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Today's google doodle honours Magdalena Abakanowicz' 93rd birthday. 0 niyad Jun 2023 Jun 2023 3 915
'It's a forever pain, an unfathomable pain​': families remember Trinidad's femicide victims​ Trigger 0 niyad Jun 2023 Jun 2023 1 1148
Peru violated rights of 13-year-old girl repeatedly raped by father, UN rules 0 niyad Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 984
Fighting the patriarchy one grandpa at a time 4 CousinIT Jun 2023 Jun 2023 19 1207
Thousands protest against strict abortion law in Poland 0 niyad Jun 2023 Jun 2023 1 1141
WAR ON WOMEN: Arson at Abortion Clinics Is up 100 Percent; Trump Is Guilty of Sexual Abuse and Defam 0 niyad Jun 2023 Jun 2023 1 983
Norway Invites Taliban Officials to the Oslo Forum - A Growing Normalization of the Taliban Means G 0 niyad Jun 2023 Jun 2023 1 843
Silenced Resilience: Afghan Women Entrepreneurs Navigating Taliban Restrictions 0 niyad Jun 2023 Jun 2023 0 675
How Anti-'Abortion Trafficking' Laws Actually *Harm* Youth Trafficking Survivors 0 niyad Jun 2023 Jun 2023 0 853
How State Constitutions and Courts Can Lead on Reproductive Rights and Gender Equality 0 niyad Jun 2023 Jun 2023 1 932
Twitter Halts Promotion Of Campaign Video Due To 'Abortion Advocacy' 4 BigOleDummy Jun 2023 Jun 2023 4 1163
Nine out of 10 people are biased against women, says 'alarming' UN report 1 niyad Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 1206
Southern Baptists Vote to Keep Out Churches With Female Pastors 0 BeckyDem Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 1035
UN Report: Acute Starvation Grips Afghanistan, Affecting Women and Children 1 niyad Jun 2023 Jun 2023 4 1133
'Patriarchal and biased': Israeli women fear loss of rights in legal overhaul 0 niyad Jun 2023 Jun 2023 1 933
Are Women's Rights the Canary in the Coal Mine of a Democracy in Decline? 0 niyad Jun 2023 Jun 2023 1 911
The Taliban Enforces Strict Ban on Music in Afghanistan, Prohibiting the Afghan People From Listeni 1 niyad Jun 2023 Jun 2023 0 1191
Remembering Catherine Kassenoff and Continuing the Fight for Fair U.S. Child Custody Outcomes 1 niyad Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 819
JPMorgan to pay $290m to settle with Epstein victims 0 niyad Jun 2023 Jun 2023 1 1088
As a woman is jailed, UK urged to reform 'outdated' abortion laws 0 niyad Jun 2023 Jun 2023 3 834
This Magazine (Ms.) Could Be Banned: A Sneak Peek Into Ms.' Summer 2023 Issue 0 niyad Jun 2023 Jun 2023 1 996
Amplifying Women's Congressional Power 0 niyad Jun 2023 Jun 2023 1 736
Allan Kassenoff Resigns After Public Outcry Over Wife Catherine's Apparent Suicide 1 niyad Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 1303
As US aims to bring back manufacturing, supporting women is key 0 niyad Jun 2023 Jun 2023 1 959
'Girls and Their Monsters': The Morlok Quadruplets and Mental Health With Audrey Clare Farley 0 niyad Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 2171
Remembering Catherine Kassenoff and Continuing the Fight for Fair U.S. Child Custody Outcomes 0 niyad Jun 2023 Jun 2023 0 633
Demand California Police Stop Sharing Drivers' Location Data With Police In Anti-Abortion States 1 icymist Jun 2023 Jun 2023 5 1240
Take it From a Divorce Coach and Attorney: Ending No-Fault Divorce Is a Scary Suggestion 4 niyad May 2023 May 2023 4 1617
Lebanese feminists protest after woman harassed over swimsuit 0 niyad May 2023 May 2023 3 918
Women Climate Leaders Aren't Satisfied With COP 26. You Shouldn't Be Either 0 niyad May 2023 May 2023 0 1763

Women's Rights & Issues Continued...

