Recently added articles from National NOW Times:

Supreme Court Challenges Roe v. Wade, Freedom of Choice Act Would Restore Rights

Oct 01, 2007; Manning, Holly A; Small, Sarah ... In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court upheld the nation's first abortion procedure ban and rejected the health exception that had been guaranteed by Roe v. Wade since 1973. The five justices in the majority of the Gonzales v. Carhart ruling, including Chief Justice John Roberts and ...

NOW Foundation to Launch Major Media Campaign

Oct 01, 2007; Bennett, Lisa ... Have you had it with the media? Fed up with turning on the political talk shows and seeing only men around the table? Tired of the press discussing Hillary Clinton's cleavage, her voice, her laugh - anything but the real issues? Outraged by sexist, racist, homophobic slurs on the public ...

Veteran Feminists of America Honors NOW Activists, President Kim Gandy

Oct 01, 2007; Ettin, Johanna ... The Veteran Feminists of America (VFA) awarded a medal to NOW President Kim Gandy for her early - and continuing - contributions to the women's movement at a gala event at the Sewall-Belmont House in Washington on Oct. 30, 2007. Gandy joined NOW in 1973 when she was a teenager in New Orleans and ...

2008 Summit on Economic Justice for Women

Oct 01, 2007; Drnach, Melody ... "From Local to Global: Bringing Together Research & Advocacy for the Economic Empowerment of Women" NOW Foundation, the Institute for Women's Policy Research and the National Council of Negro Women, are jointly calling an Economic Justice Summit in Atlanta, Ga., to address economic ...

Engaging Women Project Effectively Makes Connections Between Voter Participation and Policy Change

Oct 01, 2007; Anonymous ... As we know, when women voters turn out in elections, they change the outcome. In November 2006, three new senators were elected with the women's vote: Jon Tester (D-Mont.), Jim Webb (D-Va.) and Claire McCaskell (D-Mo.), thus changing party control of theU.S. Senate. With the 2008 ...

Family Law Clearinghouse on Foundation Website

Oct 01, 2007; Erickson, Jan ... Over the past several years, the National NOW Family Law Advisory Committee has been compiling materials on a range of issues that women face in divorce and child custody cases. The information is of special interest to women involved in difficult cases where battering and/or child sexual or ...

2007 Tax-Deductible Contributions to the NOW Foundation

Oct 01, 2007; Anonymous ... You have four easy ways to make a tax-deductible gift to the NOW Foundation before the end of 2007. Your gift will support our advocacy for women and girls throughout the year: 1. By check. Provided it is postmarked by Dec. 31, you can make a tax-deductible contribution for 2007 by ...

Love Your Body Turns 10: Sex, Stereotypes and Beauty

Oct 01, 2007; Bennett, Lisa ... NOW Foundation's successful Love Your Body campaign turned 10 this year, and it's never been more relevant. The campaign was launched in 1998 to address ways that advertising, Hollywood and the fashion, beauty and diet industries impact women's and girls' self-esteem and body image. The ...

Women Make Progress Under Title IX, But Barriers Persist

Oct 01, 2007; Erickson, Jan ... Though we have made significant progress in increasing women's educational attainment over the last three decades, there are still many serious barriers to equal opportunity in academic as well as athletic programs. Conservative initiatives are steadily eroding Title IX's goal of ...

Coalition Promotes Dignity and Diversity in the Media

Oct 01, 2007; Bennett, Lisa ... In the race for biggest media scandal of 2007, radio host Don Imus is clearly in the lead. Imus' racist, sexist comments about the Rutgers women's basketball team set off 10 days of televised furor last spring. Actions were taking place on the streets as well-from New Jersey to California. On ...

Forward Feminism: The Time Is NOW

Oct 01, 2007; Anonymous ... 2006 was an important year for celebration and reflection as we looked back over 40 years of fearless feminism since the founding of NOW in 1966 and the NOW Foundation in 1986. We experienced a deep sense of pride in our movement, with roots going back more than 150 years in U.S ....

Building For Our Future: The NOW Foundation Capital Fund

Oct 01, 2007; Anonymous ... After more than four decades of inspired activism, it is time for us to invest in a feminist future by establishing a permanent presence in the nation's capital. As part of the Forward Feminism campaign, the NOW Foundation is seeking tax-deductible contributions to buy a building in the ...

Organizing For Our Future: The NOW Foundation Endowment

Oct 01, 2007; Anonymous ... Throughout our history, NOW and the NOW Foundation have been fiercely committed to the power of grassroots activism. We have relied almost exclusively on the donations of individual members and supporters to fund our work, which has been a source of our strength and independence as a political ...

Charitable Gift Annuities: An Exciting New Way to Both Give and Receive

Oct 01, 2007; Anonymous ... Wish you could make a larger tax-deductible contribution to the NOW Foundation but not sure how you could do it? Would you like to receive regular income from your contribution, even after you've given it away? Would you prefer to make a significant gift to NOW Foundation's work ...

Expires December 31: A Singular Opportunity to Make a Year-end Gift

Oct 01, 2007; Anonymous ... If you are at least 70 1/2 and your traditional IRA or Roth IRA contains more assets than needed for your retirement, a charitable IRA rollover could provide benefits to both you and the NOW Foundation. Under an expiring provision of the Pension Protection Act of 2006, you can make a ...

Over-the-Counter Emergency Contraception: The First Year

Oct 01, 2007; Anonymous ... A little over a year ago, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved non-prescription sale of emergency contraception (EC, brand name Plan B) for women aged 18 and older, following a controversial delay of more than seven years. Easing access to emergency contraception was a ...

Book: This Common Secret: My Journey as an Abortion Doctor

Oct 01, 2007; Anonymous ... Inspired at NOWs 1989 march, Dr. Susan Wicklund has been serving women who had no one to turn to. Now she tells their stories. She told The New York Times: "It is one of the few areas of medicine where you are not working with a sick person, you are doing something for [women] ...

Organizers Focus Awareness on Women in Music Videos

Oct 01, 2007; Afriyie, Rose ... The NOW Foundation is committed to raising awareness and elevating the dialogue about the portrayal of women and people of color in the music industry. Sparked by a resolution at NOWs annual conference about the racism, sexism, violence, and other -isms that too often pervade this ...

NOW Foundation Informs Women of Breast Implant Risks, Creates Fact Sheet for Distribution

Oct 01, 2007; Kloster, Taryn ... The NOW Foundation participated in American University's (AU) Oct. 2 "Breastival" by passing out fact sheets, questionnaires, and educational brochures on breast implants to college students. The concept of the Breastival was developed by the Johns Hopkins University Medical School for students ...

NOW Foundation Examines Prison-like Detention Centers

Oct 01, 2007; Vives, Olga ... Over the summer, I visited the Etowah County Detention Center in Gadsden, Alabama, where Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is holding about 140 women on illegal immigration charges. Most come from Latin America, although there are some from Viet Nam, Cambodia and the Caribbean ...