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Revealed: 'dozens' of girls subjected to breast-ironing in UK 1 Eugene Jan 2019 Jan 2019 1 1964
Spain's far right hates not only immigrants, but also women 2 niyad Jan 2019 Jan 2019 4 1477
UAE's gender equality awards won entirely by men 0 Eugene Jan 2019 Jan 2019 5 1322
Violence Against Women Act extended in bill that reopened government 2 Eugene Jan 2019 Jan 2019 14 1660
Mexican woman jailed for miscarriage released after conviction is overturned 1 Eugene Jan 2019 Jan 2019 3 1466
Women's March 2019: Thousands across the US march for third year Women and supporters across the US 0 niyad Jan 2019 Jan 2019 4 1361
Under Trump, states step up effort to restrict abortion access 0 niyad Jan 2019 Jan 2019 2 1218
How Polish Women are Pushing Back on Anti-Abortion Policies 1 niyad Jan 2019 Jan 2019 2 1389
The woman who was assaulted at a home care 6 question everything Jan 2019 Jan 2019 4 1854
Samantha Bee Full Frontal-- "Women Running for President" 0 niyad Jan 2019 Jan 2019 4 1235
A Bollywood icon was accused of sexual assault. The response was chilling. 1 Eugene Jan 2019 Jan 2019 2 1837
"Women of the House" S01E10 "Women in Film" one of the best commentaries on that subject I have seen 0 niyad Jan 2019 Jan 2019 2 1349
Reading a novel about the ice age, more patriarchy 6 Beringia Jan 2019 Jan 2019 5 2097
Virginia Senate Passes ERA 0 niyad Jan 2019 Jan 2019 12 1441
The feminist knitting circle in India upending patriarchal norms 0 niyad Jan 2019 Jan 2019 3 1192
The women fighting a pipeline that could destroy precious wildlife Activists fight to stop constru 0 niyad Jan 2019 Jan 2019 2 1212
Virginia ERA Update 0 Dave in VA Jan 2019 Jan 2019 1 1825
Theater project lets women who accused Trump tell their stories The Pussy Grabber Plays - eight sh 0 niyad Jan 2019 Jan 2019 3 1377
The Late-Term Abortion I Didn't Want 8 question everything Nov 2018 Jan 2019 19 3070
Tara Murtha & Susan Frietsche: Nothing 'pro-life' about overturning Roe v. Wade 4 littlemissmartypants Jan 2019 Jan 2019 3 1788
Nepal: Woman, sons suffocate to death in banned 'menstrual hut' 0 niyad Jan 2019 Jan 2019 3 1391
Brooke Medicine Eagle newsletter January 2019 3 Beringia Jan 2019 Jan 2019 2 1784
Virginia General Assembly ERA Updated 0 Dave in VA Jan 2019 Jan 2019 1 1887
Why a Saudi woman can be arrested for disobeying her father 3 Eugene Jan 2019 Jan 2019 6 1660
Bernice Sandler, 'godmother of Title IX' who championed women's rights on campus, dies at 90 1 Eugene Jan 2019 Jan 2019 3 1468
Would Peace in Afghanistan Be Possible Without Women's Rights and Participation? 0 niyad Jan 2019 Jan 2019 2 1238
My Feminist New Year's Resolution 0 niyad Jan 2019 Jan 2019 4 1233
"Coming out of the broom closet:" Denver witches report a vibrant, growing community as witchcraft c 9 niyad Dec 2018 Jan 2019 4 3325
Saudi women to get divorce confirmation by text message 3 Eugene Jan 2019 Jan 2019 1 1773
Surviving R. Kelly-anyone watching? 2 Lotusflower70 Jan 2019 Jan 2019 2 1787

Women's Rights & Issues Continued...