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Ogoni Women's Climate Justice Was Decades Ahead of Today's Debates 0 niyad May 2023 May 2023 0 1057
A Forgotten Pioneer: The Two-Spirit Activism of Barbara Cameron 0 niyad May 2023 May 2023 1 656
Women Workers Can Help Rebuild the U.S. Economy--If We Can Solve Their Care Challenges 0 niyad May 2023 May 2023 1 1071
When is this sh*t going to end? 17 Mosby May 2023 May 2023 10 2652
The google doodle today honours Barbara May Cameron, NA photographer 2 niyad May 2023 May 2023 5 1367
Mohamad Safa@mhdksafa: This is a side by side of two women gracing the front covers 8 BeckyDem May 2023 May 2023 12 2258
The Patriarchs' War on Women 2 niyad May 2023 May 2023 3 814
Far-Right Fifth Circuit Judges Appear Determined to Remove Access to Abortion Pill Mifepristone 2 niyad May 2023 May 2023 0 1275
Abortion Pill Effective for Treating Fibroids, But Anti-Abortion Politics Stymie Access 1 niyad May 2023 May 2023 1 1103
'Suffocating intimidation': female politicians in Sierra Leone on sexism and abuse 0 niyad May 2023 May 2023 0 1021
Global Authoritarianism, Women's Rights and the Power of Feminist Organizing 0 niyad May 2023 May 2023 1 610
Lauren Boebert's divorce exposes the dark little secret of red state life 5 marmar May 2023 May 2023 7 2242
The False Tropes About Rape We Must Destroy 2 niyad May 2023 May 2023 6 1149
The Proud Boys Have Only Just Begun to Fight 1 niyad May 2023 May 2023 4 1311
US panel advises breast cancer screenings should begin at age 40 0 niyad May 2023 May 2023 3 1497
Women face political barriers ahead of Turkey elections 0 niyad May 2023 May 2023 1 744
Texas Case Shows How Abortion Bans Facilitate Domestic Abuse 0 niyad May 2023 May 2023 3 1052
Ukraine's Frontline Mothers 0 niyad May 2023 May 2023 1 724
Without the Public Infrastructure Needed to Support Families, Moms Will Continue to Feel Like Failur 0 niyad May 2023 May 2023 1 1111
Our Crisis in Maternal Healthcare Is Uniquely American 0 niyad May 2023 May 2023 1 678
History of Mother's Day as a Day of Peace: Julia Ward Howe 0 niyad May 2023 May 2023 2 866
Closing arguments begin in E. Jean Carroll civil rape trial against Donald Trump 0 BeckyDem May 2023 May 2023 4 1572
'Crisis': Calls grow to stem violence against Indigenous women 2 niyad May 2023 May 2023 6 1277
Three Reasons Congress Should Reject Medicaid Work Requirements 5 niyad May 2023 May 2023 3 2054
We Can Create a Fair, Feminist Tax Code 0 niyad May 2023 May 2023 0 821
Medical Racism's Role in the Recent Spike in Maternal Mortality 0 niyad May 2023 May 2023 1 1190
Let's Save the Maternity Units Like We Do the Banks 0 niyad May 2023 May 2023 0 741
Women Need Julie Su as Our Next Labor Secretary. The Labor Movement Is Ready to Fight for Her 0 niyad May 2023 May 2023 0 1176
Trump's entire defense in the E. Jean Carroll rape trial: shameless misogyny (trigger warning) 2 niyad Apr 2023 Apr 2023 4 1002
'Vicious circle': Femicides in Peru reveal 'crisis' of violence (trigger warning for graphic violenc 0 niyad Apr 2023 Apr 2023 1 1313

Women's Rights & Issues Continued...

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The Road to May 3: How a Growing Coalition of Feminists and Activists Are Fighting the Right's Anti 2 niyad Apr 2023 Apr 2023 2 1402
Want To Rate Your Government? Just Look at Women's Rights 0 BeckyDem Apr 2023 Apr 2023 3 916
Don't talk to pupils about misogynist Andrew Tate, government urges teachers in England 7 Eugene Apr 2023 Apr 2023 12 2109
The Senate Must Recognize the ERA to Protect Survivors of Gender-Based Violence 0 niyad Apr 2023 Apr 2023 2 1097
The Dobbs Decision Could Erode Other Women's Rights--Making the ERA More Important Than Ever 0 niyad Apr 2023 Apr 2023 3 1234
S7:E15 (The GOP; Losing Women Over Abortion Policy) 0 Across-the-Desk Apr 2023 Apr 2023 4 997
'A gamechanger': this simple device could help fight the war on abortion rights in the US 1 littlemissmartypants Apr 2023 Apr 2023 4 1851
Why Molly Ringwald translated an infamous story of film exploitation 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 11 1442
The Legal System Continues to Fail Pieper Lewis, a Survivor of Sex Trafficking 0 niyad Apr 2023 Apr 2023 1 1343
The Same Groups That Helped Overturn Roe and Attack Abortion Pills Are Also Lobbying Against the ER 0 niyad Apr 2023 Apr 2023 1 1294
Amid Contradicting Orders, the Supreme Court Protects Abortion Pill Access--for Now 0 niyad Apr 2023 Apr 2023 2 994
The google doodle today honours Justine Siegemund, midwife, whose self- 6 niyad Mar 2023 Apr 2023 5 1967
Young People Don't Know Their Emergency Contraception Options 4 niyad Apr 2023 Apr 2023 4 1653
One Liberal Senator Fights Back Against Judicial Tyranny 0 BeckyDem Apr 2023 Apr 2023 6 1827
Afghan religious scholars criticize girls' education ban 0 Eugene Apr 2023 Apr 2023 3 981
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Standing Together for Freedom: A Commitment to 14 Democratic Principles 0 niyad Apr 2023 Apr 2023 2 906
'I Oppose the Mandatory Hijab' Button Campaign Puts Iranian Women's Rights Front and Center 0 niyad Apr 2023 Apr 2023 1 1475
UN chief demands Taliban revoke ban on women staff 1 niyad Apr 2023 Apr 2023 0 1110
Why the Wage Gap Differs Among Asian American Women 0 niyad Apr 2023 Apr 2023 0 1116
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