30th Annual Susan B. Anthony AwardsSave the Date! Friday, February 19th at 6:00 pm
The Tibet House, 22 W. 15th Street
Every year, NOW-NYC is proud to honor grassroots activists who are working to make change and improve the lives of women and girls. View this year's honorees and join our celebration! RSVP today. Learn more
NOW-NYC Election Results InUPDATE: Future Is NOW Team Wins Election
NOW-NYC Thanks All Members for Coming Out to Vote!
Staff & Newly Elected Board of Directors
Stop the Hypocrisy at CBS:
Plan to Air Anti-Choice Ad During the Super Bowl!Learn more on our Media Watch page.
"Compromise" on Abortion Coverage UnacceptableMajority leader Harry Reid's Manager's Amendment, which re-asserts Stupak-like restrictions into the Senate's health care bill passed the Senate just before the end of 2009. NOW-NYC stands firmly against a final health care bill that contains newly imposed restrictions on abortion access. Contact your Senators and Congresspeople, and ask them to reject toughened abortion restrictions in the final bill NOW! Learn More
Other Key Links: Senator Gillibrand | Senator Schumer | House of Representatives | White House
NOW-NYC Announces New FAN Page on Facebook!Please become a fan today. If you're already a friend of NOW-NYC on another page, please be sure to become a fan before January 31st, when we will permanently close all our other pages. This way, you can stay connected to NOW-NYC in one place. Thanks so much!
Attention Members: Newly Proposed BylawsNOW-NYC's leadership has been working to update our bylaws. During the next four months, the current version will be reviewed by a group of members. Get details and find out how you can get involved: Learn More
NYS Senate Rejects Bill to Allow Same Sex MarriageCheck out our hall of shame and glory and contact your New York State senators on this issue! Learn more below.
Fight Human Trafficking:
Join Our Ask a Cop Campaign  New York City police officers are on the front lines. They can identify and rescue victims and arrest perpetrators. But many of New York's finest don't even know what human trafficking is. Help NOW-NYC show the NYPD that the need exists for comprehensive and effective training in law enforcement. Join our Trafficking Action Network Committee!
Learn how you can help.
1/29/10- Roeder Admits Murdering Dr. Tiller
1/24/10- In Massachusetts, Barriers to Women in Politics
1/20/10- Women's Movement Mourns Loss of 3 Haitian Leaders
1/19/10- Haiti's Women in the Aftermath of Disaster
1/13/10- Clinton Diplomancy Emphasizes Women's Rights
NOW-NYC Winter 2009 Newsletter Available here!
In RemembranceLillian Kozak, a NOW leader, member, and friend to our chapter died on November 11, 2009. NOW-NYC is proud to pay tribute to her and the major contributions she made to advancing women's rights and family justice. NOW-NYC honored her with a Susan B. Anthony Award in 1982. Read more about her work and life Alice Schaerr Rossi, one of the founding board members of the National Organization for Women, died on November 3, 2009 at the age of 87. Many of her early writings helped form the philosophical underpinning of the women's movement in the late 1960s and 1970s. Read more about Dr. Rossi
Sex and Body Buzz Read more
Researchers Conclude Cosmetic Labial Surgery Equivalent to Female Genital Mutilation
Body Typed: A documentary on the "ideal woman"
Ten Things You Can Do to Advance Women and Girls! Get active. Learn how.
Women's Rights Internships Available for Spring!Learn how to apply.
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Divorce Legal Clinic
Wed., Feb. 10, 6:30 p.m.
Yoga for Violence Survivors & Advocates
Wed., Feb. 17, 5:30 p.m.
Employment Legal Clinic
Fri., Feb. 19, 6:00 p.m.
Susan B. Anthony Awards
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Divorce Legal Clinic
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Healthcare Reform Includes Ban on Abortion Coverage
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Restore Women's Right to Jury Trials
Support women employed by companies with government contracts
Call for State Senator Monserrate's Removal
Elected officials should not get free pass on violence
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Stop CBS From Airing Anti-Choice Ad During Super Bowl!
Focus on the Family to Get Air Time Violence Against Women Increases On TV
Get Your Voice Heard at the Networks Breast Cancer Charity Steps Over the Line
Launches "Save the Boobs" Ad Are Women Really Unhappy?
NOW-NYC Debunks the Myths
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Book of the Month Secrets and Confidences: The Complicated Truth
About Women's Friendships
by Karen Eng
February 3rd
Labor of Love: A Midwife's Memoir
by Kara Muhlhahn
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