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Today's Google doodle honours Dr. Dilhan Eryurt, Turkish astrophysicist, on the 51st 0 niyad Jul 2020 Jul 2020 2 1365
July 19-20, 1848. Seneca Falls Women's Rights Convention 7 niyad Jul 2020 Jul 2020 2 2128
Bias Against Women Driven By People Who Think It Doesn't Exist 2 spicysista Jun 2020 Jun 2020 11 3233
Gloria: A Life on PBS on Fri, June 26, 2020 2 Beringia Jun 2020 Jun 2020 6 2708
Dilemma of Desire, Cliteracy, a documentary available online June 21, American Film Institute Docs 1 Beringia Jun 2020 Jun 2020 2 4041
Aging is a woman's secret power -- and the data proves it 1 yuiyoshida Jun 2020 Jun 2020 10 2156
DU POLL: Women Harassed By Police (Poll) 0 BigmanPigman Jun 2020 Jun 2020 0 1538
The European Parliament and gender equality--a continuing struggle 0 Celerity May 2020 May 2020 0 1895
Nova Scotian Feminists Fighting Femicide Statement on the Mass Shooting in Canada 0 Beringia Apr 2020 Apr 2020 8 2525
Japan Airlines ditches compulsory high heels and skirts in big win for #KuToo movement 2 Eugene Mar 2020 Mar 2020 3 3162
Mexico president's response to historic femicide protests: more of the same 1 Eugene Mar 2020 Mar 2020 4 3061
Oxytocin hormone and bonding in women 0 Beringia Feb 2020 Feb 2020 3 4408
Tennessee Republicans worry women will go on tampon-buying frenzy 1 Eugene Feb 2020 Feb 2020 9 2027
U.S. House removes ERA ratification deadline, one obstacle to enactment 2 BigmanPigman Feb 2020 Feb 2020 8 1736
Let 2020 be the year 5 bobnicewander Feb 2020 Feb 2020 6 2276
Baltimore museum targets gender gap by acquiring only works by women 0 catbyte Feb 2020 Feb 2020 3 1686
A Rapist in Your Path performed by women at mass protests 1 littlemissmartypants Jan 2020 Jan 2020 9 4831
I wonder where Niyad is, she used to post often 4 Beringia Dec 2019 Dec 2019 8 2299
A very inspiring youtube show of a woman who helps other women get back their children 0 Beringia Dec 2019 Dec 2019 0 1709
Abril Perez Sagaon: Shooting sparks feminist outcry in Mexico 0 Eugene Nov 2019 Nov 2019 1 1908
Sudan crisis: Women praise end of strict public order law 0 Eugene Nov 2019 Nov 2019 6 1516
Woman in Estes Park Colorado, knocked down by elk and no one assisted 4 Beringia Nov 2019 Nov 2019 3 2457
Chinese film star Yunxiang Gao, laughed and slapped a woman as a film producer raped her 5 Beringia Nov 2019 Nov 2019 6 3188
Planned Parenthood's Chief Doctor Testifies Abortions At St. Louis Clinic Are Safe 0 Sherman A1 Nov 2019 Nov 2019 5 1660
Women working in Conservation and Sexist barriers 0 Beringia Oct 2019 Oct 2019 0 1845
Women At Ernst & Young Instructed On How To Dress, Act Nicely Around Men 7 Eugene Oct 2019 Oct 2019 3 3068
Women's March 2020 will be Sat., Jan. 18th. 2 BigmanPigman Oct 2019 Oct 2019 7 1806
Jordan urged to stop imprisoning women for defying the wishes of men 0 Eugene Oct 2019 Oct 2019 2 1691
More women, particularly in restrictive states, go online for abortion pills 2 Ohiogal Oct 2019 Oct 2019 5 1590
On Chess: Not Particularly Beautiful 0 Sherman A1 Oct 2019 Oct 2019 3 1626

Women's Rights & Issues Continued...

