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I saw a meme on Facebook 14 Marthe48 Jan 2023 Jan 2023 11 1914
What is terrifying 'Loverboy' sex trafficking method allegedly used by Andrew Tate 0 littlemissmartypants Jan 2023 Jan 2023 14 1738
Students made 'tampon cookies' for principal who refused to put free menstrual products in bathroom 1 ShazzieB Jan 2023 Jan 2023 7 1562
Nationwide Hundreds of Women's Marches, Sunday, Jan., 22, 2023 3 BigmanPigman Jan 2023 Jan 2023 6 1146
Ardern's exit after "unprecedented" threats shows toll of burnout for women leaders 4 applegrove Jan 2023 Jan 2023 11 1278
January 22, 2023, nationwide rallies to protest end of Roe--let's raise some hell! 2 Timeflyer Jan 2023 Jan 2023 8 1120
Killing of Former Afghanistan Lawmaker Highlights Plight of Women Under Taliban 1 former9thward Jan 2023 Jan 2023 4 892
Don't tell me that David Carrick's crimes were 'unbelievable'.The problem is victims aren't believed 0 Jilly_in_VA Jan 2023 Jan 2023 6 1013
This Group Wants to Teach You How to Get Abortions Even Where They're Banned - TIME 2 question everything Jan 2023 Jan 2023 17 1212
"Politics cannot change unless patriarchy ceases to be the primary structure of our thoughts." 4 niyad Jan 2023 Jan 2023 8 1116
Rest in Power, Anita Pointer--Women's Rights Champion, On and Off the Stage 2 niyad Jan 2023 Jan 2023 4 1166
Are Republicans Afraid of Young Voters? 5 niyad Jan 2023 Jan 2023 5 1012
Australia cancels Afghanistan cricket series over curbs on women 3 niyad Jan 2023 Jan 2023 2 937
Landmark Global Biodiversity Agreement Enshrines Rights of Indigenous Peoples--Providing Hope for Bol 0 niyad Jan 2023 Jan 2023 1 1012
Andrew Tate isn't feminism's inadvertent bastard child. He's sexism's last gasp 0 niyad Jan 2023 Jan 2023 1 1102
The feminist community emerging from the war in Ukraine 0 niyad Jan 2023 Jan 2023 3 788
Meet the New Feminists in Office 0 niyad Jan 2023 Jan 2023 3 732
Fighters for women's voting rights began picketing Woodrow Wilson at White House today 1917: 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2023 Jan 2023 5 1284
I'm Sounding the Alarm Now About Media's Response to Rihanna's Super Bowl Halftime Show 0 niyad Jan 2023 Jan 2023 2 969
Plan B Does Not Cause Abortion, Says FDA 0 niyad Jan 2023 Jan 2023 0 807
Anger as Pakistan court frees rapist after he agrees deal to marry his victim 2 niyad Jan 2023 Jan 2023 5 896
The Radical Feminist Behind the Curtain--Matilda Joslyn Gage and Her Influence on Frank L. Baum 0 niyad Jan 2023 Jan 2023 1 1026
Our Collective Feminist Wishlist for 2023 2 niyad Jan 2023 Jan 2023 3 776
Iranian chess player 'moving to Spain' after competing without headscarf 0 niyad Jan 2023 Jan 2023 2 871
The year in patriarchy: a dancing PM, an 'inclusive' M&M, and lots of protests 0 niyad Jan 2023 Jan 2023 3 906
The Pseudoscience of 'Fetal Personhood' 0 niyad Jan 2023 Jan 2023 3 718
What Our Primate Ancestors Can Teach Us About Dismantling the Patriarchy: The Ms. Q&A with Diane Ro 0 niyad Jan 2023 Jan 2023 2 903
Andrew Tate as a Teachable Moment (Part One) 0 niyad Jan 2023 Jan 2023 3 801
Arizona inducing the labor of pregnant prisoners against their will, women claim 0 Jilly_in_VA Jan 2023 Jan 2023 2 1039
#MeToo Victory: Biden Signs Law Limiting NDAs and Protecting the Right to Speak Out About Sexual Abu 4 niyad Dec 2022 Dec 2022 6 1285

Women's Rights & Issues Continued...