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India's hidden years of nuns sexually abused by priests AP investigation uncovers decades-long hist 3 niyad Jan 2019 Jan 2019 2 1559
Marriage licence from 1915 4 Beringia Jan 2019 Jan 2019 3 2299
City of Women (renaming NYC subway stops for women) 1 niyad Jan 2019 Jan 2019 1 1344
Across America, racist and sexist monuments give way to a new future 0 niyad Jan 2019 Jan 2019 2 1225
V-Day 2019 One Billion Rising to End Violence Against Women 0 niyad Jan 2019 Jan 2019 3 1552
Women forced into marriage overseas asked to repay cost of return to UK 1 Eugene Jan 2019 Jan 2019 3 1469
Sabarimala temple: Indian women form '620km human chain' for equality 0 Eugene Jan 2019 Jan 2019 2 1375
New brew: the Native American women upending craft beer_and a haven for the local LGBTQ and indigeno 2 niyad Dec 2018 Dec 2018 15 1862
'Shame on this President:' With Shutdown, Trump Cuts Off Funds for 'Vital Services and Protections' 2 niyad Dec 2018 Dec 2018 3 1456
Swedish women-only music festival found guilty of discrimination 0 Eugene Dec 2018 Dec 2018 0 1592
U.S. alone in its opposition to parts of a U.N. draft resolution addressing violence against girls 2 Eugene Dec 2018 Dec 2018 7 1539
Japan medical schools 'rigged women's results' 0 Eugene Dec 2018 Dec 2018 2 1349
Two more Japanese medical schools admit discriminating against women 0 Eugene Dec 2018 Dec 2018 3 1288
The Sisterhood Is Global Institute The Think Tank of International Feminism 0 niyad Dec 2018 Dec 2018 1 1426
Neil deGrasse Tyson and the Persistence of the Bad Male Apology 9 niyad Dec 2018 Dec 2018 5 2423
Remebering the 14 women victims of the Montreal Massacre 2 niyad Dec 2018 Dec 2018 3 1596
Sisterhood, Herstory and Talking Circles: Inside Gloria's Life 0 niyad Dec 2018 Dec 2018 1 1195
Not Much Has Changed Since The Ecole Polytechnique Massacre 0 niyad Dec 2018 Dec 2018 3 1228
Ecole Polytechnique (Montreal) massacre 6 December 1989 0 niyad Dec 2018 Dec 2018 3 1321
"The Land Where Women Rule" China's Lugu Lake--last matriarchy. (thank you, Kind of Blue) 2 niyad Dec 2018 Dec 2018 4 1649
Equal Rights Amendment 2 Dave in VA Dec 2018 Dec 2018 9 2286
Dr. Olivia J. Hooker: Oldest Survivor Of Black Wall Street & Tulsa Race Massacre 0 niyad Dec 2018 Dec 2018 1 1401
Dr. Olivia Hooker, Coast Guard pioneer, race riot survivor laid to rest 0 niyad Dec 2018 Dec 2018 2 1302
'We Have Not Come Here to Beg World Leaders to Care,' 15-Year-Old Greta Thunberg Tells COP24. 'We H 0 niyad Dec 2018 Dec 2018 7 1701
Patriarchy in Palestine--In Palestine, women have to struggle against gendered violence by their ow 0 niyad Dec 2018 Dec 2018 2 1160
Australia apologises for barring female journalist over attire 0 niyad Dec 2018 Dec 2018 1 1317
Torture, reform and women's rights in Saudi Arabia Women are being tortured for demanding basic ri 2 niyad Dec 2018 Dec 2018 1 1315
The Saudi women detained for demanding basic human rights (yes, these woman are still in prison) 2 niyad Dec 2018 Dec 2018 3 1328
Common Performs A FLOTUS-Inspired Medley "The Day Women Took Over" 0 niyad Dec 2018 Dec 2018 1 1193
One Billion Rising flash mob "Break the Chain" 0 niyad Nov 2018 Nov 2018 1 1341

Women's Rights & Issues Continued...

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Flash mob: International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women 0 niyad Nov 2018 Nov 2018 2 1160
How Spain is leading the fight against domestic violence 0 niyad Nov 2018 Nov 2018 2 1129
Protestors prepare to march to end sexual violence against women #TheCube 0 niyad Nov 2018 Nov 2018 1 1181
3,000 women march against gender-based violence in Madrid 0 niyad Nov 2018 Nov 2018 1 1214
Margaret Atwood announces The Handmaid's Tale sequel, The Testaments 0 niyad Nov 2018 Nov 2018 4 1344
U.N. Report Spotlights Amount Of Women Killed Globally By 'Intimate Partners' And Family 0 appalachiablue Nov 2018 Nov 2018 2 1667
One Billion Rising 2019--Rising--From A Campaign to a Way of Life Manifesta 3 niyad Nov 2018 Nov 2018 3 1591
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women 25 November 0 niyad Nov 2018 Nov 2018 3 1182
My Revolution Starts in My body-Eve Ensler-- One Billion Rising 0 niyad Nov 2018 Nov 2018 2 1225
Olympic Committee Alerted to Sex Abuse in Gymnastics Years Ago, Court Filing Says 0 niyad Nov 2018 Nov 2018 2 1355
Let Women Be Warriors It's time to stop questioning whether women should be in combat units. 0 niyad Nov 2018 Nov 2018 2 1264
Reminder: She Doesn't Owe Anyone a Hug. Not Even at the Holidays. 3 littlemissmartypants Nov 2018 Nov 2018 6 2554
And yet, about Mira Ricardel 3 question everything Nov 2018 Nov 2018 1 1954
Why women's clothes have no pockets 9 WhiteTara Nov 2018 Nov 2018 48 5315
Indonesia jails teacher who documented sexual harassment 1 Eugene Nov 2018 Nov 2018 3 1521
Celebrating the Feminist Victories of the 2018 Midterm Elections 2 niyad Nov 2018 Nov 2018 3 1397
Not every religion, but always religion. 0 Odoreida Nov 2018 Nov 2018 0 1404
100 Years On, Posters Offer Window Into Struggles of U.K. Suffragists 2 niyad Nov 2018 Nov 2018 10 1365
U.K. Women Celebrate 100 Years of Voting Rights 0 niyad Nov 2018 Nov 2018 1 1232
Female MPs gather in UK to celebrate a century of suffrage 0 niyad Nov 2018 Nov 2018 2 1192
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