NOW and Violence Against Women

NOW is unique in its approach to the issue of violence against women, emphasizing that there are many interrelated aspects to the issue -- domestic violence; sexual assault; sexual harassment; violence at abortion clinics; hate crimes across lines of gender, sexuality and race; the gender bias in our judicial system that further victimizes survivors of violence; and the violence of poverty emphasized by the radical right's attacks on poor women and children -- all of which result from society's attitudes toward women and efforts to "keep women in their place."

Related issues: Sexual Harassment, Women in the Military

Take Action!

• Beyond Extreme: Defeat the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act
• Help Keep Shelters Open and Expand Services to Survivors of Domestic Abuse
• A National Disgrace: Stop Sexual Assault in the Military

General Information:

• Anti-Shackling Kit (PDF) (11/10)
• Take Action Against Sexual Assault On Campus (PDF) (10/08)
• Violence Against Women in the United States: Statistics

Latest News

• Watch UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women Online Presentation (10/11)
• NOW Applauds Diallo for Courage, Condemns Prosecutors, Defense and Media in DSK Case (08/11)
• Senate Testimony Urges Improvements in Violence Against Women Programs (07/11)
• Strauss-Kahn Case Illuminates Violence Against Women Issue (05/11)
• Time to Treat Violence Against Women as Serious Problem (05/11)
• NOW President Terry O'Neill Says: "IMF Chief Must Go!" (05/11)
• On International Women's Day NOW Calls for End to the "War on Women" (03/11)
• Beyond Extreme: Defeat the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act (02/11)
• Rep. Giffords Shooting is an Attack on All of Us: NOW Calls on Right Wing to Disavow Violence and Hate Speech (01/11)
• 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence: Congress Should Adopt IVAWA (12/10)
• NOW Foundation Sends Gun Violence Report to U.N. (12/10)

Archive of NOW's work on violence against women.

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