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'Where Is Nancy?': How Threats Against Women in Power Are Tied to Threats Against Democracy 0 niyad Nov 2022 Nov 2022 3 783
The Reality of Running for Governor as a Woman 0 niyad Nov 2022 Nov 2022 1 731
Weekend Reading on Women's Representation: What to Watch on Election Night; Celebrating 'Witches' Al 0 niyad Nov 2022 Nov 2022 1 833
The War on Women Report: Anti-Abortion Movement Says It's 'Pro-Woman'; Kanye West's Misogynistic Sl 0 niyad Nov 2022 Nov 2022 0 811
Homicide is leading cause of death for pregnant women in US, study finds 2 Diamond_Dog Oct 2022 Oct 2022 11 1356
Azar Nafisi, author of Reading Lolita in Tehran: 'Women in Iran have discovered their power and deci 0 niyad Oct 2022 Oct 2022 5 1031
Heather Mitchell plays Ruth Bader Ginsburg: 'I was even brushing my teeth as Ruth would' 0 niyad Oct 2022 Oct 2022 2 813
Iran and US set for UN confrontation over Mahsa Amini protests 0 niyad Oct 2022 Oct 2022 1 932
Femicidio: Violence against women in Italy 0 niyad Oct 2022 Oct 2022 1 779
Femonationalism and the impact on women's rights 0 niyad Oct 2022 Oct 2022 0 763
Why You Should Always Talk Politics at the Dinner Table 0 niyad Oct 2022 Oct 2022 0 788
Rest in Power: Loretta Lynn--A Legend, an Icon, a Voice for All Women 0 niyad Oct 2022 Oct 2022 1 807
Empowered: Women Tell Family Court Judges of Experiences With Coercive Control Using New Domestic A 3 niyad Oct 2022 Oct 2022 4 1000
More Than a Symbol: 'The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks' 0 niyad Oct 2022 Oct 2022 0 730
'Men Are 100% Responsible for Unwanted Pregnancies': Gabrielle Blair on Her Viral-Tweet-Turned-Book 0 niyad Oct 2022 Oct 2022 3 733
New Survey: Concern Over Abortion and Equal Rights Top Inflationby 22 Points as Main Drivers of Youn 0 niyad Oct 2022 Oct 2022 0 755
Voter ID Laws Put Women's Votes at Risk 0 niyad Oct 2022 Oct 2022 0 779
Was I wrong to use Monty Python 5 ENO in 2024 Oct 2022 Oct 2022 2 1873
Health department medical detectives find 84% of U.S. maternal deaths are preventable 3 Diamond_Dog Oct 2022 Oct 2022 15 1215
Some feminist music from Kristin Lems 4 niyad Oct 2022 Oct 2022 3 987
Centering Menopause: Dr. Sharon Malone and Jennifer Weiss-Wolf on the Menopause Research Act of 202 1 niyad Oct 2022 Oct 2022 3 1216
Canada to host meeting on Iran protests for world's female foreign ministers 0 niyad Oct 2022 Oct 2022 0 880
Why men in the West get away with killing women Trigger warning for referenced horrific violence 0 niyad Oct 2022 Oct 2022 2 956
'The Second Half': Ellen Warner's Portraits of Life Over 50 0 niyad Oct 2022 Oct 2022 1 801
Not Your Mother's Menopause 2 niyad Oct 2022 Oct 2022 3 1013
Participatory Gender Training Documentary - Experiences from Nepal 0 niyad Oct 2022 Oct 2022 0 758
The Equality Path: Planning and Budgeting with a Gender Lens 0 niyad Oct 2022 Oct 2022 0 725
One Woman: A Song for UN Women 0 niyad Oct 2022 Oct 2022 0 804
Need-to-Know Midterm Ballot Measures for Feminists 0 niyad Oct 2022 Oct 2022 0 790
Abortion and Equal Rights Are Top Drivers of Young Women's Vote in Battleground States 0 niyad Oct 2022 Oct 2022 0 993

Women's Rights & Issues Continued...

