommendations on Segregated Training (12/97)
• Military's Message to Women: Don't Ask Us to Punish Sexual Offenders and We Won't Tell Tales about Your Personal Life (7/97)
• Military's Message to Women: Don't Ask Us to Punish Sexual Offenders and We Won't Tell Tales about Your Personal Life (7/97)
• Legislative Update: Harman Will Again Offer Amendment for Women in the Military (6/97)
• Lt. Flinn Tail-Hooked By Air-Force (5/97)
• NOW Action Alert: Speak Out on Lt. Flinn's Case (5/97)
• Despite Aberdeen's Verdict: Military is Accessory to Abuses Untile Outside Investigating Process is Implemented (4/97)
• Sexual Harassment: Open Season on Working Women (3/97)
• NOW V.P. Who is Retired Lieutenant Colonel to Attend Armed Services Hearing on Harassment (2/97)
• NOW Leaders Fight to Keep Guns Away From Batterers (2/97)
• Protest at Fort Bliss El Paso Del Norte NOW (Texas) (1/97)
• Viewpoint: Sexual Harassment: Why Is Society Shocked? (1/97)
• New Congress Poses Threat to Reproductive Rights (1/97)

1996

• NOW Calls for Resignation of U.S. Rep. Steve Buyer from Task Force Investigating Sexual Harassment (12/96)
• NOW Challenges All Branches of the Military to Clean House (11/96)
• Supreme Court Shatters All-Male Bastions (11/96)
• Supreme Court Victory Protects Lesbian/Gay Rights (11/96)
• Regressive HIV Legislation Threatens Military Personnel (5/96)
• NOW Plans Supreme Court Protest of VMI Case (1/96)
• Statement of NOW's Karen Johnson: Supreme Court Should Halt VMI's Discrimination Against Women (1/96)
• Citadel Decision Important to Women (1/96)
• NOW Leaders Call Supreme Court Decision on VMI a "Mixed Bag" Victory (6/96)

1995

• New Fronts in The Citadel Battle (11/95)
• NOW Leader with Military Background Says Shannon Faulkner is Still a Winner (8/95)
• Faulkner Makes History at the Citadel (8/95)
• Faulkner Closer to Full Cadet Status (5/95)
• Citadel Challenge Led by NOW Activist (1/95)
• Good/Bad News in Military (Dis)Service for Women (1/95)
• Issue Report: Sexual Harassment