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MPs in the Gambia vote to uphold ban on female genital mutilation 1 Eugene Jul 2024 Jul 2024 5 1173
I had my (semi) annual eye exam today. 14 slightlv Jul 2024 Jul 2024 34 3220
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Training a New Generation of Antiabortion Extremists (trigger warning) 5 niyad Jul 2024 Jul 2024 4 1266
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Backsliding Democracies and Women's Rights in the U.S. and Around the Globe 0 niyad Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 946
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The Supreme Court Left the Door Open for Attacks on Emergency Medical Care 0 niyad Jul 2024 Jul 2024 3 934
Video Appears to Show Gang Rape, Torture of Afghan Woman in Taliban Jail, Human Rts Activist 0 appalachiablue Jul 2024 Jul 2024 10 1696
Play shown for first time since 1671 controversy 1 RandySF Jul 2024 Jul 2024 5 1103
My Daughter Was Assaulted in a Hospital. Body Cams Could Have Brought Us Justice. TRIGGER WARNING 12 niyad Jun 2024 Jun 2024 12 2198
"Great American Bitch" from "SUFFS: The Musical" (definitely NSFW!!!) 1 niyad Jun 2024 Jun 2024 3 845
The Future of Gender Justice, Now: An Intergenerational Framework for the ERA 2 niyad Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 1010
The Perception Paradox: Men Who Hate Feminists Think Feminists Hate Men 0 niyad Jun 2024 Jun 2024 9 992
Men and Mass Shootings 25 Years After Columbine 0 niyad Jun 2024 Jun 2024 4 870
U.S. v. Rahimi Denies Abusers Firearms. The Decision Is an Outlier. 0 niyad Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 736
Supreme Court Upholds Federal Law Protecting Victims of Domestic Violence 0 niyad Jun 2024 Jun 2024 3 814
Trump's Lies About Abortion in America Were Particularly Appalling 0 niyad Jun 2024 Jun 2024 4 877
Watch Four Songs from Suffs 0 niyad Jun 2024 Jun 2024 3 853
Suffs Perform "The March" on TODAY Show 0 niyad Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 685
Four-Year-Old Oregon Report Identifies Missing Native American Women As An 'Emergency' -- But Progress Has Been Limited 2 BlueWaveNeverEnd Jun 2024 Jun 2024 7 1065
Activists pour red paint down Rome's Spanish Steps in outrage over femicides in Italy 5 jgo Jun 2024 Jun 2024 10 2002
Women Say They Were Pressured Into Long-Term Birth Control - TIME 1 question everything Jun 2024 Jun 2024 10 1367
Cross-post from LBN - Nationwide women's strike expected on Monday 5 BumRushDaShow Jun 2024 Jun 2024 12 1303
Shutting Afghan women out of key UN conference to appease Taliban 'a betrayal' 1 Eugene Jun 2024 Jun 2024 10 986
Randi Rhodes Podcast From Thursday June 13th 2024 0 bdamomma Jun 2024 Jun 2024 3 918
On This Day: Elusive Equality in the Equal Pay Act, now 77 cents or less on a dollar - June 10, 1963 0 jgo Jun 2024 Jun 2024 3 1274

