Boston Marathon Tragedy
The President’s Budget Request Comes to the Dance Floor
Join us for Mother’s Day as we celebrate Susan Shaer’s 20 years at WAND and WAND “Women to Watch!”
Georgia WAND meets with Congressman Hank Johnson
WAND Hosts a Roundtable Dialogue on Women, Peace, and Security
WAND Applauds Treaty Restricting Arms Trade
WAND Celebrates New Women in the 113th Congress
Webinar: Riding the Fiscal Roller Coaster
International Women’s Day: Keep Progress Alive
Pull the Pork!
VAWA: A Win for American Women
On Valentine’s Day, work to end violence against women
Highlights: 2013 State of the Union
Budget Priorities»
The President’s Budget Request Comes to the Dance Floor
Following a tumultuous period of fiscal cliffs, automatic spending cuts and, and intense debate, the Obama Administration just released its budget request for Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 (beginning October 1, 2013), which plans to spend $3.8 trillion. This budget is late (it was due the first week of February), incomplete (lacks in many programmatic details [...]
Congress Meets Community»
Georgia WAND meets with Congressman Hank Johnson
Thank you to Georgia WAND for providing this great report on their recent trip to see Congressman Hank Johnson! Read more about all of their work at www.gawand.org. On Thursday, April 4, Georgia WAND and constituents from Georgia’s fourth Congressional District met with Congressman Hank Johnson. In attendance were Georgia WAND member and former DeKalb [...]
Events & Trainings»
WAND at Women & Peace Salon
Or, to view on YouTube: FemSalon: Women & Peace – Highlights On March 7, 2013 WAND Public Policy Director Tanya Henderson and WAND Development Officer Mahua Heath attended a seminal Women & Peace Salon at the home of Abigail Disney in New York. The event was organized by Feminist.com in partnership with Peace is Loud as [...]
Membership»
Improving the State of the Union
The State of the Union speech is an opening salvo to the presidential election and Congressional debate. Soon the President will be sending his budget request to the Congress for the coming Fiscal Year 2013. The budget is the detailed brass tacks version of the “state of the union” and our nation’s priorities. The full [...]
Nuclear Weapons»
Putting the Bygone Nuclear Era Behind Us
Monday, December 3, 2012, in his first national security speech since winning reelection, President Obama reaffirmed his commitment to “a world without nuclear weapons.” At an event honoring the 20th anniversary of the Nunn-Lugar program at the National War College in Washington, D.C., the President was thankful for the bi-partisan work and leadership for measures [...]
WAND Bulletin»
WAND’s December Bulletin
December 15, 2011 Defense Authorization FY2012 Appropriations Super Committee Failure New Jobs Study Counting Our Blessings WiLL WAND PAC Chapter and Field Update Upcoming Events Take Action Congressional Wrapping for 2011, Budget Packages for 2012 This week, Congress is working to untangle knotty spending and related issues, and heading home for the holidays. Defense [...]
WAND In The Press»
On Valentine’s Day, work to end violence against women
by Susan Shaer, WAND Executive Director Published: 2/8/2013 by the Augusta Free Press Published: 2/12/2013 by the Capital Times Published: 2/14/2013 by the Great Falls Tribune Valentine’s Day was taken over long ago by cards and flowers, candy and dinners. It is now a cash cow holiday for merchandisers. In addition, for many, it has [...]
WAND News»
A Special Statement on Syria
Women’s Action for New Directions (WAND) May 11, 2013 Statement on Syria Adopted on May 11, 2013 by the WAND Inc., and WAND Education Fund and their National Boards of Directors, respectively Recent news reports regarding chemical weapons use in Syria are deeply concerning. Women’s Action for New Directions (WAND) strongly condemns any use of [...]
War in Afghanistan»
Webinar: Real women. Real Stories. The real Afghanistan.
On May 14, 2012, in partnership with Community Supported Film, WAND proudly presented “Real women. Real stories. The real Afghanistan.” Featuring Michael Sheridan, Director of Community Supported Film, this webinar showed excerpts from documentary shorts made by 10 Afghans. As described by NPR’s Robin Young, these films provide “an unprecedented intimate look at Afghan life [...]
Women's Issues»
On Women’s Equality Day, Congress far from Equal
Written by Elizabeth Holland Today, August 26, is Women’s Equality Day. The date commemorates the passage of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1920, granting women the right to vote, and has been proclaimed by the President and Congress each year since 1971. Surely women have made important and substantial gains in the [...]
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