On the Record

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today marks the 48th anniversary of Title IX, the landmark legislation that set out to ensure equal educational opportunities regardless of gender.  This civil rights law has opened up doors that had long been closed to women and gi Read more …

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Today, NOW recognizes Mom’s Equal Pay Day and acknowledges the enormous wage disparities between mothers and fathers in our nation. Especially in the present moment, sex-based pay discrimination prevents mothers from receiving equal p Read more …

WASHINGTON – Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell made a devil’s bargain to stack the federal judiciary with ultra-conservative judges, cementing opposition to women’s rights, workers’ rights, immigrant rights, LGBTQ freedoms and environmental protections Read more …

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Every June, Pride Month marks a celebration of LGBTQIA+ communities who have been working for equality for decades. These communities and individuals have repeatedly been denied employment protections, health care equity, public accom Read more …

WASHINGTON – The coronavirus pandemic has unleashed a torrent of division, racism and discrimination against the Asian-American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community.  With misogyny, racial division and verbal abuse emanating from the Oval Office itsel Read more …

NOW launches 100 Campaign – Celebration of Women’s Suffrage. In the days leading up to August 26th, we will share on social media our Sisters in Suffrage.

“We don’t see you.  We don’t hear you. We don’t believe you.” That’s the message Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos is sending with the sweeping new changes to Title IX.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – One of the first cases in the Supreme Court’s history to be heard by the public in real-time audio—due to the coronavirus–is Wednesday’s arguments in Little Sisters of the Poor v. Pennsylvania consolidated with Trump v. Pennsylvania Read more …

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Financial management is a critical skill that provides women with greater agency and independence, which is necessary for navigating oppressive economic structures that often pay women unequally.   A study conducted in 2019 found that Read more …

Equal Pay Day marks how far into the year women must work to be paid what men were paid the previous year. But the wage gap for women among racial and ethnic groups is quite different.