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For some incarcerated women, getting ahold of menstrual products is a nightmare 8 BlueWaveNeverEnd Jun 2024 Jun 2024 9 1656
Former Flappers on dating and marriage in the 1920s 1 littlemissmartypants Jun 2024 Jun 2024 8 1513
That pope knows me so well! 4 SarahD Jun 2024 Jun 2024 11 1658
Anyone watching the life & murder of nicole b simpson? 6 XanaDUer2 Jun 2024 Jun 2024 8 1519
Seinfeld is right. He never grew up. 9 SarahD May 2024 Jun 2024 23 2215
Transnational Feminist Networks Symposium 1 littlemissmartypants May 2024 Jun 2024 2 2937
After a traumatic C-section, journalist takes on the medicalization of birth 3 Jilly_in_VA May 2024 Jun 2024 15 1518
Woman who spends most of her time alone to escape the patriarchy describes her feelings on it 9 Takket May 2024 May 2024 74 4137
No, Harrison Butker, Women Aren't Here to Serve You 4 niyad May 2024 May 2024 12 1885
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass signs the national petition for the Equal Right Amendment 0 niyad May 2024 May 2024 6 1094
Louisiana's Criminalization of Abortion Care Demands We Embrace Reproductive Justice 0 niyad May 2024 May 2024 3 1031
The Feminist Majority Foundation hosts the 16th annual Global Women's Rights Awards 0 niyad May 2024 May 2024 3 1053
Barbie's Existential Crisis and the Fight for Reproductive Justice 0 niyad May 2024 May 2024 5 1086
What Happens When Sex Dolls Can Talk? (DEFINITELY NSFW) 2 niyad May 2024 May 2024 3 1507
Abortion Bans Are Empowering Abusive Men--and Prominent 'Pro-Life' Activists Are Representing Them (trigger warning) 4 niyad May 2024 May 2024 8 1399
A Moral Justification for Civil Disobedience to Abortion Bans 1 niyad May 2024 May 2024 7 1346
To Defend Democracy, We Must Protect Bodily Autonomy 0 niyad May 2024 May 2024 8 1084
Malnutrition: The Hidden Struggle of Afghan Women and Children 0 niyad May 2024 May 2024 5 1100
Kazakhstan jails former minister for 24 years over wife's torture, murder (trigger warning) 2 niyad May 2024 May 2024 5 1177
Meet the Anti-Feminist Women's Group Leveraging Their 'Independence' to Convince Americans to Vote Republican 0 niyad May 2024 May 2024 9 1090
Nigerian activists condemn mass 'forced marriages' of 100 girls and young women 2 Eugene May 2024 May 2024 6 1413
On This Day: First women in Olympics, beginning long road towards greater gender parity - May 15, 1900 0 jgo May 2024 May 2024 6 1247
Saudi Arabia is rebranding itself as a moderate country, but what's the truth? Just ask our female activists 2 niyad May 2024 May 2024 8 1341
Sexual Assault Awareness Month: Silenced No More (trigger warning) 3 niyad May 2024 May 2024 6 1173
Lest we forget... 4 GiqueCee May 2024 May 2024 16 1184
The Constitution as a Homicide Pact 4 niyad May 2024 May 2024 7 1525
Female journalists under attack as press freedom falters 3 niyad May 2024 May 2024 1 1288
Busting Five Myths About Birth Control 1 niyad May 2024 May 2024 7 1099
Australia's Albanese declares 'national crisis' after killings of women (trigger warning) 1 niyad May 2024 May 2024 3 1162
Bringing Domestic Violence Victims Back to Life (trigger warning) 0 niyad May 2024 May 2024 8 1001

Women's Rights & Issues Continued...

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The Twin Demons of Maternal Mortality and Femicide (trigger warning) 0 niyad May 2024 May 2024 2 954
more about reduced scale pianos. here's where u can get 1 now. 0 mopinko May 2024 May 2024 3 1124
a matter of equality- reduced size piano keyboards. updated. 2 mopinko May 2024 May 2024 4 1537
🔥As Senator Katie Britt proposes a national data base of pregnant women, a historical reminder of Romania 13 Hekate May 2024 May 2024 29 5289
On This Day: FDA approves "the pill", providing greater reproductive freedom to American women - May 9, 1960 3 jgo May 2024 May 2024 10 1546
On This Day: Joan of Arc transcends gender roles at Orleans, gaining recognition as savior of France - May 8, 1429 4 jgo May 2024 May 2024 10 1583
June 24: Strike, Buy Nothing, Wear Red 3 Geechie May 2024 May 2024 10 2116
after Roe fell, Red River Women's clinic GoFunded $1million to move from N. Dakota to Minn. Here is their update 3 BlueWaveNeverEnd May 2024 May 2024 27 1785
Saudi Arabia activist sentenced to 11 years in prison for 'support' of women's rights 3 Eugene May 2024 May 2024 3 1527
Bangladesh 'Tiger Widows': Ostracised, Blamed for Husbands Death, Superstition; Climate Crisis 5 appalachiablue May 2024 May 2024 7 1837
Honduras referred to UN human rights committee over total abortion ban 1 Eugene Apr 2024 Apr 2024 5 1740
Alone in a bathroom: The fear and uncertainty of a post-Roe medication abortion 4 littlemissmartypants Apr 2024 Apr 2024 8 2101
Firearms and Gender-Based Violence Focus Survey 2 littlemissmartypants Apr 2024 Apr 2024 6 1844
Don't Say Rape: How the Book Banning Movement Is Censoring Sexual Violence (trigger warning) 2 niyad Apr 2024 Apr 2024 15 2016
'Over my dead body', say Gambian mothers amid efforts to lift FGM ban 2 niyad Apr 2024 Apr 2024 10 1976
Women's Status Is Declining in the United States 2 niyad Apr 2024 Apr 2024 9 1850
A Thousand Little Moments: The Insidious Loss of Women's Freedom to Christian Nationalism 0 niyad Apr 2024 Apr 2024 8 1689
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 1678
The Terrifying Global Reach of the American Anti-Abortion Movement (trigger warning) 0 niyad Apr 2024 Apr 2024 4 1620
Gestational Slavery and Human Trafficking WaPo Puff Piece 2 musette_sf Apr 2024 Apr 2024 1 1794
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