NOW and Young Feminism

The participation of women and girls of all ages is critical to the future of the NOW and the women’s movement and the fight for equality. NOW is committed to empowering and involving young feminists, and encouraging an intergenerational dialogue and collaboration to strengthen ties between activists of all ages.

In addition to NOW’s six priority issues, check out the Title IX campaign and the Love Your Body Campaign which specifically focus on young women’s issues.

General Information:

• National NOW's Young Feminist Task Force
• NOW on Campus
• High School Organizing
• Become a NOW Intern!

Latest News:

• Students Against Violence Take a Stand, Refuse to Be Silenced (10/07)
• Young Feminists Mobilize College Campuses (01/07)
• Young Feminist Summit Participants Agree: The Best Is Yet to Come! (10/06)
• U.S. Republican Taliban Endangers Girls and Young Women (07/06)
• N.Y. to Host Young Feminist Summit & 40th Anniversary Conference (05/06)
• Young Feminists Tune In, Turn Out for Reproductive Freedom (05/06)
• Get Up! Get Out! And Get Going! ... To NOW's Young Feminist Summit! (5/06)
• Submit a NOW Young Feminist Summit Workshop Proposal (12/05)
• Enraged & Engaged: Women's Campaign to Defeat Alito (12/05)
• NOW Backs Plaintiffs in New Hampshire Abortion Notice Case (12/05)
• New Findings on Mentor Corporation Reveal Further Disdain for Women's Health (12/05)
• Campus NOW Chapters Provide Resources for Young Feminists (11/05)
• GAO Report on EC Decision Confirms Suspicions (11/05)
• Emergency Contraception: U.S. Out of Step (10/05)
• Find a facility that dispenses Emergency Contraception near you (10/05)
• Send Comments to the FDA on Plan B (10/05)
• Save the Court Toolkit (10/05)
• NOW Foundation Celebrates Eighth Annual Love Your Body Day (10/05)
• Announcing a Young Feminist's Blog On the Roberts Hearings (9/05)
• Emergency Contraception Update and Alert (9/05)
• FDA Women's Director Resigns: NOW Salutes Susan Wood as a Woman of Integrity (8/05)
• NOW Protests FDA with National Day of Action on Emergency Contraception (8/05)
• FDA Fails Women Again, NOW Calls for National Day of Action (8/05)
• Call in to the FDA Wednesday, August 24 about Breast Implants (8/05)
• Contact the FDA on Pending Emergency Contraception Decision (8/05)
• FDA Deception: Uninformed 'Choice' is No Choice at All (8/05)
• NOW Supports Legislation Protecting Women's Right to Legal, Safe Birth Control (6/05)
• Landmark Case Protected Women's Right to Birth Control (6/05)
• Was Data Withheld on Breast Implant Dangers? (5/05)
• Mentor Corporation Hid Breast Implant Defects, Including Flea Contamination (5/05)
• Scientists, Engineers Call for More Women in Math, Science (5/05)
• VAWA 2005 Could Curb Violence in Girls' Lives (5/05)
• NOW Calls for FDA Probe, Questions Integrity of Panel's Recommendation on Breast Implants (4/05)
• Letter to Congress Calling for FDA Probe of Panel's Recommendation on Breast Implants (PDF) (4/05)
• House Passes Anti-Abortion Legislation Endangering Teen Health (4/05)
• Contact Your Representative: Vote on Teen Endangerment Act Set for Wednesday (4/05)
• Stop FDA Folly: Dr. Crawford Should Not Approve Silicone Implants for General Use (4/05)
• FDA Panel Issues Regrettable Decision on Silicone Gel-Filled Breast Implants (4/05)
• FDA Panel Recommends Against Readmitting Silicone Gel-Filled Breast Implants (4/05)
• Testimony of NOW President Kim Gandy to the FDA on Silicone Breast Implants (4/05)
• NOW President Testifies Before FDA on Danger of Silicone Breast Implants (4/05)
• NOW Urges FDA to Reject Risky Silicone Gel-Filled Breast Implant Applications (4/05)
• Put Science First at the FDA: Take Action on Risky Implants (4/05)
• Good News and Bad News for Title IX (3/05)
• Letter to the Department of Health and Human Services Regarding Government Web Site on Sexuality (3/05)
• Tell the FDA That Women Need Over-the-Counter Emergency Contraception with No Restrictions (1/05)
• Tell the FDA That Women Need Over-the-Counter Emergency Contraception (1/05)
• Review of Silicone Implants Tentatively Scheduled (1/05)

Archive:

• Girls: "We Are the Ones Who Can Make a Change!" by Ana Grossman and Emma Peters-Axtell (4/03)
• Take Our Daughters to Work Day is April 25 (4/02)
• You Don't Have to Be Old and Boring to Run for Congress (4/02)
• Attacks on Campus Feminism Spread Misinformation, Propaganda (3/02)
• I Was a Post-Roe Baby (2/02)
• 1997 NOW Foundation Young Feminist Summit
• 1995 NOW Foundation Young Feminist Summit

Conference Resolutions:

• Supporting Young Feminism Within NOW (1996)
• Young Feminists and NOW (1995)