NOW NOW PAC NOW Foundation Media Center Events Members Only DONATE NOW Read This Unequal Predation, Unequal Protection, NOW Woman of Vision Award Acceptance Speech “Making law do something about women’s experience” Americans Finally Consider Women as Competent as Men I was reminded of our mission again this week when I read the results of a new study, published by the American Psychological Association, that found that a majority of Americans (finally) believe women are just as competent as men, if not more so. By The link between domestic violence and mass shootings, explained by a gun policy expert Devin Patrick Kelley had a history of domestic violence. So did Omar Mateen and many, many others. What’s going on? The once-whispered topic of women’s menstruation now has political cachet Spurred by grass-roots activism aimed at lifting the stigma surrounding menstruation, the lawmakers are proposing measures to provide broad access to menstrual products for women. Their efforts include exempting tampons and pads from state and local taxes, compelling prisons to stop charging inmates for the supplies and making them available for free at public schools and workplaces. Nursing Home Abuse Is The Health Care Story You Should be Following “Last month, the federal government signaled its intention to roll back protections critical to the health, safety and welfare of vulnerable nursing home residents. The rule they want to eliminate bans the use of pre-dispute arbitration agreements. These agreements require older adults, people with disabilities and their families to waive their rights to the judicial system before a dispute even arises. Then, any dispute, even abuse or neglect, and regardless of how egregiously they’ve been harmed, is forced into secretive arbitration proceedings.” Next Media Center Press Releases NOW In The News NOW Read This NOW is Taking Action Attacks on abortion care keep coming. But NOW is defending our access to reproductive freedom. Donate and together we can secure equality for all women > facebook twitter instagram youtube flickr spotify Home Core Issues Media Center Get Involved About Contact Us © 2021 National Organization for Women. All rights reserved. National Organization for Women Foundation Combined Federal Campaign FC #11215 OK!Privacy Policy Update