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An Alabama woman was imprisoned for 'endangering' her fetus. She gave birth in a jail shower 2 Jilly_in_VA Oct 2023 Oct 2023 5 1478
The Biden Administration's Investment in Internet Will Reduce Barriers to Abortion 0 niyad Oct 2023 Oct 2023 1 1007
They're Coming for Birth Control (BE VERY AFRAID) 0 niyad Oct 2023 Oct 2023 1 905
Who is Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi? 0 niyad Oct 2023 Oct 2023 0 753
We've Gone Over the Childcare Cliff. Now What? 0 niyad Oct 2023 Oct 2023 1 823
FGM ban in the Gambia under threat as calls grow to repeal law 2 Eugene Oct 2023 Oct 2023 1 966
'No matter what I do, I'm not in control': what happens when the state takes your child 1 Jilly_in_VA Oct 2023 Oct 2023 8 1239
A Woman Was Denied Medication for Being of 'Childbearing Age.' She Just Sued the Hospital 2 Jilly_in_VA Oct 2023 Oct 2023 6 1779
2023 Nobel Prize for Economics by Claudia Goldin for Womens Labor Market outcomes 1 irisblue Oct 2023 Oct 2023 2 933
We Heart: The Women Who Gave Us the COVID Vaccine 2 niyad Oct 2023 Oct 2023 6 1331
Dr. Katalin Karik's Hope in Messenger RNA Helped the World Recover from COVID-19 2 niyad Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 1662
Biden Challenges Congress to Take Action on the ERA 0 niyad Oct 2023 Oct 2023 8 745
How Religious Hospitals Block Access to Reproductive Care--Even in 'Safe Haven' States 0 niyad Oct 2023 Oct 2023 2 761
'Hysterical' Women Out for Revenge: Family Court's Misogynistic Tropes Traumatize Women and Childre 0 niyad Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 967
The Supreme Court's Blindness to Gender Violence 0 niyad Oct 2023 Oct 2023 2 747
Judge James Ho's Connections to the Anti-Abortion Movement 0 niyad Oct 2023 Oct 2023 2 1004
about heartbeats--life and death 0 niyad Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 640
From the Frontlines in Iran: Our Fight for Human Rights and Gender Equality 0 niyad Oct 2023 Oct 2023 0 866
Canada Police Won't Investigate Dr, Sterilized Inuit Woman w/o Consent, Acted In Her 'Best Interest' 7 appalachiablue Sep 2023 Sep 2023 12 1863
Man Accused Of Dismembering Girlfriend Was Posterboy For Betsy DeVos' War On #MeToo 1 niyad Sep 2023 Sep 2023 5 1100
Hell Hath No Fury Like an Accomplished Woman Facing Down a Man-Boy 1 niyad Sep 2023 Sep 2023 3 846
Asian Americans Are a Powerful Voting Bloc. It's Time for the Political World to Start Acting Like I 0 niyad Sep 2023 Sep 2023 1 1198
Kidnapped and forced to marry their rapist: ending 'courtship rape' in Uganda 0 niyad Sep 2023 Sep 2023 4 722
From the Ashes of Rana Plaza: 'Consumers Want to Know How Their Clothes Are Made' 0 niyad Sep 2023 Sep 2023 1 1323
Women Lawmakers Have Pushed Back Against Senate Dress Codes for Decades 0 niyad Sep 2023 Sep 2023 2 819
Rest in Power, Sen. Dianne Feinstein: 'The Feminist Movement Has Lost a True Friend' 0 niyad Sep 2023 Sep 2023 2 791
Prostitution is not a free choice for women 2 Celerity Sep 2023 Sep 2023 11 1330
'Feminist approach' to cancer could save lives of 800,000 women a year 2 babylonsister Sep 2023 Sep 2023 8 1761
Police Further Traumatize Sexual Assault Victims by Turning Them Into Suspects 6 Jilly_in_VA Sep 2023 Sep 2023 9 2152
'Eat your broccoli and don't listen to Andrew Tate': fighting misogyny is now part of everyday paren 0 niyad Sep 2023 Sep 2023 1 1118

Women's Rights & Issues Continued...

