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Legal Momentum (formerly known as NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund) is the oldest legal advocacy group for women in the United States. Founded in 1970, Legal Momentum is a multi-issue organization dedicated to advancing women’s rights across the country. It is headquartered in New York City with an office in Washington, DC that focuses primarily on policy initiatives and immigration issues.

Unlike other women’s rights organization, Legal Momentum adopts a unique approach of combining litigation, advocacy and public education to ensure equality and justice for all women; to empower women; and to mobilize women to build safe and secure lives for themselves and their families. The organization currently addresses issues including domestic violence, equal work and equal pay, the health of women and girls, and equality in the judicial system. Legal Momentum currently has five program areas.

The Employment and Housing Rights for Victims of Domestic Violence (EHRVDV) Program is a resource for advocates, lawyers, employers, landlords and domestic violence victims to fight against employment and housing discrimination.

The Equality Works Program challenges discrimination and encourages career opportunities for women in skilled-trades work, which is traditionally been a male-dominated field. These professions offer excellent wages and benefits enabling women to attain long-term economic security low-wage, dead-end jobs are unable to provide.

The Immigrant Women Program provides comprehensive materials and training to lawyers and advocates nationwide. The Program, which is based in Washington, DC, partners with a coalition of organizations, to advocate for legal protection, social services and economic justice for immigrant women of domestic and other violence.

The National Judicial Education Program fights gender inequality in legal systems across the country by collaborating with and educating judges, lawyers and other legal professionals. The Program focuses on mitigating inequality and mistreatment of domestic violence and sexual assault cases in the judicial process.

The Sexuality and Family Rights Program strives to protect women’s sexual and reproductive rights. The Program is also an oversight to government policies that may limit these rights.

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