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Iran president says death in custody of Mahsa Amini must be investigated 1 Eugene Sep 2022 Sep 2022 1 1177
UN alarm as Iran cracks down on anti-hijab protests sparked by woman's death 0 Eugene Sep 2022 Sep 2022 3 869
Terri Lyne Carrington on her mission to correct jazz history: 'Women don't get called geniuses enoug 2 niyad Sep 2022 Sep 2022 7 1081
(Iran) Mahsa Amini: Women take headscarves off in protest at funeral 1 Eugene Sep 2022 Sep 2022 5 1435
Bodies of teenage Dalit sisters found hanging from tree in India (Severe trigger warning) 2 niyad Sep 2022 Sep 2022 5 890
Iran is urging people to have babies -- and making life hard for those who don't want to 0 niyad Sep 2022 Sep 2022 1 755
Sister Nations Native American Women Writers on Community 0 niyad Sep 2022 Sep 2022 1 642
More than Pocahontas and Squaws: Indigenous Women Coming into Visibility with Dr. Laura Tohe 0 niyad Sep 2022 Sep 2022 3 702
Sex slaves, forced labour: Why S Korea, Japan ties remain tense 0 niyad Sep 2022 Sep 2022 1 1069
New California Law Protects Digital Privacy of Abortion Seekers Nationwide 0 niyad Sep 2022 Sep 2022 1 734
Trigger warning: Why do police rarely chase down 5 cbabe Sep 2022 Sep 2022 9 1590
Family Research Council actively advocates for women to die. 11 babylonsister Sep 2022 Sep 2022 65 3507
'Grandmothers are our weather app': new maps and local knowledge power Chad's climate fightback 4 niyad Sep 2022 Sep 2022 2 1055
'Magic in her hands.' The woman bringing India's forests back to life 0 niyad Sep 2022 Sep 2022 4 915
Battling violence & censors: Women in China become 'invisible & absent' 0 niyad Sep 2022 Sep 2022 4 693
Iranian authorities plan to use facial recognition to enforce new hijab law 0 niyad Sep 2022 Sep 2022 3 735
Moving Beyond the 'Pink High Heels' Defense Shaming of Survivors 1 niyad Sep 2022 Sep 2022 1 699
'Four Winters' Reveals Jewish Women's Armed Resistance to Nazis During World War II 0 niyad Sep 2022 Sep 2022 2 719
Abortion Rights Could Hang in the Balance in State Judge Races This November 0 niyad Sep 2022 Sep 2022 1 747
The Case for Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pills 0 niyad Sep 2022 Sep 2022 0 724
As San Antonio Abortion Clinic Closes, Its Director Worries About Who Is Left Behind 0 niyad Sep 2022 Sep 2022 0 763
Top Indiana Employers Voice Concern Over State's New Near-Total Abortion Ban 0 niyad Sep 2022 Sep 2022 2 719
Medical Care and Civil Rights Organizations File Lawsuits Against Indiana Abortion Ban 0 niyad Sep 2022 Sep 2022 1 726
CROSSPOSTED FROM GD: Pregnant women held in AL jail to "Protect fetuses" 4 Bettie Sep 2022 Sep 2022 9 1271
Moira Donegan: Jane's World 2 Nevilledog Sep 2022 Sep 2022 2 885
Cross-post: Ms. Muse: Cherokee Chief Wilma Mankiller's Lost Poems 0 discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2022 Sep 2022 4 921
COVID Revealed the U.S.'s Long-Time Misogyny and Lack of Respect for Teachers 1 niyad Sep 2022 Sep 2022 5 885
White House vows to tackle sexual assault in military amid rise 1 niyad Sep 2022 Sep 2022 3 829
Ms. Muse: Cherokee Chief Wilma Mankiller's Lost Poems 3 niyad Sep 2022 Sep 2022 5 891
ICYMI: Women Just Took Another Hit By vetoing investment in the care economy, Republicans once aga 0 niyad Sep 2022 Sep 2022 1 726

Women's Rights & Issues Continued...

