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A woman who died after an assault had reported her boyfriend seven times. Her case shows ... 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2021 Aug 2021 3 1182
Meet The Black Women Who Are Taking Over The Tokyo Olympics 9 BeckyDem Aug 2021 Aug 2021 8 2272
Outrage after Zimbabwean girl, 14, dies giving birth at church shrine 3 Eugene Aug 2021 Aug 2021 7 1401
UN condemns child marriage in Zimbabwe as girl dies after giving birth 0 Jilly_in_VA Aug 2021 Aug 2021 14 1464
Indonesia army signals end to 'virginity test' for female recruits 3 Eugene Aug 2021 Aug 2021 2 1365
Survivors of acid attacks in Mexico unite to push for change 1 Eugene Aug 2021 Aug 2021 5 1126
Darkness at Noon: On History, Narrative, and Domestic Violence 2 BeckyDem Aug 2021 Aug 2021 2 1367
Latest UNH poll shows opposition to state's new abortion ban is growing 2 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 3 1515
Study shows NCAA has been holding back women's sports 2 Jilly_in_VA Aug 2021 Aug 2021 3 1347
Calling Out Harassment In The Sciences 1 WHITT Aug 2021 Aug 2021 4 1178
12-year-old girl smacks down sexist announcer in LTE: 1 tblue37 Aug 2021 Aug 2021 7 1350
Conservative cartoons from 1913 depicting angry suffragettes as brutal anarchafeminists ... 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2021 Jul 2021 33 3540
Melinda French Gates and MacKenzie Scott team up to give $40 million to support women 1 babylonsister Jul 2021 Jul 2021 17 1878
My 2-Year-Old Daughter Was Murdered by Her Father 6 BeckyDem Jul 2021 Jul 2021 20 2279
Fischertag (fisherman's day): German court rules women can participate in traditional fishing event 1 Eugene Jul 2021 Jul 2021 2 1230
The Indian girl killed for wearing jeans 2 Eugene Jul 2021 Jul 2021 9 1484
Alabama is prosecuting a mom for taking prescribed medication while pregnant (cross post from GD) 5 Soph0571 Jul 2021 Jul 2021 5 1651
She Blew The Whistle On Military Sexual Assault, Then Came Under Investigation 0 BeckyDem Jul 2021 Jul 2021 5 1155
Legal Brief From Mississippi AG Calls for Supreme Court to Undo Abortion Rights 3 BeckyDem Jul 2021 Jul 2021 5 2046
Monumental Women's live event unveiling the first statue of real women in NYC's Central Park. [View 3 George II Jul 2021 Jul 2021 20 1695
Black female WWII unit hoping to get congressional honor 4 Omaha Steve Jul 2021 Jul 2021 12 1552
Idaho lawmaker who shared rape accuser's name faces hearing 1 Eugene Jul 2021 Jul 2021 5 1472
Norwegian women's beach handball team fined for not playing in bikinis 12 Diamond_Dog Jul 2021 Jul 2021 13 2399
Ohio lawmakers reintroduce medically unproven 'abortion reversal' bill 4 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 4 1855
Comment from a Sunday OP 3 slightlv Jul 2021 Jul 2021 2 1806
Eric Boehlert: Are Democratic women bad bosses? The press keeps pushing sexist double standard 3 babylonsister Jul 2021 Jul 2021 12 2362
Just in case you naively thought 1 musette_sf Jul 2021 Jul 2021 5 1267
Uproar in Zimbabwe as teenager who 'fought off sexual assault' charged with murder 1 Eugene Jul 2021 Jul 2021 7 1954
"How An Anti-Vice Crusader Sabotaged The Early Birth Control Movement" - The Comstock Act 2 IcyPeas Jul 2021 Jul 2021 8 1987
French lesbians and single women to get IVF rights 1 Eugene Jun 2021 Jun 2021 4 1139

Women's Rights & Issues Continued...

