National Organization for Women:
News & Action Summary

APRIL 18, 2012

IN THIS ISSUE:

• Promote Equal Pay: Ask the President to Take Action Against Retaliation
• On Equal Pay Day, NOW Calls For Closing of Gender Wage Gap
• 2012 National NOW Conference
• Stop Anti-Abortion Rights Teen Endangerment Act in Congress
• VAWA In Limbo: Victim of Election Year Politics or The War on Women?
• Survey: Tell AARP what you really want for the future of Social Security & Medicare

Promote Equal Pay: Ask the President to Take Action Against Retaliation

Send President Obama a message in support of equal pay: Urge him to issue an executive order that will protect employees of federal contractors against retaliation for disclosing or asking about their wages. Take action NOW!

On Equal Pay Day, NOW Calls For Closing of Gender Wage Gap

April 17 was Equal Pay Day, the day when U.S. women's average earnings finally catch up with the amount men were paid on average in the previous year. That means that women must have worked more than 600 hours into 2012 to attain the same pay men received in 2011. Read more.

2012 National NOW Conference

Energize! Organize!
Stop the War on Women

Baltimore, Md. • June 29 - July 1

Confirmed speakers:

» Keynote speaker Eve Enlser, esteemed playwright, performer and activist

» Krystal Ball, political commentator, activist and former congressional candidate

» Sandra Fluke, law student who stood up for women's access to birth control

» Heidi Hartmann, president of the Institute for Women's Policy Research

» Tamika Mallory, national executive director of the National Action Network

» Dr. Vivian Pinn, first full-time director of the Office of Research on Women's Health at the National Institutes of Health

Register now, and sign up for conference email updates. The hotel is filling up fast -- make your reservations right away!

2012 is also a regional conference year! Learn more »
 

Become a Sponsor, Exhibitor or Advertiser

NOW also invites you to take advantage of our promotional opportunities - become a conference sponsor, exhibitor, and/or program book advertiser. More information »
 

Stop Anti-Abortion Rights Teen Endangerment Act in Congress

A House floor vote is coming soon on the dangerous anti-abortion rights Teen Endangerment Act, which could criminalize helping a teenage woman access legal abortion care outside of her home state. Tell your representative to vote NO on the "Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act" (H.R. 2299). Take action NOW!

VAWA In Limbo: Victim of Election Year Politics or The War on Women?

During the past few weeks NOW has grown increasingly concerned about whether this Congress will reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act. Even though the bill (S. 1925) has 61 bipartisan sponsors and has passed through committee, the Senate leadership has not yet scheduled a floor vote. Read more.

Survey: Tell AARP what you really want for the future of Social Security & Medicare

You HAVE Earned a Say: Since AARP is claiming it wants to hear from people, we think it's only fair that we give folks a REAL chance to speak out. Take our brief survey on the future of Social Security and Medicare, and make your voice heard to AARP. Take action NOW!