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MY PREGNANCY VS. THE STATE OF TEXAS 15 littlemissmartypants Oct 2022 Oct 2022 45 3905
Women Everywhere Are Standing Up Against 'Gender Apartheid' 11 niyad Oct 2022 Oct 2022 6 1501
'I Felt Like the Luckiest Girl in the World': Afghan Students Restart College in the U.S. 0 niyad Oct 2022 Oct 2022 1 1003
Standing Up for Water, Land and Climate: Meet 10 Indigenous Women Fighting the Line 5 Pipeline 0 niyad Oct 2022 Oct 2022 1 801
Increased Attacks against Hazaras in Afghanistan; Mostly Girls and Women Killed and Wounded 2 niyad Oct 2022 Oct 2022 2 826
With SisterMentors, Dr. Shireen Lewis Is Building a Fierce Future for Women and Girls of Color in Ed 0 niyad Oct 2022 Oct 2022 0 727
How Do We Build a World Where Every Girl Can Thrive? 0 niyad Oct 2022 Oct 2022 2 923
Black Women Lead: From the Stage to the Streets 0 niyad Oct 2022 Oct 2022 0 679
The Anti-Abortion Movement's Attempt to Criminalize Abortion Speech 0 niyad Oct 2022 Oct 2022 4 759
CVS is helping women fight the Pink Tax 2 BigmanPigman Oct 2022 Oct 2022 3 1185
Drugging Iranian girls into submission 2 cbabe Oct 2022 Oct 2022 5 1222
Why childbirth is so dangerous for many young teens 1 Jilly_in_VA Oct 2022 Oct 2022 14 1105
Christian college coach created a culture of doping and sexual abuse, star runners allege 1 Jilly_in_VA Oct 2022 Oct 2022 5 1556
Tackling the roots of gender-based violence 1 Celerity Oct 2022 Oct 2022 5 1018
Switchblade Goddess 2 orangecrush Oct 2022 Oct 2022 4 1244
Get up and march October 7-9, 2022 to protest Dobbs and protect our rights! 4 Timeflyer Oct 2022 Oct 2022 6 1183
Women's Bodies Are Bearing the Brunt of Purity Culture 3 Jilly_in_VA Oct 2022 Oct 2022 4 1356
From Iran, Solidarity With American Women 0 niyad Oct 2022 Oct 2022 3 1046
The Desperate Effort to Silence Iranian Feminists 0 niyad Oct 2022 Oct 2022 2 880
Who Are We Forcing To Give Birth Today? (Everybody, Basically) 0 niyad Oct 2022 Oct 2022 2 749
It is great that little girls now have role models so they, too, can grow up to be crazed world lead 0 niyad Oct 2022 Oct 2022 4 838
A letter to ... my immigrant mother, a girl in Vietnam 0 niyad Oct 2022 Oct 2022 3 813
Are women's rights used as a smokescreen in Tunisia? 0 niyad Oct 2022 Oct 2022 0 714
All women have right to safe, legal abortion: India's top court 0 niyad Oct 2022 Oct 2022 1 738
Women's Rights and Legal Advocates Continue Push for Recognition of Equal Rights Amendment 0 niyad Oct 2022 Oct 2022 2 701
Ms. Global: Scotland Eliminates Period Product Fees; Poland's Pride March; Nonbinary Joan of Arc De 0 niyad Oct 2022 Oct 2022 0 913
A Nation Without the Hyde Amendment Will Be Safer and More Humane for All of Us 0 niyad Oct 2022 Oct 2022 1 733
Goodbye 'pink tax': California prohibits charging premiums for women's products 0 BigmanPigman Sep 2022 Sep 2022 2 1000
Woman With Severe Chronic Pain Was Denied Medication for Being 'Childbearing Age' 7 Jilly_in_VA Sep 2022 Sep 2022 19 2205
Cross post from GD...no more tubal ligations for you at SW Colorado hospital. 3 likesmountains 52 Sep 2022 Sep 2022 6 1227

Women's Rights & Issues Continued...

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Re-victimization - Rape victims can face huge hospital bills if they seek help 5 ck4829 Sep 2022 Sep 2022 8 1224
'Catholics for Life' Ask Supreme Court for Nationwide Abortion Ban and Full Constitutional Rights f 3 niyad Sep 2022 Sep 2022 3 1202
Fury in Iran as young woman dies following morality police arrest 4 Eugene Sep 2022 Sep 2022 15 1530
'The People's Lawyers': Attorneys General Letitia James and Dana Nessel on Reclaiming and Rebuildin 6 niyad Sep 2022 Sep 2022 5 924
In view of the increasingly insane calls from the reichwing to repeal the 19thA, a bit of history: 0 niyad Sep 2022 Sep 2022 7 989
US relaxes internet sanctions on Iran in support of protesters 0 niyad Sep 2022 Sep 2022 0 705
Qatar fund launches initiative to support conflict-affected women 0 niyad Sep 2022 Sep 2022 1 661
Abortion Access Restored in Indiana in Response to Lawsuit Filed by Providers and ACLU 0 niyad Sep 2022 Sep 2022 1 710
'Guardians of Democracy': Women Secretaries of State Defend Voting Rights and Election Security at t 0 niyad Sep 2022 Sep 2022 0 643
Women Saving Democracy: An Attorneys General Explainer 0 niyad Sep 2022 Sep 2022 0 735
With U.S. Democracy Under Attack, Women Election Officials Hold the Front Lines 0 niyad Sep 2022 Sep 2022 1 646
Harnessing the Power of Women Voters 0 niyad Sep 2022 Sep 2022 3 685
Iran president says death in custody of Mahsa Amini must be investigated 1 Eugene Sep 2022 Sep 2022 1 1173
UN alarm as Iran cracks down on anti-hijab protests sparked by woman's death 0 Eugene Sep 2022 Sep 2022 3 867
Terri Lyne Carrington on her mission to correct jazz history: 'Women don't get called geniuses enoug 2 niyad Sep 2022 Sep 2022 7 1076
(Iran) Mahsa Amini: Women take headscarves off in protest at funeral 1 Eugene Sep 2022 Sep 2022 5 1432
Bodies of teenage Dalit sisters found hanging from tree in India (Severe trigger warning) 2 niyad Sep 2022 Sep 2022 5 885
Iran is urging people to have babies -- and making life hard for those who don't want to 0 niyad Sep 2022 Sep 2022 1 753
Sister Nations Native American Women Writers on Community 0 niyad Sep 2022 Sep 2022 1 640
More than Pocahontas and Squaws: Indigenous Women Coming into Visibility with Dr. Laura Tohe 0 niyad Sep 2022 Sep 2022 3 700
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