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Russell Brand never hid his misogyny. So why did so many fail to see it? Trigger warning 0 niyad Sep 2023 Sep 2023 0 999
Art as Protest--and Therapy--in War-Ravaged Ukraine 0 niyad Sep 2023 Sep 2023 0 862
How the International Women's Media Foundation Fights for Women in Journalism and Strengthens Press 0 niyad Sep 2023 Sep 2023 0 928
Women Reporting on Ukraine for WaPo Win IWMF's Courage in Journalism Award 0 niyad Sep 2023 Sep 2023 0 920
Brazilian college women's volleyball team win championship. Male students masturbate publicly . 6 Demovictory9 Sep 2023 Sep 2023 0 3737
Women and girls being failed by 'lacklustre commitment' to gender equality, says UN 0 niyad Sep 2023 Sep 2023 2 1310
Mahsa Amini and a year of brutality and courage in Iran - in illustrations 0 niyad Sep 2023 Sep 2023 1 907
Dear Men of the West, Look to the Middle East for Lessons in Feminism 0 niyad Sep 2023 Sep 2023 3 1044
Mexico will elect a female president, but Mexican women will still lose 0 niyad Sep 2023 Sep 2023 0 945
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida banks on women to revive his fortunes 0 niyad Sep 2023 Sep 2023 1 996
Spain cuts gang rape convict's prison term under botched law 0 niyad Sep 2023 Sep 2023 0 762
Human Rights Crimes Against Former Government Officials Further Solidifies Taliban's Grip of Power 0 niyad Sep 2023 Sep 2023 0 851
The Rainbow Manifesto: Towards an Iranian Renaissance 0 niyad Sep 2023 Sep 2023 0 802
Transnational Solidarity With #WomanLifeFreedom: 'I Stand in Awe of Iranian Women' 0 niyad Sep 2023 Sep 2023 1 936
Need a Safe, Private Abortion? Ask Charley. 0 niyad Sep 2023 Sep 2023 3 758
Today's Hispanic Heritage Month google doodle honours Luisa Moreno, 0 niyad Sep 2023 Sep 2023 2 956
Iran's 'gender apartheid' bill could jail women for 10 years for not wearing hijab 4 cbabe Sep 2023 Sep 2023 4 2689
Iran's 'gender apartheid' bill could jail women for 10 years for not wearing hijab 1 Eugene Sep 2023 Sep 2023 1 979
Mexico's Supreme Court just decriminalized abortion nationwide - but the fight's not over yet 2 niyad Sep 2023 Sep 2023 4 1294
Sexual and Reproductive Health Is Fundamental to Achieving Universal Health Coverage 0 niyad Sep 2023 Sep 2023 2 945
She awoke to a gun in her face. What happened next would change Mexican law 0 niyad Sep 2023 Sep 2023 8 1097
Women Are Improving the Federal Bench: Milestones and Historic Firsts 0 niyad Sep 2023 Sep 2023 1 865
We Need Courageous Leaders Who Stand Up to Anti-Abortion Extremists 0 niyad Sep 2023 Sep 2023 0 825
In North Carolina, the U.S.' Youngest Party Chair Has a Plan for Attracting Voters and Winning Elec 0 niyad Sep 2023 Sep 2023 0 1466
In the Summer of 'Barbie' and 'Renaissance,' Will All Women Finally Get the Recognition They Deserv 0 niyad Sep 2023 Sep 2023 1 941
A few good organizations 0 PrincessMorgan Sep 2023 Sep 2023 2 1157
Online hate speech 0 PrincessMorgan Sep 2023 Sep 2023 4 1029
Women win of primaries mean Mexico's next President will likely be a woman 1 Demovictory9 Sep 2023 Sep 2023 1 1660
The Iraqi YouTube star killed by her father 4 Eugene Sep 2023 Sep 2023 12 1631
Taliban official says women lose value if their faces are visible to men in public 14 Eugene Aug 2023 Sep 2023 7 2552

Women's Rights & Issues Continued...

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Republicans want to ban women from out of state travel 8 Diamond_Dog Sep 2023 Sep 2023 6 1672
Women in Sudan facing a 'tragedy' of sexual violence as rape cases rise 0 niyad Sep 2023 Sep 2023 2 1155
Anti-Abortion Extremists Charged With Breaking Federal Law in Historic Justice Department Convictio 0 niyad Sep 2023 Sep 2023 3 1106
California Court Grants Restraining Order Based on Coercive Control (trigger warning) 0 niyad Sep 2023 Sep 2023 3 805
From the Vault: Anita Hill Sizes Up Sexual Harassment in 'The Nature of the Beast' (Jan/Feb 1992) 0 niyad Sep 2023 Sep 2023 0 1048
Click! The Housewife's Moment of Truth (Spring 1972) 0 niyad Sep 2023 Sep 2023 1 951
There's No Such Thing as 'Women's Work' 0 niyad Sep 2023 Sep 2023 2 764
3 States Just Banned Nonconsensual Pelvic Exams 8 Jilly_in_VA Aug 2023 Aug 2023 11 2386
#MeToo exposed the abuse of women in Spain. It took football and #SeAcabo to spark a revolution 1 Eugene Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 1543
"if you find yourself suddenly with a need to go camping in another state." 9 BlueWaveNeverEnd Jun 2023 Aug 2023 29 2916
Women working in Antarctica say they were left to fend for themselves against sexual harassers 0 Eugene Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 1235
How Congress Can Help Women and Girls in Conflict Zones 1 niyad Aug 2023 Aug 2023 2 1397
Womens rights and gun violence 0 PrincessMorgan Aug 2023 Aug 2023 2 1193
Women in Cuba 4 Marcus IM Aug 2023 Aug 2023 5 1277
Why Civic Engagement for Abortion Advocacy Matters 0 niyad Aug 2023 Aug 2023 0 1085
DEMOCRACY IS FEMINIST 4 niyad Aug 2023 Aug 2023 3 1694
Abortion Snitching Is Already Sending People to Jail 0 niyad Aug 2023 Aug 2023 2 1267
'Jane Crow' and the March on Washington 0 niyad Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 956
Celebrating Women's Equality Day (some videos) 0 niyad Aug 2023 Aug 2023 0 801
WOMEN'S EQUALITY DAY 26 August 2023 FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY 0 niyad Aug 2023 Aug 2023 0 1041
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