On the Record

WASHINGTON, D.C. – NOW applauds the House of Representatives for passing HR 51 and supporting D.C. statehood. We urge the Senate to do the same and officially recognize Washington D.C. as the 51st state. It is time we upheld our country’s democratic va Read more …

WASHINGTON, D.C. – NOW is excited to celebrate Earth Day this year! Today is a day to appreciate all that our planet provides us and to recommit to protecting it and all the people who live and depend on it.  We must take action to stop the escalating  Read more …

WASHINGTON, D.C. – NOW is proud to join Black Mamas Matter Alliance and other organizations across the country in showing our support for Black Maternal Health Week. While it is clearer than ever that the inequitable and discriminatory American health Read more …

As the COVID –19 pandemic raged this past year, an increased number of American women endured an ongoing plague of sexual assault. This public health and human rights crisis affects everyone – women, girls, transgender women, transgender men, men, boys Read more …

WASHINGTON, D.C. – NOW is proud to celebrate International Transgender Day of Visibility. Today we remind the world that trans women are women, trans girls are girls, and that non-binary and gender-nonconforming people are valid in their stated identit Read more …

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Georgia’s Republican Governor, Brian Kemp, hid behind a locked door to sign his controversial new voter suppression bill into law, but Georgia state Rep. Park Cannon wasn’t going to let him suppress her constituents’ voices in secrec Read more …

Since Equal Pay Day was established by the National Committee on Pay Equity in 1996, the gender pay gap has decreased by less than 10 cents. Between 2018 to 2019, this disparity remained virtually stagnant with women earning only 82 cents on average fo Read more …

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Organization for Women applauds the House of Representatives for passing the American Dream and Promise Act of 2021. This is a vital first step in permanently protecting undocumented immigrants from the threat of deporta Read more …

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Organization for Women takes this International Women’s Day to acknowledge and celebrate the accomplishments of women around the world and the obstacles we have had to overcome on the journey.  This year has been a diffi Read more …

WASHINGTON, D.C. – This Women’s History Month and every month, NOW celebrates women’s historic achievements in the national spotlight and behind the scenes. Even now as women are bearing the brunt of a national health and economic crisis and are still Read more …