[NOW News] Breaking the Marble Ceiling

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BELOW THE BELT: BREAKING THE "MARBLE CEILING" In her biweekly Below the Belt column, Kim Gandy writes: "Midterm elections are less than two weeks away. There will be an opportunity to elect dozens of new members of Congress who support women's rights and want to change the policies that have caused so much suffering." Read more about challenges to women's rights in education, reproductive health, and protections from violence. ELECTIONS 2006: PROTECT YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE Each and every woman who can vote needs to get to the polls on November 7 -- and those who can't vote should find a way to volunteer. But it is not enough to exercise the hard-won right to vote. Unfortunately, now we also have to defend it. Read More CELEBRATING 90 YEARS, AND THE STRUGGLE FOR CONTRACEPTION CONTINUES Ninety years ago, Margaret Sanger opened the first birth control clinic in the U.S. Sanger and two other registered nurses opened the clinic's doors on October 16, 1916 in Brooklyn, New York. Read More SOUTH DAKOTA ABORTION BAN: TAKING THE LONG VIEW NOW organizes to reverse the abortion ban in South Dakota -- pushing voters to understand the importance of protecting women's health and respecting women's need to plan their families. Read More MORE RECOMMENDED READING: The Terrorists Who Aren't In the News - by Jennifer Pozner, Newsday.com What Women Want - by Martha Burk, TomPaine.com New GAO Finding Says HHS in Violation of the Law - SIECUS Press Release The Stealth "Feminists" Who Oppose Abortion - by Adele M. Stan, Alternet Recent Action by Congress Sets Up Larger Appropriations Cuts in Lame-Duck Session - Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Is the Silicone Boob Job Bouncing Back? - by Lizzy Ratner, Alternet		NOW OPPOSES SINGLE-SEX PUBLIC EDUCATION AS "SEPARATE AND UNEQUAL" "'Separate but equal' has never really been equal for girls, and that has been true of recent experiments with single-sex schools. Segregation was wrong in the past, and it's wrong now," said NOW President Kim Gandy. Read More NOW APPLAUDS NEW JERSEY RULING ON EQUAL MARRIAGE "Today same-sex couples moved one step closer to the dream of full marriage equality in the United States," said NOW President Kim Gandy. "The New Jersey Supreme Court confirmed that same-sex couples deserve the same rights, benefits and responsibilities granted to opposite-sex couples through marriage." Read More ELECTIONS 2006: PROFILES AND ENDORSEMENTS With election day approaching, we've posted additional candidate endorsements on the NOW PACs website and we'll be adding more candidate profiles in the next week. Voter Guide | Profiles NOW ACTIVISTS TAKING ACTION FROM ALABAMA TO IDAHO A mix of NOW, NOW PAC and NOW Foundation projects are underway in states around the country. Read more about some of these projects. Read More RESPONDING TO THE "BOY CRISIS" In an editorial response in USA Today, NOW President Kim Gandy writes, "The so-called boy crisis has received more than its fair share of media attention this year. Let's put the 'crisis' in perspective. The most reliable data do not support the theory that boys are failing at school." Read More LOVE YOUR BODY DAY CELEBRATES WOMEN'S BODIES, TAKES ON ADVERTISERS "Love Your Body Day is a day of action designed to combat the impossible beauty standards promoted by airbrushed advertising, Hollywood and the fashion industry," says NOW Foundation President Kim Gandy. Read More
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