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Faithful to the 1966 NOW Statement of Purpose which stipulates that the organization will "hold itself independent of any political party", will "strive to ensure that no party, candidate, president, senator, governor, congressman or public official...betrays or ignores the principle of full equality between the sexes" and that the "power of American law and the protection guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution to the civil rights of all individuals must be effectively applied and enforced"...
Adding to the NOW original intent to stand for the rights of all women in all facets of society and in keeping with the March 1997 "Women-Friendly Workplace" national campaign aimed at eradicating sexual misconduct from the business and political work environment, the dissident Dulles Area Chapter of the National Organization for Women declares its support of Paula Corbin Jones and her efforts to obtain legal redress for the wrongs she believes she suffered.
We continue to be chagrined at the lack of leadership from national NOW on sexual harassment which has jeopardized the overall credibility of the women's movement. Therefore, we maintain our call for their immediate resignation. |