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The Pornification of War in Ukraine ****Trigger warning*** 0 niyad Sep 2022 Sep 2022 2 802
When Women Were King A new film starring Viola Davis reclaims the narrative of the fiercely resist 2 niyad Sep 2022 Sep 2022 5 891
Ukrainian Women on the Front Lines 0 niyad Sep 2022 Sep 2022 0 648
'Chaos, Confusion and Crisis': Marking a Full Year of Texas' Six-Week Abortion Ban 0 niyad Sep 2022 Sep 2022 2 639
Internet Reacts To TV Anchor's Firing After She Let Her Hair Go Gray 3 catbyte Sep 2022 Sep 2022 15 1589
"Is the GOP now promoting the business of tracking women?" 2 Timeflyer Sep 2022 Sep 2022 7 1639
This message was self-deleted by its author 1 Mosby Aug 2022 Aug 2022 7 1001
'Wrong' and 'Backwards': Texas Judge Rules Against Biden Administration's Fight for Emergency Abort 2 niyad Aug 2022 Aug 2022 1 1023
Who Run the World? Girls! 100 Women's Equality Day Quotes 2 niyad Aug 2022 Aug 2022 4 878
9 Inspiring Quotes for Women's Equality Day 2 niyad Aug 2022 Aug 2022 0 1134
'Women's Equality Day' at White House focuses on abortion rights 2 niyad Aug 2022 Aug 2022 1 832
Happy Women's Equality Day 2022: Theme, Quotes, Wishes, Images, and Messages 0 niyad Aug 2022 Aug 2022 3 769
GENDER INEQUALITY - A GLOBAL PROBLEM 0 niyad Aug 2022 Aug 2022 3 697
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 niyad Aug 2022 Aug 2022 0 422
Belated honouring of Women's Equality Day 26 August 2022 6 niyad Aug 2022 Aug 2022 3 903
Abortion 'desert' in US south is hurting Black women the most 2 niyad Aug 2022 Aug 2022 1 850
A Proclamation on Women's Equality Day, 2022 August 25, 2022 0 niyad Aug 2022 Aug 2022 2 611
Young Women Vow to Carry the Equal Rights Amendment Across the Finish Line 4 niyad Aug 2022 Aug 2022 4 991
In Post-Roe Louisiana, Things Go From Bad to Worse for Teens 0 niyad Aug 2022 Aug 2022 1 709
Women's Equality Is *Still* Not Guaranteed in the U.S. Constitution 2 niyad Aug 2022 Aug 2022 2 775
The Dobbs Decision Reminds Us Feminism Must Be Global and Intersectional 0 niyad Aug 2022 Aug 2022 0 698
Hungarian government wants women barefoot and pregnant 3 muriel_volestrangler Aug 2022 Aug 2022 6 1174
Great t-shirt I saw today in Provincetown. 6 Croney Aug 2022 Aug 2022 94 4716
Abortion Thoughts by Meghan Waters, an unrolled thread 4 littlemissmartypants Aug 2022 Aug 2022 12 1137
Women know how choice and freedom feel - and we will never give that up 0 niyad Aug 2022 Aug 2022 4 860
Bringing choice to rural Nigeria 0 niyad Aug 2022 Aug 2022 1 626
What We Must Learn From Latin America in a Post-Roe World 0 niyad Aug 2022 Aug 2022 1 709
Second Wave Feminism, the Equal Rights Amendment and Phyllis Schlafly 0 niyad Aug 2022 Aug 2022 4 647
The Inflation Reduction Act Is a Much-Needed Win for Women 0 niyad Aug 2022 Aug 2022 0 663
Don't Draft Our Daughters--or Our Sons 0 niyad Aug 2022 Aug 2022 2 628

Women's Rights & Issues Continued...

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Alas, Women--Barrett Is No Ginsburg (In memoriam) 0 niyad Aug 2022 Aug 2022 3 728
Apparently We Don't Need Abortion Because of Adoption ... "or Whatever" 0 niyad Aug 2022 Aug 2022 1 657
Safe Haven Laws Were Never Supposed to Be an Alternative to Abortion 0 niyad Aug 2022 Aug 2022 2 729
Groundbreaking Massachusetts Law Protects Telemedicine Abortion Providers Serving Patients Located 0 niyad Aug 2022 Aug 2022 2 641
'A hundred years later, we are still fighting the same fights.' 1 Joinfortmill Aug 2022 Aug 2022 6 987
The health risks of maturing early 13 Diamond_Dog Aug 2022 Aug 2022 9 1886
It's Maddening Gender is Still Not Central in Mass Shootings Debate 10 niyad Aug 2022 Aug 2022 6 2077
It's Time to End Discrimination in Crash Testing 4 niyad Aug 2022 Aug 2022 6 887
'I'll be sacrificed': The lost and sold daughters of Afghanistan Child marriage, lack of education, 2 niyad Aug 2022 Aug 2022 2 758
Why Are Military Women Affected by Toxic Exposure More than Men? 0 niyad Aug 2022 Aug 2022 0 551
Abortion Denials Cause Mental Health Problems for Mothers and Children: 'It's a Burden They Both Ca 0 niyad Aug 2022 Aug 2022 1 629
War on Women Report: Texas Teen Raises $2.2 Million for Abortion Funds; 43 Abortion Clinics Closed; 0 niyad Aug 2022 Aug 2022 0 581
Everything You Need to Know About Birth Control (And Even Things Your *Doctor* Might Not Know) 0 niyad Aug 2022 Aug 2022 2 619
DC, Maryland AGs join multistate effort against laws restricting emergency abortion care 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2022 Aug 2022 4 661
How does India have twice as many women airline pilots as the US? 2 niyad Aug 2022 Aug 2022 1 707
A year of Taliban takeover: The missing women in Afghan workforce 0 niyad Aug 2022 Aug 2022 3 773
'The world is my oyster': Nicola Sturgeon on feminism, her last push for independence and life after 0 niyad Aug 2022 Aug 2022 2 673
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 niyad Aug 2022 Aug 2022 0 404
UK track coach Minichiello banned for life for sexual misconduct 0 niyad Aug 2022 Aug 2022 1 627
Opposition to Climate Action and Reproductive Rights Is a Public Health Failure 0 niyad Aug 2022 Aug 2022 2 627
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