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NOW Hear This: March 29, 2024 Newsletter

Message from National NOW President Christian F. Nunes

Greetings Feminists,

Women and women-owned businesses fuel the American economy [ [link removed] ], and by 2028, women are projected to control two-thirds of discretionary spending [ [link removed] ]. Yet women are consistently ignored or short-changed by policy-makers and business leaders. As we face the most consequential election in memory, how the economy delivers for women must be front and center.

As this report [ [link removed] ]from the Center for American Progress states,

From their very first day on the job, women are faced with the economic reality of the gender wage gap, meaning they typically earn less than men—a reality that continues, and often compounds, throughout the course of their working lives and retirements. And Black women and Latinas not only tend to experience the largest pay gaps, but also must manage the economic consequences of a racial wealth gap that leaves them and their families facing persistent economic insecurity.

And the attacks on women’s reproductive health, contraceptive access and other essential care are a threat to women’s economic future.

NOW has long been leading the fight for federal and state policies that expand economic opportunities for women. This agenda must include a federal law to restore the protections of Roe v. Wade; ensuring contraception options are accessible and affordable--including the telehealth delivery of medication abortion; affordable, accessible, and high-quality child care; paid family and medical leave; closing the gender pay gap; ending discrimination and harassment at work and other essential elements of an economy that works for women.

That means we need to finally pass the Paycheck Fairness Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, and improve enforcement of anti-discrimination laws like the Equal Pay Act. The Biden-Harris Administration has taken strong steps to close gender and racial wage gaps and strengthen women’s economic security, leading to the lowest unemployment rate among women since 1953.

But much more needs to be done. Research published in the 19th [ [link removed] ] shows that women say the American economic model doesn’t work for them, citing inflation, struggling to make ends meet, and housing costs taking too much of their income as reasons, among others.

What’s the answer? How about flexible work schedules, public and employer support to cover housing, energy, health, transportation and food costs, the option to work remotely and raising the minimum wage—for a start.

These issue priorities are key to NOW’s intersectional feminist agenda, and the fight for economic justice has never been more urgent. Let’s work together to build a better economic future.

In solidarity,
Christian

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“I truly believe that women should be financially independent from their men. And, let’s face it, money gives men the power to run the show. It gives men the power to define value. They define what’s sexy. And men define what’s feminine. It’s ridiculous,”

~ Beyoncé

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NOW in the News

• Our body autonomy should never be up to politicians. And politicians that use religion as an excuse to try and control women's reproductive health - well Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi has a lot to say about this. Tune into the Feminism NOW podcast with Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi and Christian F. Nunes, National NOW President wherever you listen to podcasts. Live NOW - [link removed]

• NOW In the News | 'Cyberflashing' Could Become Illegal Under New Bill
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• NOW In the News | Supreme Court hears arguments on FDA approval of abortion pill
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• NOW On the Record | Supreme Court Rally To Protect Abortion Pill Access
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• NOW OTR | NOW Celebrates Women’s History Month
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Resources

• NOW Young Feminists | Sign up for upcoming events and rallies
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• Deos 2024 | How Important is women's leadership in shaping the future?
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• Fortune | Millennial women, congratulations—you’re the economy’s new power players
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• UN Women | Women’s economic empowerment strategy
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• Pew Research Center | For Women’s History Month, a look at gender gains – and gaps – in the U.S.
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• Wealthy Women Finance | April is Financial Literacy Month
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• National Women's History Alliance | 2024 Women's History Tool Kit
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• Legal Momentum | Reproductive Rights Resources
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• In Our Own Voice | Resources
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• WCASA | Reproductive Justice
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• Advocates for Youth | Reproductive Justice
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Action

• Support NOW's Work | Donate Today
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• NOW Action Alert | URGE Members of Congress to Fund WIC, SNAP, Childcare and Rental Assistance
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• Social Goods | Shop to Support the Social Goods x NOW Collection
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• ERA Petition | Sign4ERA Petition [link removed]

• National Network of Abortion Funds | Donate for Abortion Funds
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• FreeWill | Your will is a symbol of everything you value in your life. You can use your will to support NOW and a feminist future. Click here to review.
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Upcoming Events

• NOW Young Feminists Virtual Panel | Civil Rights and Activism in the Modern Era: Learning from our Past to Improve our Future
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• National Conference | Register today!
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