NOW takes action to bring women into the mainstream of American society in truly equal partnership with men by working to ensure equality for all women in all areas of life. This includes ending discrimination, violence, and other harmful actions aimed toward women, promoting access to birth control and abortion and securing other reproductive rights for women, and combating racism, sexism and homophobia.
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November's Feminism and Dessert!
Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 7pm
The Community Art Center
119 Windsor St., Cambridge, MA (Central Square)
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MASS NOW/BOSTON NOW ANNUAL MEETING
WOMEN'S HEALTH IN CRISIS!
Saturday, November 14, 2009, 9:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Radcliffe Gymnasium, Harvard University
For more information, see our events page.
Boston NOW's Feminist Book Club will be meeting on Thursday, December 3 from 6-8:30pm at Community Change at 14 Beacon St, #605, Boston. For more information, click here.
NOW Nov 24, 2009 08:15AM http://www.now.org/issues/marriage/index.html "NOW's mission is to promote equality for women—all women. The human and civil rights of all women are included in this effort. For more than 30 years, NOW has been a leader in the struggle for lesbian rights." NOW has recently updated many of its equal marriage online resources. The following pages have seen updates: Nov 24, 2009 07:16AM http://www.now.org/issues/health/stupak_action.html Please check out the latest information about the National Lobby Day on December 2 in Washington, D.C. and sign up if you are interested in participating. Sign up using our online volunteer form, review the schedule, and make an appointment with your senators today! Also, if you are planning a grassroots action in your area, take the grassroots petition and handouts with you. Nov 21, 2009 09:07AM NOW Political Action Committee Endorses Lois Herr in Bid to Oust Pitts http://www.now.org/press/11-09/11-21.html The National Organization for Women Political Action Committee is proud to announce our endorsement of Lois Herr for Congress in Pennsylvania's 16th District. Lois is taking on the all-important challenge of unseating Rep. Joe Pitts, co-author of the outrageous Stupak-Pitts Amendment. Lois rightly called this amendment "a direct attack on the freedom and privacy of American women."
Feminist Majority Foundation FDA Approves Single-Dose Plan B Emergency Contraceptive The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a single-pill version of the Plan B emergency contraceptive, which is currently available as a two-pill dose. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd announced yesterday (see
Obama Appoints Regina Benjamin as Surgeon General President Obama announced yesterday his appointment of Regina Benjamin, MD to the position of surgeon general. The President commented that Dr. Benjamin, who has lost relatives to diabetes, high blood pressure, and blood cancer, has a deep understanding of the health needs facing the United States. ... Judge Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation hearings for the United States Supreme Court began yesterday. Though the first day of hearings was dominated by the Senate Judiciary Committee's opening statements, Sotomayor made a brief introductory statement at the close of the proceedings.
In her opening ... Feminist Majority Foundation
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