On Tuesday, the National Council of Women’s Organizations (NCWO) held a tele-press conference to promote the launch of the national “Respect, Protect, Reject” Campaign . Moderator Susan Scanlan, chair of NCWO, said the campaign would call on Congress “to respect women’s contributions to the economy and their need for economic security; protect Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and programs that disproportionately serve and employ women; and reject budget plans that threaten to send women, particularly older women, into poverty.”
