MOW explained

MOW may refer to:

Maintenance of way, the maintenance of railroad right of way
Ministry of Works, a former New Zealand government department
Mercer Oliver Wyman, now part of Oliver Wyman, a management consulting firm
Movie of the Week, a television movie
March on Washington, a mass political action
Movement for the Ordination of Women, an Australian movement supporting the ordination of women in the Anglican Church of Australia
Museum de Oude Wolden, a regional art museum in Bellingwolde in the Netherlands
The Mobility and Public Works policy area of the Flemish Government

It is also the IATA designation of Moscow area airports: