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'Dying every two hours': Afghan women risk life to give birth (possible trigger warning) 0 niyad Jan 2024 Jan 2024 2 2020
Six Things You May Not Know About Abortion 0 niyad Jan 2024 Jan 2024 12 1219
Britney Spears and the Punishment of Women's Pain 0 niyad Jan 2024 Jan 2024 5 2791
"Prior to 1821, abortions were generally accessible and were often performed by midwives, as well as doctors. .......... 0 riversedge Jan 2024 Jan 2024 11 2125
Woman paraded naked: A familiar headline in India 9 Eugene Dec 2023 Dec 2023 19 2545
Criminalisation of victims of male violence needs to end - everywhere 1 niyad Dec 2023 Dec 2023 8 1813
California's New Gender-Neutral Toy Law Revives a 50-Year Feminist Fight 1 niyad Dec 2023 Dec 2023 4 1597
Empowering Change and Building Women's Power: On the Ground at the Reykjavk Global Forum 0 niyad Dec 2023 Dec 2023 4 1769
Police officer stoned to death after rescuing FGM* survivors in Kenya 0 niyad Dec 2023 Dec 2023 13 1669
The False Promise of Split-Shift Parenting 0 niyad Dec 2023 Dec 2023 5 863
When Any Birth Outcome Can Be a Criminal One 0 niyad Dec 2023 Dec 2023 6 1256
'100 Years, Not One More': ERA Advocates Rally on Centennial Anniversary 0 niyad Dec 2023 Dec 2023 9 1520
How to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse During the Holidays 0 niyad Dec 2023 Dec 2023 5 816
Taliban sending Afghan women to prison to protect them from gender-based violence, says UN report 1 Eugene Dec 2023 Dec 2023 2 1980
Invisible: Society 'Disappears' Ageing Women Over 50, What I Did About It, Street Art 1 appalachiablue Dec 2023 Dec 2023 14 2625
The Constitution as a Homicide Pact 3 niyad Dec 2023 Dec 2023 3 1664
Privilege 0 drmeow Dec 2023 Dec 2023 3 731
Feminism in pictures: illustrated stories of women's rights around the world 0 niyad Dec 2023 Dec 2023 2 1811
Sexual violence still a major threat as Sudan's conflict grinds on 0 niyad Dec 2023 Dec 2023 1 1291
Combating Terrorism and Misogyny Together 0 niyad Dec 2023 Dec 2023 2 803
War on Women Report: New White House Research on Women's Health; N.J. Prison Closed After Sexual Abuse by Guards 0 niyad Dec 2023 Dec 2023 2 1764
Tuberville ends his blockade of military promotions 0 niyad Dec 2023 Dec 2023 0 807
Ecole Polytechnique massacre (Montreal Massacre) 6 December 1989 0 niyad Dec 2023 Dec 2023 2 2339
You Should Be Terrified of What's Happening With AI 2 niyad Nov 2023 Nov 2023 2 1382
One in seven HR heads believe men are better suited to top jobs 0 niyad Nov 2023 Nov 2023 7 1455
Where are all the 'godmothers' of AI? Women's voices are not being heard 0 niyad Nov 2023 Nov 2023 2 2583
Strong of Song: The Women's Music Movement Turns 50 0 niyad Nov 2023 Nov 2023 0 755
What Happens Next in the Case Seeking to Block Texas' Abortion Bans? 0 niyad Nov 2023 Nov 2023 2 1089
Honoring Rosalynn Carter: A Life Devoted to Equal Rights, Advocacy, and Service 0 niyad Nov 2023 Nov 2023 1 1219
Rest in Power: Rosalynn Carter--Feminist, First Lady, and ERA and Mental Health Advocate 0 niyad Nov 2023 Nov 2023 1 948

Women's Rights & Issues Continued...

