Women in Congress at All-Time High
Women everywhere won as the number of feminist women in Congress increased to a record high of 77, including three delegates to the House. NOW PAC sent staff to several races in battleground states and also ran phone banks for eight endorsed candidates from the NOW office in D.C. Across the country, NOW volunteers and activists had key roles in critical campaigns and ballot measure efforts.

Tell Obama Your Vision!
Congratulate Obama & Biden and tell them your ideas for a feminist administration NOW! President-elect Obama wants you to share YOUR vision for where he should lead this nation. We're pleased that the Obama-Biden team is seeking input, so speak up NOW.

State Ballot Measures Give Feminists Reason to Cheer and Work Harder
In a number of states across the country, citizens were casting their votes on more than just candidates. From California to Florida, voters weighed in on a number of issues important to feminists. When the results came in, there was both good news and bad news: several strong wins and a number of heartbreaking losses.

Women Voters Bring Clean Sweep, NOW Applauds Historic Win
NOW President Kim Gandy says that the "historic win by Barack Obama and Joe Biden is truly a victory for women and girls in the United States and around the world. After eight years of the Bush administration slashing away at women's and civil rights, shredding social services, and favoring ideology over science, women voters cleaned house today."

2008 NOW PAC Federal Race Winners
A list by state of the NOW PAC endorsed federal candidates who won in the 2008 election.

110th Scorecard Shows Party Line Voting
The NOW 110th Congressional Scorecard of key votes of interest to women illustrates how closely House and Senate members were divided along party lines. In the Senate, the presidential candidates' stood in stark contrast.

NOW Foundation Announces Love Your Body Calendar
The 2009 Love Your Body Calendar features unique art from the Love Your Body Campaign, health facts for women and ideas for action. View the Love Your Body Poster Winners

Take Action Against Sexual Assault On Campus (PDF)
Everyone should have the right to live free of sexual violence, fear, dominance, and inequality. We must fight to erase and avoid the shame and silence of millions of women who have experienced sexual assault. Read NOW's toolkit on how to take action against sexual assault on campus and in your community.

Women in Media Fact Sheet
One of NOW's ongoing campaigns is for equal, fair representation of women in the media. Our "Women in Media Fact Sheet" highlights the extensive disparity between men and women in media, all across the board.

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No "What Ifs" Allowed
NOW PAC Chair Kim Gandy writes in her Below the Belt column, "There is one caution that feminists definitely need to hear: DO NOT pay attention to the polls. Okay, for a few precious moments you can revel in the apparent trend in favor of Obama-Biden and the dozens of women-friendly candidates for Congress. Now stop -- that's long enough!"

We Need A Shot In The Arm
Kim Gandy writes in her Below The Belt Column, "While he disingenuously refers to Obama as someone who will 'raise your taxes,' it is actually McCain who is proposing the largest tax increase in my memory -- the McCain Health Tax. "

Vote for Equality: The NOW PAC has posted its list of endorsed federal winners

Media Hall of Shame: Re-live the most sexist media moments from the 2008 presidential election, and rate them yourself!

Love Your Body: Do you love what you see when you look in the mirror? Take our quiz and check out our calendar!

Reproductive Freedom NOW Reproductive rights are issues of life and death for women, not mere matters of choice.

Tell Obama Your Vision!
President-elect Obama wants you to share YOUR vision for where he should lead this nation. We're pleased that the Obama-Biden team is seeking input, so speak up NOW.

Support Our Valiant Sisters In Their Final Battle
In a show of support for the integral role that the women of the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps played during World War II, Congresswoman Nita M. Lowey (D-N.Y.) has introduced H.R. 3423, the United States Cadet Nurse Corps Equity Act, to classify service in the Cadet Nurse Corps as active military service and to recognize the members as veterans.

Help Pass Paid Leave for New Parents
In June, the House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed their version of the Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act (H.R.5781). Now it is the Senate's turn, and there are only a few short weeks left for them to sponsor and pass S.3140.

Health Care is a Human Right!
The Health Equity and Accountability Act deals with the disparities and discrimination in our nation's health care system, and is an important first step to ensuring that everyone, regardless of their economic, racial and legal status or family circumstances, has health care. It needs MORE sponsors and MORE support.

NO EXCUSES -- Women Deserve Fair Pay
It has been a year since the House passed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act and we must demand that the Senate quit stalling and support a bill to restore our rights.

Restore Affordable Birth Control to Low-Income and College Women
Access to affordable birth control is part of every woman's right to reproductive health care. Recent and dramatic increases in prices for students and low-income women will lead to discontinuation of use, higher rates of unplanned pregnancies and an increase in abortions.