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Saudi Arabia women's rights reforms may still be thwarted by custom 1 Eugene Aug 2019 Oct 2019 1 1980
Pet-Friendly Domestic Violence Shelters Help Abuse Victims Stay Safe 0 Sherman A1 Oct 2019 Oct 2019 7 1554
New Planned Parenthood Abortion Clinic In Fairview Heights Was Built In Secret 1 Sherman A1 Oct 2019 Oct 2019 9 1773
Judge Blocks Missouri From Enforcing Its 'Down Syndrome Abortion' Ban 2 Sherman A1 Sep 2019 Sep 2019 6 2201
Trump's anti-woman push puts America in the pantheon of human rights offenders 0 Eugene Sep 2019 Sep 2019 2 1686
Federal Judge Denies Missouri's Request To Let Abortion Ban Take Effect 0 Sherman A1 Sep 2019 Sep 2019 2 1752
South Korean politician scolds female professor for not having child 0 Eugene Sep 2019 Sep 2019 3 1845
Palestinian women demand legal protection after suspected 'honor killing' 1 Eugene Sep 2019 Sep 2019 3 1757
Macron hears police officer refuse to help woman in danger 0 Eugene Sep 2019 Sep 2019 13 1896
#MeToo In A Culture Of Good Old Boys, (In the Forest Service) 1 Beringia Aug 2019 Aug 2019 5 2013
And they wonder why we say that they hate women 0 Ohiogal Aug 2019 Aug 2019 4 1852
Ashcroft's Delay Makes Vote On Missouri's 8-Week Ban 'Impossible,' Abortion-Rights Group Says 0 Sherman A1 Aug 2019 Aug 2019 2 1789
Saudi woman activist rejects release deal tied to denying torture: family 0 Eugene Aug 2019 Aug 2019 2 1713
App that can remove women's clothes from images shut down 4 Eugene Jun 2019 Jul 2019 1 2426
NJ Supreme Court acts against judges for remarks in sex assault cases 0 Eugene Jul 2019 Jul 2019 3 1734
India arrests after women's heads shaved for resisting rape 0 Eugene Jun 2019 Jun 2019 1 1922
Canada: man acquitted of rape as judge says accuser 'combative' in court 0 Eugene Jun 2019 Jun 2019 4 1927
"Days of the Theocracy" Words and music by Kristin Lems 0 niyad Jun 2019 Jun 2019 1 2037
Spain women: Top court rules Wolf Pack gang were rapists 1 Eugene Jun 2019 Jun 2019 2 1878
Women outperform men after Japan medical school stops rigging exam scores 0 Eugene Jun 2019 Jun 2019 12 2043
Sharia court orders jail for rape victim unless kids handed to rapist. 2 Bayard Jun 2019 Jun 2019 3 2611
Swiss women strike for more money, time and respect 1 Eugene Jun 2019 Jun 2019 5 1905
Kenya: male MP slaps female MP, gets arrested 1 shenmue Jun 2019 Jun 2019 0 2073
Outrage at acquittals in rape cases sparks calls to fix Japanese law 1 Eugene Jun 2019 Jun 2019 1 1841
White Lies, a New Zealand period piece 2 Kind of Blue Jun 2019 Jun 2019 1 2060
Japan's labour minister says high heels at work are 'necessary' 4 Eugene Jun 2019 Jun 2019 2 2257
There's Nothing "Pro-Life" About Sweeping Abortion Bans ("arbitrary killing of women by gov't) 0 niyad Jun 2019 Jun 2019 3 1538
Trump's anti-abortion global gag rule harming women in Africa and Asia, report says 0 niyad Jun 2019 Jun 2019 2 3317
Canadian Inquiry Calls Killings of Indigenous Women Genocide 0 niyad Jun 2019 Jun 2019 3 3391
Thousands back Japan high heels campaign 1 shenmue Jun 2019 Jun 2019 1 1955

Women's Rights & Issues Continued...

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Latin American rape survivors who were denied abortions turn to UN 0 Eugene May 2019 May 2019 2 1833
Bangladesh to charge 16 with murder of woman, 19, burned to death 0 Eugene May 2019 May 2019 1 1658
States pushing abortion bans have higher infant and maternal mortality rates 3 Ohiogal May 2019 May 2019 9 2123
500 protests planned STOP THE ABORTION BANS! 0 BigmanPigman May 2019 May 2019 15 1983
Lengthy Webster U. Harassment Investigation Spurs Student Outcry, University Audit 1 Sherman A1 May 2019 May 2019 3 1759
UN Passes Anti-War Rape Resolution Despite US Opposition 4 niyad Apr 2019 May 2019 5 1961
300 protests planned STOP THE BAN (on abortion) 3 BigmanPigman May 2019 May 2019 8 2135
Some states seek to close loopholes in marital rape laws 0 Eugene May 2019 May 2019 3 1776
"At the Heart of Gold": how 'predatory' institutions protected Larry Nassar 0 niyad May 2019 May 2019 1 1818
Cyprus serial killer case exposes abuse of migrant women 0 shenmue May 2019 May 2019 2 1715
Women are disappearing and dying in Indian country. We must act. The epidemic of missing and murder 0 niyad May 2019 May 2019 3 1632
A Native American woman's brutal murder could lead to a life-saving law 0 niyad May 2019 May 2019 1 1579
Congress is Convening the First Official Hearing on the ERA in Three Decades 0 niyad Apr 2019 Apr 2019 2 1562
"Failure is Impossible" Kristin Lems 0 niyad Apr 2019 Apr 2019 1 1794
"We Will Never Give Up" Kristin Lems 0 niyad Apr 2019 Apr 2019 1 1797
"Ballad of teh ERA" Kristin Lems (in honour of the hearings today) 0 niyad Apr 2019 Apr 2019 1 1648
A Cafe Run by Acid Attack Survivors Attracts Visitors From Around the World 1 Cattledog Apr 2019 Apr 2019 8 1838
Yazidi leaders to allow Isis rape survivors to return with children 1 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 2 1782
Women's Bodies Shouldn't Be Battlefields 0 niyad Apr 2019 Apr 2019 4 1629
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