Equality in pay, job opportunities, political structure, social security and education will remain an elusive dream without a guarantee of equality in the U.S. Constitution. The progress we have made — and must continue to make — towards women’s equality can be lost at any time because those advances depend on legislation that can be (and has been) weakened or repealed by Congress. Although we did not succeed in ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment, winning a constitutional guarantee of equality for women remains one of NOW’s top priorities.
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Latest News:
2009-2011
- National Organization for Women Celebrates Women’s Equality Day (08/11)
- Gender Wage Gap, Current Threats to Economic Justice Linked (04/11)
- Equal Rights Amendment: Yes, We Must! (03/11)
- Women’s Rights Must Be Guaranteed in the U.S. Constitution (01/11)
- Women’s Rights Advocates Demand U.S. Constitution Guarantee Women’s Rights (01/11)
- Women’s Equality Day: Time for Constitutional Guarantee of Women’s Rights (08/10)
- NOW Calls for Leadership from President Obama on Key Women’s Rights Issues (03/10)
- Ted Kennedy — Women’s Rights Strongest Champion in Congress (09/09)
- NOW Hails Reintroduction of the Equal Rights Amendment (07/09)
- 2009 National NOW Conference Resolutions: Equal Rights Amendment (07/09)
- Letter to Sec. Duncan from Coalition on Women’s Appointments re Assistant Secretary for Gender Equity and Office for Gender Equity (PDF) (05/09)