[NOW News] Party Crashers at the Old Boys' Club

Support NOW's Work |	April 3, 2007	| Tell a Friend

BELOW THE BELT: PARTY CRASHERS AT THE OLD BOYS' CLUB "For a change, none of us felt like party crashers at the good old boys' club," writes NOW President Kim Gandy in her bi-weekly column. Read more commentary on Hillary Clinton making history, and what's up with the increasingly common (and increasingly gruesome) images of women being raped, tortured and murdered ? in ads, on billboards, and even on television. DISMANTLE THE MOM MYTH Join NOW"s "Dismantle the Mom Myth" campaign and demand that your local media outlets tell the truth about the challenges women face when trying to balance work and family. Write a letter to the media FIGHTING ABORTION BANS ONE STATE AT A TIME NOW activists throughout the country are fighting abortion bans in their states. "What is most frustrating about these horrible anti-woman bills is that they take feminist activists' time and energy away from other very important work," says Melody Drnach, NOW's Action Vice President. Read More NEW YFTF MEMBERS APPOINTED The Young Feminist Task Force advises NOW on matters of agenda, leadership recruitment and issue prioritization regarding young feminists in the organization. Read about the current members of the Task Force | Check out NOW's other Young Feminist programs MORE RECOMMENDED READING: Mother Load: Why Can't America Have a Family-Friendly Workplace - The American Prospect NOW Demands Access to Program Geared to Fathers - by Christopher Lee, The Washington Post Women's Leaders Put ERA Back on the Agenda - by Allison Stevens, Women's eNews		NOW PAC PROUDLY ENDORSES SENATOR HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON FOR PRESIDENT IN 2008 NOW PAC Chair Kim Gandy says, "NOW PAC's 'Make History With Hillary' campaign will organize and energize women's rights supporters across the country -- urging women and men across this nation to stand up and say "I'm Ready" for a woman president -- for this woman president." Make History With Hillary YOU SACKED KEROACK! We were the first to call for grassroots action to oust Eric Keroack, who had been installed by the Bush administration as the head of our nation's family planning program, despite his opposition to contraceptive use, when we launched our "Sack Keroack" campaign last November. On Thursday, March 29, we achieved a victory when he submitted his resignation! Read More NOW AND LEGAL MOMENTUM FILE COMPLAINTS AGAINST SEX DISCRIMINATION IN JOB TRAINING PROGRAMS Legal Momentum and NOW filed complaints with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services alleging sex discrimination in 34 of the first 100 programs funded by the Bush administration under its new "Responsible Fatherhood" initiative. Read More JOIN US AT THE HUBERT H. HUMPHREY CIVIL RIGHTS AWARD DINNER NOW is a long-time member of the Executive Committee of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, and we invite you to join us in supporting the LCCR's annual Hubert H. Humphrey Civil Rights Dinner. If you want to purchase your ticket through NOW and be seated at our table with Kim Gandy, please let us know.
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