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Saudi Arabia activist sentenced to 11 years in prison for 'support' of women's rights 3 Eugene May 2024 May 2024 3 1283
Bangladesh 'Tiger Widows': Ostracised, Blamed for Husbands Death, Superstition; Climate Crisis 5 appalachiablue May 2024 May 2024 7 1554
Honduras referred to UN human rights committee over total abortion ban 1 Eugene Apr 2024 Apr 2024 5 1554
Alone in a bathroom: The fear and uncertainty of a post-Roe medication abortion 4 littlemissmartypants Apr 2024 Apr 2024 8 1860
Firearms and Gender-Based Violence Focus Survey 2 littlemissmartypants Apr 2024 Apr 2024 6 1631
Don't Say Rape: How the Book Banning Movement Is Censoring Sexual Violence (trigger warning) 2 niyad Apr 2024 Apr 2024 15 1792
'Over my dead body', say Gambian mothers amid efforts to lift FGM ban 2 niyad Apr 2024 Apr 2024 10 1755
Women's Status Is Declining in the United States 2 niyad Apr 2024 Apr 2024 9 1626
A Thousand Little Moments: The Insidious Loss of Women's Freedom to Christian Nationalism 0 niyad Apr 2024 Apr 2024 8 1522
The Taliban Leader's Order to Resume Public Stoning of Afghan Women Must Serve as an Urgent Call to End Gender Aparthei 0 niyad Apr 2024 Apr 2024 4 1505
The Terrifying Global Reach of the American Anti-Abortion Movement (trigger warning) 0 niyad Apr 2024 Apr 2024 4 1448
Gestational Slavery and Human Trafficking WaPo Puff Piece 2 musette_sf Apr 2024 Apr 2024 1 1608
On This Day: Sanger's birth control league incorporated, evolves into Planned Parenthood - Apr. 5, 1922 4 jgo Apr 2024 Apr 2024 8 1818
On This Day: 300 armed women lead Richmond bread riot - Apr. 2, 1863 5 jgo Apr 2024 Apr 2024 8 2172
This monument has been missing from the Mall far too long - Blackburn, Hyde-Smith, Lummis, Britt - WaPo 1 question everything Mar 2024 Mar 2024 4 1781
Taliban to return to stoning women to death for adultery 12 shenmue Mar 2024 Mar 2024 4 2724
Outrage as UN picks Saudi Arabia to head women's rights commission - DW News 8 TexasTowelie Mar 2024 Mar 2024 7 2199
Two book suggestions for women 3 RSherman Mar 2024 Mar 2024 6 2036
Her City, Her Rules: Celebrating Black Women at the Helm of America's Largest Cities - From Lauren's Blog 0 qwlauren35 Mar 2024 Mar 2024 0 1305
On This Day: "Tyranny from the bench"- SC sides with judge who ordered forced sterilization - Mar. 28, 1978 1 jgo Mar 2024 Mar 2024 6 2804
Bolivian women taking up lucha libre in response to violence from men 1 Just_Vote_Dem Mar 2024 Mar 2024 6 1843
'Tip of the iceberg': US self-managed abortions soar post-Roe, study shows 2 Nevilledog Mar 2024 Mar 2024 2 1688
Afghan Women Will be Stoned to Death for Adultery, Declares Taliban Leader Akhundzada in New Audio 11 Eugene Mar 2024 Mar 2024 4 2437
On This Day: Locked factory doors fire tragedy spurs reforms and women's union movement - Mar. 25, 1911 1 jgo Mar 2024 Mar 2024 5 1542
I originally put this in GD 13 moniss Mar 2024 Mar 2024 31 2677
West Virginia governor signs law removing marital assault exemption 0 Eugene Mar 2024 Mar 2024 9 1879
The Enforcement of Patriarchy -- "A protest that is agreeable to the oppressor will not end oppression." 5 ancianita Mar 2024 Mar 2024 8 2023
On This Day: A step forward from feudalism, a devastating step back for women and slavery - Mar. 21, 1804 1 jgo Mar 2024 Mar 2024 12 1829
Nearly 6 million U.S. women became pregnant due to sexual violence 4 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Mar 2024 10 4670
Knowing About Our Bodies - Black Women's Health - From Lauren's Blog 2 qwlauren35 Mar 2024 Mar 2024 6 1777

Women's Rights & Issues Continued...

