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The '''National Organization for Women''' (NOW) is a [[liberal]]  [[feminist]] organization in the [[United States of America|United States]]. NOW was founded in 1966.  Its stated purpose -- not necessarily its actual goal -- is to ''take action to bring [[women]] into full participation in [[society]] — sharing [[equal rights]], responsibilities and opportunities with [[men]], while living free from [[discrimination]].''<ref>[http://www.now.org/about.html About NOW: We Want It All]</ref>

The '''National Organization for Women''' (NOW) is a [[liberal]]  [[feminist]] organization in the [[United States of America|United States]]. NOW was founded in 1966.  Its stated purpose—not necessarily its actual goal—is to ''take action to bring [[women]] into full participation in [[society]] — sharing [[equal rights]], responsibilities and opportunities with [[men]], while living free from [[discrimination]].''<ref>[http://www.now.org/about.html About NOW: We Want It All]</ref>

==NOW's Top Six Priority Issues==

==NOW's Top Six Priority Issues==

==NOW and the MSM==

==NOW and the MSM==

"[[Tammy Bruce]] also noted how, as a NOW chapter president, any agenda she wanted was easily advanced by major newspapers. <ref>[http://newsbusters.org/node/12092 Former NOW Chapter President Exposes Left's Media Agenda], Justin McCarthy, [[NewsBusters]], April 17, 2007</ref>

"[[Tammy Bruce]] also noted how, as a NOW chapter president, any agenda she wanted was easily advanced by major newspapers.<ref>[http://newsbusters.org/node/12092 Former NOW Chapter President Exposes Left's Media Agenda], Justin McCarthy, [[NewsBusters]], April 17, 2007</ref>

[[Tamron Hall]] from [[MSNBC]] participated in Events for NOW. <ref>[http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/mark-finkelstein/2007/08/28/msnbcs-tamron-hall-ive-participated-events-now MSNBC's Tamron Hall: I've Participated in Events for NOW], Mark Finkelstein, [[NewsBusters]], August 28, 2007</ref>

[[Tamron Hall]] from [[MSNBC]] participated in Events for NOW.<ref>[http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/mark-finkelstein/2007/08/28/msnbcs-tamron-hall-ive-participated-events-now MSNBC's Tamron Hall: I've Participated in Events for NOW], Mark Finkelstein, [[NewsBusters]], August 28, 2007</ref>

==I-VAWA==

==I-VAWA==

I-VAWA (International Violence Against Women Act, [http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:s.02279: S. 2279]). I-VAWA would create a new Office of Women's Global Initiatives that would control all foreign domestic-violence programs and funds in the Departments of State, Justice, Labor, Health and Human Services, and Homeland Security. <ref>[http://www.eagleforum.org/column/2007/nov07/07-11-28.html Feminist Abuse of Domestic Violence Laws], [[Phyllis Schlafly]], [[Eagle Forum|EagleForum.org]], November 28, 2007</ref>

I-VAWA (International Violence Against Women Act, [http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:s.02279: S. 2279]). I-VAWA would create a new Office of Women's Global Initiatives that would control all foreign domestic-violence programs and funds in the Departments of State, Justice, Labor, Health and Human Services, and Homeland Security.<ref>[http://www.eagleforum.org/column/2007/nov07/07-11-28.html Feminist Abuse of Domestic Violence Laws], [[Phyllis Schlafly]], [[Eagle Forum|EagleForum.org]], November 28, 2007</ref>

==Women's Equality Amendment==

==Women's Equality Amendment==

Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) introduced the Women's Equality Amendment in 2007. Leaders from NOW, Feminist Majority, the National Council of Women's Organizations and other feminist groups united with members of Congress to launch the joint resolutions.

Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) introduced the Women's Equality Amendment in 2007. Leaders from NOW, Feminist Majority, the National Council of Women's Organizations and other feminist groups united with members of Congress to launch the joint resolutions.

Other members of Congress taking the lead on the new Women's Equality Amendment include: Sen. [[Barbara Boxer]] (D-Calif.), Rep. [[Jerrold Nadler]] (D-N.Y.), Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.), Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.), Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-Calif.), Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-Texas), Rep. [[Hilda Solis]] (D-Calif.) and Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-N.Y.). <ref>[http://www.now.org/issues/constitution/070612amendment.html New Push for Women's Constitutional Equality], June 12, 2007</ref>

Other members of Congress taking the lead on the new Women's Equality Amendment include: Sen. [[Barbara Boxer]] (D-Calif.), Rep. [[Jerrold Nadler]] (D-N.Y.), Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.), Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.), Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-Calif.), Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-Texas), Rep. [[Hilda Solis]] (D-Calif.) and Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-N.Y.).<ref>[http://www.now.org/issues/constitution/070612amendment.html New Push for Women's Constitutional Equality], June 12, 2007</ref>

==NOW vs Walmart==

==NOW vs Walmart==