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Sexual Assault Accusers Can Be Sued for Defamation. This Will Discourage Survivors from Coming Forward. 0 niyad Nov 2023 Nov 2023 1 1530
Living With Pocket Change: What It Means To Do More With Less 0 littlemissmartypants Nov 2023 Nov 2023 9 1555
Raped during Ethiopia's war, survivors now rejected by their families 3 redqueen Nov 2023 Nov 2023 8 1430
Italy is outraged by the death of a young woman in the latest suspected case of gender violence 5 Eugene Nov 2023 Nov 2023 5 1942
The obscene betrayal of Israelis who survived - and didn't survive - rape 11 question everything Nov 2023 Nov 2023 24 2395
Abortion's Old Craft Can Still Be Cultivated 6 niyad Nov 2023 Nov 2023 4 1749
Bank cut my bonus because I had a baby, says MP leading City sexism inquiry 2 niyad Nov 2023 Nov 2023 5 2397
Eyes on Everywhere Else: Sudan, Pakistan, Nagorno-Karabakh, Eastern Congo 0 niyad Nov 2023 Nov 2023 4 1838
Resisting Climate Patriarchy 0 niyad Nov 2023 Nov 2023 3 733
Creating Careers Based on Uplifting Women's Voices 0 niyad Nov 2023 Nov 2023 1 867
The Missing Perspectives of Women in the News 2 niyad Nov 2023 Nov 2023 3 1237
Israel-Gaza War: Threats and Attacks Against Women Journalists Covering the Conflict (Trigger Warning) 0 niyad Nov 2023 Nov 2023 3 1063
On This Day: 15 women arrested for voting, landmark trial follows - November 18, 1872 2 jgo Nov 2023 Nov 2023 7 1274
This message was self-deleted by its author 9 WhiteTara Nov 2023 Nov 2023 11 1560
United Nations Condemns U.S. Failure to Address Discrimination Against Women, Directs U.S. to Ratify ERA and CEDAW 2 niyad Nov 2023 Nov 2023 5 1093
On This Day: Nellie Bly starts trip Around the World in 72 days - Nov. 14, 1889 0 jgo Nov 2023 Nov 2023 9 1139
Republican AG Sued For Threatening To Criminalize Out Of State Abortions (Alabama) - Rodecast 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2023 Nov 2023 8 1235
South Africa to introduce shared parental leave after landmark judgment 0 niyad Nov 2023 Nov 2023 3 799
Keeping Score: Georgia Upholds Six-Week Abortion Ban; Republicans Aim to Eliminate Women's Bureau at Labor Department; 0 niyad Nov 2023 Nov 2023 11 1366
ACLU Brings Legal Challenge to Tennessee's Discriminatory Aggravated Prostitution Law 0 niyad Nov 2023 Nov 2023 4 839
The Hyde Amendment Continues to Be a Barrier for Accessing Abortion Care 0 niyad Nov 2023 Nov 2023 1 1063
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 niyad Nov 2023 Nov 2023 1 607
Allowing Domestic Violence Perpetrators to Carry Guns Will Worsen the U.S. Maternal Health Crisis 0 niyad Nov 2023 Nov 2023 1 870
How the World Is Letting Girls Fall Behind 0 niyad Nov 2023 Nov 2023 2 821
No More Child Brides 0 niyad Nov 2023 Nov 2023 4 587
'I felt safe and taken care of': can midwifery startups change our broken maternity care? 2 Jilly_in_VA Nov 2023 Nov 2023 13 1170
I never thought, 30 years after I fled Rwanda, life would be worse for female refugees 1 niyad Nov 2023 Nov 2023 7 1287
Political Violence Threatens Our Democracy. How Do We Keep Candidates Safe? 2 niyad Nov 2023 Nov 2023 3 973
Rest in Power: Lois Galgay Reckitt, Trailblazing Feminist Activist 1 niyad Nov 2023 Nov 2023 3 856
Domestic Violence Calls About 'Reproductive Coercion' Doubled After the Overturn of Roe 1 niyad Nov 2023 Nov 2023 7 1314

Women's Rights & Issues Continued...

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The Last Salem Witch Has Been Exonerated 2 niyad Nov 2023 Nov 2023 6 803
The Republican Crusade Against Issue 1: Ohio's Reproductive Freedom Amendment 0 niyad Nov 2023 Nov 2023 1 954
Who Pays the Price for Men's Wars? 1 niyad Nov 2023 Nov 2023 2 748
Why Are Women Experts Still Excluded From Peace Talks Across the Globe? 0 niyad Nov 2023 Nov 2023 2 1613
The MAGA movement would be nothing without misogyny. 1 kpete Nov 2023 Nov 2023 8 1115
In 'Nyad,' Annette Bening and Jodie Foster shatter the limits of age 5 question everything Nov 2023 Nov 2023 22 1939
On This Day: Playwright, journalist, feminist Olympe de Gouges guillotined - Nov. 3, 1793 3 jgo Nov 2023 Nov 2023 12 1488
National Museum of Women in the Arts Reopening - Major Renovation, Bold Exhibitions, Public Programs 1 niyad Oct 2023 Oct 2023 4 1016
Faced with abortion bans, doctors beg hospitals for help with key decisions 5 Nevilledog Oct 2023 Oct 2023 6 1235
'Why must we be silent?': horrific attack in Kyrgyzstan puts focus on violence against women 0 niyad Oct 2023 Oct 2023 4 1379
Why are women in 'feminist paradise' Iceland striking? 0 niyad Oct 2023 Oct 2023 7 873
The Wonderful Karma of Black Women Saving American Democracy 0 niyad Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 910
'Comstocked': How Extremists Are Exploiting a Victorian-Era Law To Deny Abortion Access 2 niyad Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 958
A Freelance War Correspondent Covers Ethnic Cleansing of Her Indigenous Nation 0 niyad Oct 2023 Oct 2023 0 702
Women Speak Out for Pathway to Peace 0 niyad Oct 2023 Oct 2023 2 667
Five Moons Indigenous Ballerinas 0 niyad Oct 2023 Oct 2023 1 613
Free Public Event Celebrates Maria Tallchief Quarter, Unveiling of New Statue Honoring Marjorie Tallchief 0 niyad Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 699
Is owning automatic weapons a testosterone thing? 10 BigmanPigman Oct 2023 Oct 2023 8 1421
Peru's Govt Forcibly Sterilized 200,000 Indigenous Women, 1996 - 2001, Why? WaPo 2 appalachiablue Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 1213
Former MSU football coach Mel Tucker uses toxic tactic to defend himself 2 Jilly_in_VA Oct 2023 Oct 2023 9 1466
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