The National Council of Women's Organizations and the Younger Women's Task force just held the widely successful Women's Equality Summit and Congressional Action Day on March 26th and 27th, 2007. Women were the leaders for change in the 2006 elections, voting for ethical government, fair wages, reproductive rights and a new direction on the Iraq war. Women's voices are being heard. Now it's time to move our agenda forward! Click here to go to the Summit website.
NCWO Founder Martha Burk and Feminist Majority President Eleanor Smeal co-author Washington Post op-ed article on Women's Equality Amendment, click here.
NCWO takes the lead in fighting against sexism and racism surrounding the Imus controversy! To read the NCWO Open Letter to CBS and NBC, click here. To read the NCWO letter thanking networks for dismissing Imus, click here. "A company is known by the man it keeps!", says Susan Scanlan in response to MSNBC's Don Imus's sexist/racist diatribe about America's #2 women's college basketball team at Rutgers. Click HERE to read more.
Kimberly Otis named new Executive Director of the National Council of Women's Organizations. To read the media advisory, Click HERE.
Kudos to Former Sorority Women for Successfully Fighting BiasSusan Scanlan applauds young women evicted from Delta Zeta Sorority and their supporters at DePauw University in fighting bias and discrimination. For the full text of her statement, click here.
NEW! We have made it easier for you to add your upcoming event to the NCWO online calendar. For instructions, click here.
NCWO and 60 women's organizations sent a letter to Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao urging the Department of Labor to fully fund and staff the Women's Bureau and reverse efforts to outsource jobs.To read the full text of the letter, click here. To read the press release, click here.
Parliamentary elections were recently held in Kuwait, and for the first time women were allowed to run for office and vote. Click here to read about the outcome.
NCWO Chair, Susan Scanlan, talks about Elizabeth Vargas leaving ABC anchor job. Click here to read the interview.
Click here to read the latest issue of NCWO's Domestic Policy Task Force "Women's Issues Update".
NCWO has created materials to help you take action to protect Social Security. Click here to read the materials.
NCWO passes a resolution to improve working conditions in the Mariana Islands, and urges Congress to do the same. Click here to read the resolution.
The year 2007 marks the 35th anniversary of the passage of TitleIX.Click here to see an invitation to submit a paper on the gains that women and girls have made in sports, fitness, and health at the 2007 NCAA Women's Final Four in Cleveland.
Click here to read NCWO's letter to the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs urging them not to repeal the Equal Opportunity Survey.
The Coalition of Labor Union Women has launched a new program on cervical cancer prevention.
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Resources for Direct Services
If you are looking for help with domestic violence, sexual harassment, or need legal advice, click here.
NCWO Social Security Education Project
NCWO has partnered with NCWO member organizations, Business and Professional Women and the YWCA, in a campaign to educate women around the country about how privatizing Social Security is a bad deal for women. Click Here to view brochures, buttons, and postcards.
NCWO Takes Action on Gender Discrimination in Corporate America
As a result of NCWO's Women on Wall Street project, a nationwide class action lawsuit is filed against Morgan Stanley on behalf of all female advisors at the firm. Click here to read the press release. Click here to read Diversity Inc's article: "ExxonMobil Under Fire for Gender Bias" NCWO condemns ExxonMobil's statement that gender discrimination is unimportant. Click here to read the press release.
Support The Healthy Families Act - Sign Our Petition!
Senator Kennedy and Representative DeLauro re-introduced legislation in April that requires employers to provide a minimum of seven paid sick days a year. Almost half (47 percent) of private sector workers and 59 million total workers in the U.S. have no paid sick leave at all. Some 86 million workers do not have paid sick leave that can be used to care for sick children. Workers shouldn't have to choose between their family and a paycheck.
Fifty Ways to Improve Women's LivesNCWO's book Fifty Ways to Improve Women's Lives: The Essential Women's Guide to Achieving Equality, Health, and Success is here!
About NCWO
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The National Council of Women's Organizations is a nonpartisan, nonprofit umbrella organization of over 200 groups that collectively represent more than ten million women across the United States. The only national coalition of its kind, NCWO has over twenty years' experience uniting American women's groups. Common Agenda:NCWO members collaborate through substantive policy work and grass roots activism to address issues of concern to women, including workplace and economic equity, education and job training, affirmative action, Social Security, child care, reproductive freedom, health, and global progress for women's equality. Collective Action :- Bringing Women's Advocates Together
- Educating Policymakers and the Media
- Adding Women's Voices to the Debate
- Developing Tomorrow's Leaders
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