NMW.O News

“Yet life has shown me that any time a single man dares to transgress patriarchal boundaries in order to love, the lives of women, men, and children are fundamentally changed for the better.” – bell hooks

Women’s History Month was born of a gap in our education system and lack of equitable representation in our history books. March was declared Women’s History Month by Congress in 1980, on the heels of a 1970s teacher-led movement to institute a week devoted to women’s...

“Black history…must raise a fundamental question about the quality of life Black people have been allowed to experience. If we are indeed a part of this nation, then our lives and experiences have a claim on our national narrative. African American history forces us...

Here we are at the top of a new year. The days are short, and the nights are long. It is a time to dream about continuing our work for gender justice and healing in our communities. It is a time to be still, to slow down, and to prioritize quiet. We know we do our...

NewMexicoWomen.Org (NMW.O), the only statewide women’s fund, is committed to gender justice and healing. Throughout the past year, we have continued to work for a world where all self-identified women and girls have access to the health and reproductive care they...

As we come to the end of 2021 and our second year in a pandemic, we feel all that is happening in our communities personally, politically and economically. COVID variants keep us in a holding pattern of collective uncertainty. Voter suppression laws are being pushed...