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Here's Why It's a Bad Thing For Women's Health That There Are So Few Women Inventors 5 Diamond_Dog Jun 2021 Jun 2021 4 2235
El Salvador's house of horror becomes grisly emblem of war on women 1 Eugene May 2021 Jun 2021 3 2315
What was it like? 4 babylonsister May 2021 Jun 2021 41 2779
Enbridge Line 3: Sexual violence along pipeline route follows Indigenous women's warnings 2 Eugene Jun 2021 Jun 2021 2 2659
It's a woman's rights issue. 1 AndyS Jun 2021 Jun 2021 5 1427
Spain: Sports world needs to prevent not just respond to sexual harassment 1 KG Jun 2021 Jun 2021 2 2133
Online sex crimes crisis in South Korea affecting all women, report finds 1 Eugene Jun 2021 Jun 2021 6 2216
Spain PM decries domestic violence surge after five women killed in a week 1 Eugene May 2021 May 2021 4 1644
Give 'em hell, Nancy. You rock. lady, 15 Kath2 May 2021 May 2021 53 4212
Excellent quote from Margaret Sanger. And so true today. 3 Kath2 May 2021 May 2021 14 1712
The Texas abortion ban is a performance of misogyny. But it might get worse 9 Eugene May 2021 May 2021 5 2243
2000 article on abortion is still true- The Only Moral Abortion Is My Abortion 4 irisblue May 2021 May 2021 5 1834
State Campaigns to Outlaw Abortion Barely Mentioned by Major Outlets 1 Judi Lynn May 2021 May 2021 7 1538
Violence against women 'a pandemic', warns UN envoy 1 Eugene May 2021 May 2021 5 1492
Groups ask judge to block Indiana 'abortion reversal' law 1 Eugene May 2021 May 2021 3 1621
The Real Reason Women Aren't Applying For Restaurant Jobs 1 appalachiablue May 2021 May 2021 5 2306
Lest we forget: the original Mothers' Day was an anti-war protest, led by feminists, and social 8 niyad May 2021 May 2021 19 2698
Ethiopian patriarch pleads for international help to stop rape and genocide by government troops 2 Eugene May 2021 May 2021 4 1706
Deb Haaland 'Absolutely' Focused On Tackling Violence Against Native Women 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2021 May 2021 4 1669
This is one bad ass lady. Love her! 11 Kath2 May 2021 May 2021 78 4530
Understanding How the Laws Encourage Violence, History of MMIW 2 Cobalt Violet May 2021 May 2021 12 1889
About the U.S. Military Code of Dress 21 ancianita Apr 2021 Apr 2021 11 3952
Today's doodle honours Dame Anne McLaren, scientist who specialized in developmental biology, 3 niyad Apr 2021 Apr 2021 6 1985
Activists urge movement on Reproductive Freedom Act (New Jersey) 1 TexasTowelie Apr 2021 Apr 2021 3 1381
Illinois House OKs bill to license professional midwives 1 TexasTowelie Apr 2021 Apr 2021 2 1324
I'm the Head of Planned Parenthood. We're Done Making Excuses for Our Founder. 6 WhiskeyGrinder Apr 2021 Apr 2021 21 2845
Today's doodle honours Dr. Laura Bassi, Italian physicist, the first woman to be awarded a degree 2 niyad Apr 2021 Apr 2021 7 1814
Nebraska corrections official resigns in protest over decision to deny inmate's abortion 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2021 Apr 2021 8 2102
Biden rolls back Trump's anti-abortion curbs on family planning funds 3 DonViejo Apr 2021 Apr 2021 4 1716
FDA lifts curbs on dispensing abortion pills during pandemic 1 WhiskeyGrinder Apr 2021 Apr 2021 3 1354

Women's Rights & Issues Continued...

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The Only Ones Arrested After a Child's Rape: The Women Who Helped Her 3 Eugene Apr 2021 Apr 2021 12 1890
She survived a throat-slashing at age 10. Years later, a man started sending her pictures. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2021 Apr 2021 13 3029
Pakistan PM Imran Khan criticised for rape 'victim blaming' 1 Eugene Apr 2021 Apr 2021 2 1398
Who got blamed for the Ever Green wreck? A woman driver of course. 1 JohnnyRingo Apr 2021 Apr 2021 10 2229
Women's anger at 'abuse of power' during Bristol police raids 1 Emrys Apr 2021 Apr 2021 3 1873
Secretary Deb Haaland Launches Missing & Murdered Unit at Interior Dept 2 mucifer Apr 2021 Apr 2021 7 1877
Courting an Ex 5 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Apr 2021 6 1944
Pink Boots Society Wants Its Brewing Circle to Be Even More Inclusive 3 Celerity Mar 2021 Mar 2021 3 2132
'Ugliest crime': Outcry in Sudan over lack of justice for killing of teenage girl 1 Eugene Mar 2021 Mar 2021 5 1389
Strauss-Kahn accuser Tristane Banon helps shape new French rape law 1 Eugene Mar 2021 Mar 2021 2 1732
American female politicians were two to three times more likely to receive abusive Twitter comments 3 LessAspin Mar 2021 Mar 2021 3 1779
Cross post: This: Powerful Women. 3 sheshe2 Mar 2021 Mar 2021 6 1303
Conservatives Tried to Use the Pandemic to Crush Abortion Access. Abortion Funds Fought Back. 1 Demovictory9 Mar 2021 Mar 2021 8 1549
Jessica Valenti: How Many Women Have to Die to End 'Temptation'? 1 Eugene Mar 2021 Mar 2021 9 1663
Wife Selling, Wife Auctioning, English Custom 17th -19th Centuries; Worldwide 3 appalachiablue Mar 2021 Mar 2021 3 2008
Firefighters should not face charge of raping girl, French court rules 5 Eugene Mar 2021 Mar 2021 5 2022
Turkey leaves Istanbul Convention on Domestic Violence since it holds women equal 2 muriel_volestrangler Mar 2021 Mar 2021 6 1732
Sarah Everard. #MeToo Australia. Atlanta. VAWA. OneBillionRising. Each of these exemplifies the 0 niyad Mar 2021 Mar 2021 3 1215
xPost: House set to vote to reauthorize Violence Against Women Act & CLOSING the boyfriend loophole. 4 riversedge Mar 2021 Mar 2021 7 1689
Women Dominated Beer Brewing Until They Were Accused of Being Witches 7 demmiblue Mar 2021 Mar 2021 8 1651
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