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'My heart is bleeding': Afghan women devastated by university ban 0 niyad Dec 2022 Dec 2022 0 1008
US warns Taliban of 'costs' over university ban for Afghan women 0 niyad Dec 2022 Dec 2022 0 1082
Turkey, Saudi Arabia condemn Taliban's university ban for women 0 niyad Dec 2022 Dec 2022 0 894
What does future hold for Afghan women after university ban? 0 niyad Dec 2022 Dec 2022 0 930
Ten Big Feminist Wins in 2022 0 niyad Dec 2022 Dec 2022 0 741
More Than a Holiday Wish: Ending Hunger in America 0 niyad Dec 2022 Dec 2022 1 779
The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Will Become Law: 'A Historic Victory 10 Years in the Making' 0 niyad Dec 2022 Dec 2022 2 874
Stunning necklace found at burial site of powerful Anglo-Saxon woman, perhaps early Christian leader 2 BlueWaveNeverEnd Dec 2022 Dec 2022 19 1849
She Went Undercover to a Crisis Pregnancy Center. They Told Her Abortion Is Reversible. 4 Jilly_in_VA Dec 2022 Dec 2022 29 2039
Shanquella Robinson's death is being investigated as a femicide, a crime that only 16 countries reco 6 Eugene Dec 2022 Dec 2022 9 1624
On December 6, 1989, the Ecole Polytechnique massacre occurred in Montreal. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2022 Dec 2022 3 1291
A Monument in honor of the Enslaved 'Women of Gynecology' unveiled in Montgomery 1 littlemissmartypants Dec 2022 Dec 2022 9 1238
Sex and the Single Woman at 66: Ageism and Sexism be Damned 2 niyad Oct 2022 Dec 2022 2 1266
Feminists are protesting against the wave of anti-feminism that's swept South Korea 1 sl8 Dec 2022 Dec 2022 4 1187
Indiana judge won't block probe over 10-year-old's abortion 0 Eugene Dec 2022 Dec 2022 0 1086
Violence against women in Colombia saw sharp increase in 2022 1 Judi Lynn Nov 2022 Nov 2022 5 1158
🌺Texas bounty hunters cartoon, by David Horsey 8 Hekate Nov 2022 Nov 2022 33 2356
Where Are the Voices of Indigenous Peoples in the Thanksgiving Story? 2 niyad Nov 2022 Nov 2022 3 1102
Ahead of the Holidays, Here's How (Not) to Talk About Abortion 0 niyad Nov 2022 Nov 2022 1 902
Push forward: 10 ways to end violence against women 0 niyad Nov 2022 Nov 2022 1 868
In focus: 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence 0 niyad Nov 2022 Nov 2022 0 944
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women 25 November (16 days of activism) 0 niyad Nov 2022 Nov 2022 1 1105
Fight Back Holly Near 0 niyad Nov 2022 Nov 2022 3 852
Anti-Abortion Groups Ask Trump-Appointed Judge to Ban Mailing Abortion Pills 0 niyad Nov 2022 Nov 2022 2 817
Media Coverage Misses the Gender Issues at the Heart of Mass Shootings 0 niyad Nov 2022 Nov 2022 1 868
Speaker Nancy Pelosi's Fearless Feminist Legacy 0 niyad Nov 2022 Nov 2022 0 719
S6:E18 (Elevated Access - Helping Women Get the Healthcare They Need Through Chartered Flights) 0 Across-the-Desk Nov 2022 Nov 2022 3 1037
Alabama woman jailed for using drugs during pregnancy wasn't pregnant, lawsuit says 3 Eugene Nov 2022 Nov 2022 16 1612
I'm 19 and I Just Voted for the First Time--to Defend Reproductive Rights 2 niyad Nov 2022 Nov 2022 4 959
European Union Council conclusions on women, peace and security 0 niyad Nov 2022 Nov 2022 1 910

Women's Rights & Issues Continued...

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Women's Empowerment and Gender Equality World Assembly for Women:WAW!Toward a society in which all w 0 niyad Nov 2022 Nov 2022 5 914
Expanding broadband safely and inclusively to reach digital gender equality 0 niyad Nov 2022 Nov 2022 0 907
Why feminism must be reframed as a force for good 0 niyad Nov 2022 Nov 2022 4 822
Why women's rights matter in COP27 0 niyad Nov 2022 Nov 2022 0 849
The Fifties Sound Kristin Lems 0 niyad Nov 2022 Nov 2022 0 731
Now Is the Time to Protect and Expand Birth Control Access 0 niyad Nov 2022 Nov 2022 1 775
Days of the Theocracy Kristin Lems 0 niyad Nov 2022 Nov 2022 0 726
I'm a Maternal Health Physician. The U.S.'s Maternal Death Rate Is Shameful. 0 niyad Nov 2022 Nov 2022 0 901
I Ain't Afraid Holly Near 4 niyad Nov 2022 Nov 2022 4 1208
A faith in fabric: can Farwa Moledina's art change perceptions of Muslim wome 0 niyad Nov 2022 Nov 2022 0 890
There is no 'war on men' - we now know feminism is good for boys 0 niyad Nov 2022 Nov 2022 0 866
Afghan women barred from gyms, Taliban official says 0 niyad Nov 2022 Nov 2022 0 824
November 2022 Reads for the Rest of Us 0 niyad Nov 2022 Nov 2022 1 807
London pupils to be trained to recognise sexist behaviour 0 niyad Nov 2022 Nov 2022 0 814
Self-Managed Abortions Soar Post-Dobbs 0 niyad Nov 2022 Nov 2022 1 759
Beware of Climate Colonialism at COP27 0 niyad Nov 2022 Nov 2022 0 829
With Val Demings' and Cheri Beasley's Losses, There Are Still No Black Women in the U.S. Senate 0 niyad Nov 2022 Nov 2022 0 797
Midterm elections deliver major victories for abortion rights 0 niyad Nov 2022 Nov 2022 1 701
'We Told You So': The Abortion Issue Drove the Midterms 2 niyad Nov 2022 Nov 2022 2 907
Busting the Filibuster 0 niyad Nov 2022 Nov 2022 1 716
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