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Stay Mad: Don't let them normalize post-Roe horrors 2 Nevilledog Mar 2024 Mar 2024 12 1805
Online influencer Andrew Tate detained in Romania, handed UK arrest warrant, his spokesperson says 6 BlueWaveNeverEnd Mar 2024 Mar 2024 9 1962
T/F: Males Are Larger Than Females 2 SorellaLaBefana Mar 2024 Mar 2024 8 1808
A meeting of the UN body promoting equality for women starts with 5 male speakers 6 Eugene Mar 2024 Mar 2024 3 1778
Iran is responsible for the 'physical violence' that killed Mahsa Amini in 2022, UN probe finds 1 Eugene Mar 2024 Mar 2024 4 1489
Dramatic rise in women and girls being cut, new FGM data reveals 3 Eugene Mar 2024 Mar 2024 4 1867
On This Day: Intl Women's Day history features women's activism in Russia, other countries - Mar. 8, 1917 1 jgo Mar 2024 Mar 2024 2 1510
International Women's Day, observed as an official holiday in many 0 niyad Mar 2024 Mar 2024 5 1369
Project 2025: The Right's Dystopian Plan to Dismantle Civil Rights and What It Means for Women 9 niyad Mar 2024 Mar 2024 7 2182
Indigenous Bolivian women take up taekwondo against gender-based violence 0 niyad Mar 2024 Mar 2024 7 1532
The UK's grooming gangs and the lessons never learned (trigger warning) 0 niyad Mar 2024 Mar 2024 4 1675
CVS and Walgreens Set to Dispense Mifepristone: A Game-Changer in Abortion Access 0 niyad Mar 2024 Mar 2024 4 1524
On This Day: Frances Perkins, Architect of Social Security/New Deal takes office - Mar. 4, 1933 0 jgo Mar 2024 Mar 2024 4 1677
Virginia Hall, WW2 Spy in Nazi-Occup. France, Most Decorated Female Civilian: Women's History Month 1 appalachiablue Mar 2024 Mar 2024 3 1627
sign a petition i made please if you want 2 PrincessMorgan Mar 2024 Mar 2024 6 1721
Ranting time question--Are most American women already living in a Christian theocracy? 3 Timeflyer Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 2258
"American Cassandra: the life of Dorothy Thompson," book by Peter Kurth 1 Timeflyer Feb 2024 Feb 2024 8 1799
On This Day: Betty Friedan draws large numbers of new supporters to feminist cause - Feb. 19, 1963 2 jgo Feb 2024 Feb 2024 11 1776
There's A Key Difference Between The Chores Men And Women Take On 5 BlueWaveNeverEnd Feb 2024 Feb 2024 6 2248
S9:E4 (The Attack on Women's Healthcare, Abortion & Contraception) 1 Across-the-Desk Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 1590
Susan B Anthony "Failure Is Impossible" 15 February 1820 - March 13, 1906 3 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2023 Feb 2024 3 2146
On This Day: Protest movement started due to women's word counting half of men's endures - Feb. 12, 1983 2 jgo Feb 2024 Feb 2024 7 1777
On This Day: Murder of rape target sparks protests against violence towards women - Feb. 11, 2015 1 jgo Feb 2024 Feb 2024 8 1844
Rape Threats, Misogynist Slurs, Sexual Harassment and Doxing: How Online Abuse Is Used to Intimidate, Discredit and Sil 2 niyad Feb 2024 Feb 2024 12 2238
'Deliver Us From Evil': Rape, Reproductive Coercion and the Catholic Church (trigger warning) 1 niyad Feb 2024 Feb 2024 6 1821
With maternal mortality and preterm birth rates at an all time high, reversal of Roe is a major factor 0 niyad Feb 2024 Feb 2024 4 1525
Three girls die after FGM rituals in Sierra Leone 7 Eugene Feb 2024 Feb 2024 15 2263
Have any of you ever done victim advocacy? 4 TSExile Feb 2024 Feb 2024 6 1907
Barbie discovers the patriarchy Pt. 2 12 niyad Jan 2024 Feb 2024 11 2484
'I can't face how much she suffered': Argentina femicides at record high as Milei dilutes protections 2 Jilly_in_VA Jan 2024 Jan 2024 13 2032

Women's Rights & Issues Continued...

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'Stop killing us!': Thousands march to protest against femicide in Kenya 2 niyad Jan 2024 Jan 2024 5 2000
On This Day: Iceland legalizes clinical abortions - Jan. 28, 1935 0 jgo Jan 2024 Jan 2024 4 1877
Reproductive Healthcare 51 Years After Roe: Unreachable Abortion Clinics, Chaos and Countrywide Confusion 0 niyad Jan 2024 Jan 2024 6 1801
Taliban Leader: Afghan Women's Rights "have been fully Secured." 1 niyad Jan 2024 Jan 2024 5 1718
When 15 States Opt Out of a Summer Food Program, Community Organizations Must Fill in the Gaps 0 niyad Jan 2024 Jan 2024 3 1779
Far-Right Players Behind Latest Attacks on Abortion in Emergencies (FUCK THE GODDAMNED WOMAN-HATERS) 0 niyad Jan 2024 Jan 2024 6 1658
International Day of Education requires us to fight for women's education everywhere. In Afghanistan, the Taliban has d 0 niyad Jan 2024 Jan 2024 4 1702
Not One Woman on the List (COP29) 0 niyad Jan 2024 Jan 2024 3 1583
Taylor Swift Shows Us What's Coming Next In Gender and Tech (deepfake porn) - And Advocates Should Be Concerned 2 usonian Jan 2024 Jan 2024 7 2139
A Timeline of Donald Trump's Creepiness While He Owned Miss Universe 9 niyad Jan 2024 Jan 2024 4 2575
AZ: Women rally for reproductive rights as they look to the 2024 elections 1 RandySF Jan 2024 Jan 2024 10 2043
The truth behind organized religious opposition to Roe and abortion 2 Timeflyer Jan 2024 Jan 2024 21 2051
On This Day: Women's March largest single-day protest in U.S. history - Jan. 21, 2017 4 jgo Jan 2024 Jan 2024 7 2001
El Salvador woman freed after abortion conviction 1 Eugene Jan 2024 Jan 2024 7 1447
Barefoot and Pregnant, Gwen Levey and the Breakdown (Official) 22 littlemissmartypants Jan 2024 Jan 2024 162 9316
Taliban arrest women for 'bad hijab' in the first dress code crackdown since their return to power 3 Eugene Jan 2024 Jan 2024 6 1874
Donald Trump: more than just a 'pageant creep' - a SELF CONFESSED molester, accused of and/or found guilty of... 5 B.See Jan 2024 Jan 2024 10 2856
Documentary 'Yours in Freedom, Bill Baird' Explores the Fight for Birth Control Access and the Road Ahead 4 niyad Jan 2024 Jan 2024 6 2159
Britney Spears and the Right to Reproductive Justice: Regulation and Conservatorship in the Child Welfare System 0 niyad Jan 2024 Jan 2024 4 1440
Britney Spears's Case Exposed a Systemic History of Reproductive Control 0 niyad Jan 2024 Jan 2024 5 1209
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