CNY Chapter-National Organization for Women

05/10/2026

Moms don’t want flowers for . We want the Epstein files released and the perpetrators arrested.

05/05/2026

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Since the overturning of Roe v. Wade four years ago, abortions in the United States have actually increased, with the rise of abortion medication sent through the mail. Now, a nationwide ruling put the issue back before the Supreme Court – and on the campaign trail.

05/02/2026

05/01/2026

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May is Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month -- an annual celebration of the vital contributions that Asian and Pacific Islander Americans have made to our country. May was chosen to commemorate two historic events: the May 7, 1843 arrival of America’s first Japanese immigrant ...

05/01/2026

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3 likes, 1 comment. "Tucson hosts historic car tour advocating women's equality"

04/30/2026

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The Trump administration rejected all four women farmers chosen by their peers to represent them in an industry group called the United Soybean Board earlier this year, a rare intervention by the U.S. Department of Agriculture that three of the women suspected was because of their gender.

04/29/2026

NOW participated in U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna's Roundtable on Trafficking and Sexual Assault, along with Epstein survivors, members of Congress, and advocacy groups. CSPAN and MSNOW covered the event here

Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) and other Democratic lawmakers held a roundtable with survivors of s*xual abuse at the hands of the late Jeffrey Epstein, and advocates from anti-trafficking organizations, ahead of King Charles' address to a joint meeting of Congress. Rep. Khanna said King Charles declined to....

04/29/2026

NOW attended press conference announcing Living Wage for All Act.

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04/29/2026

NOW Demands Funding for Global Women’s Human Rights
Released on April 27, 2026

The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), adopted in 1979 by the UN General Assembly, is often described as an international bill of rights for women. But today, those rights are threatened by budget cuts that have removed safeguards for women’s rights and end the global commitment to end discrimination against women in all its forms.

The Convention defines discrimination against women as “…any distinction, exclusion or restriction made on the basis of s*x which has the effect or purpose of impairing or nullifying the recognition, enjoyment or exercise by women, irrespective of their marital status, on a basis of equality of men and women, of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the political, economic, social, cultural, civil or any other field.”

Staffing has been slashed and essential funding cut at the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Those actions have left the department unable to carry on its mandated responsibilities to eliminate discrimination, including fewer investigations, reduced field presence, and decreased support for the implementation of international law.

NOW has passed numerous resolutions in support of CEDAW over the decades, as well as programs such as US Cities for CEDAW and the Ratify Women campaign that brought together the call for the Equal Rights Amendment and CEDAW.

189 countries have ratified CEDAW. But the United States is one of only seven countries — the others being Iran, Sudan, South Sudan, Somalia, Palau and Tonga — that have yet to ratify the treaty.

In other countries, CDEAW has helped:

Reduce the s*xual enslavement and trafficking of women and girls
Secure basic legal recourse to women and girls against violence and abuses of their human rights
Free access to primary education and health care where it had previously been denied
Save lives during pregnancy and childbirth
Acknowledge the basic right to own and inherit property, including helping to secure essential development loans to poor women
A UN Women report shows that half of the organizations aiding women in crises are in danger of shutting down due to budget cuts. Without women’s rights organizations, survivors of gender-based violence have fewer safe places to turn. Women’s health and economic security are increasingly at risk.

NOW members demand that the U.S. support full funding for programs that advance the human rights of all women and girls, locally and globally.

04/29/2026

As you may know, Ms. and Feminist Majority Foundation are partners in the Driving the Vote for Equality Tour, which aims to raise awareness and mobilize supporters for the federal Equal Rights Amendment.

You may have read about the Tour in the winter issue of Ms. magazine. This is the website about the first half of the Tour in March launched in New York City for Women’s History Month and pausing in Arizona where it will start again on April 30: DrivingTheVote.org.

On Sunday, May 3, the Tour will be in Los Angeles at the Ms. – Feminist Majority Foundation offices for an open house starting at 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. with a special program at 2:30 p.m. The location is 433 South Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills – with street-level parking available.

PLEASE JOIN US!

Before and after the program, you can visit the Golden Flyer II, the same car used by suffragists 110 years ago when they visited the Los Angeles City Hall. A similar event is planned for Monday, May 4, and will be announced soon.

As background: In 1916, two suffragists, Alice Burke and Nell Richardson, drove 10,700 miles across the country in a bright yellow Saxon automobile named the Golden Flyer. They were the first women to crisscross the United States by car. It was at a time when the federal suffrage amendment was stalled, as the ERA is stalled today. In part because of their efforts and those of thousands of others, this eventually changed. Women won the right to vote in 1920!

Inspired by the suffragists' Drive for the Vote, another drive is now underway—this time to raise awareness and activate supporters for the Equal Rights Amendment. If Congress recognizes the ERA, there will be no further confusion about equal rights for all, regardless of s*x, as the ERA rightly is the 28th Amendment of the Constitution of the United States.

The ERA is needed more than ever to stop the backlash on gender equality, including fighting to keep the right to vote, given that the proposed so-called SAVE Act and rollbacks in the Voting Rights Act which would create barriers to women and people of color voting in the next election. We also need new policies and statutes in states and nationally to prevent s*x discrimination in the future, especially around new trends and technologies, including stronger protections against s*xual assaults and legislation like the Artificial Intelligence Civil Rights Act.

For more background, take a minute to read this post by Pat Mitchell, former President of PBS and longtime feminist activist about the ERA, democracy and why a focus on Congress is so important: The Road to the ERA Runs through Congress.
You are invited to be a part of the Tour at a special event

Sunday, May 3, 2026

Open House 1:30 pm to 4:00 pm
2:30 pm - Special Program

433 South Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills
street-level parking available

Other Driving the Vote for Equality Tour stops in California include:

May 5: Modesto
May 6: Modesto and Oakland
May 7: Santa Rosa and Redding
May 8: Drive to Oregon