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Mother Speaks Out About 12 Year Old Daughter's Strip-Search Experience 10 spicysista Feb 2019 Feb 2019 11 4502
One Billion Rising worldwide 1 niyad Feb 2019 Feb 2019 3 1053
The beginning of 2019's One Billion Rising 0 spicysista Feb 2019 Feb 2019 3 1851
February 14 is also V-Day, a worldwide initiative aimed at ending violence against women and girls, 0 niyad Feb 2019 Feb 2019 2 929
Afua Hirsch: Nationalist strongmen are bent on controlling women's bodies 0 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 2 1018
How Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez beat everyone at Twitter in nine tweets (from the Guardian) 3 niyad Feb 2019 Feb 2019 3 1392
Sierra Leone's president declares rape a national emergency Statistics revealed the reported cases 0 niyad Feb 2019 Feb 2019 3 916
Indonesia sexual violence bill sparks conservative opposition Proposed draft legislation aiming to 0 niyad Feb 2019 Feb 2019 2 843
John Engler, Michigan State's Interim Leader, Says Some of Larry Nassar's Victims Enjoy Spotlight 2 niyad Jan 2019 Feb 2019 1 1331
Freshman Rep. Ilhan Omar Draws Ire for 'Accurately Describing How the Israel Lobby Works' 2 niyad Feb 2019 Feb 2019 18 1506
'Napalm girl' Kim Phuc receives German prize for peace work Activist honoured decades after she wa 0 niyad Feb 2019 Feb 2019 4 1068
Three Michelin stars! Meet the first woman to smash America's boys' club 1 niyad Feb 2019 Feb 2019 3 1008
'A Woman, Just Not That Woman': How Sexism Plays Out on the Trail (lengthy, excellent read) 0 niyad Feb 2019 Feb 2019 1 953
The Burning Times Charlie Murphy 0 niyad Feb 2019 Feb 2019 1 949
MP Christopher Chope under fire for blocking anti-FGM bill 0 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 1 1148
She's With Stupid Sure, AOC slips up sometimes-but have you listened to her Republican colleagues? 8 niyad Feb 2019 Feb 2019 9 2287
One Billion Rising Break the Chain Dance Washington DC 0 niyad Feb 2019 Feb 2019 3 947
"Love and Justice, Women's Anthem" 0 niyad Feb 2019 Feb 2019 1 1065
Tango della femminista 2 niyad Feb 2019 Feb 2019 6 1447
One Billion Rising flash mob 2 niyad Feb 2019 Feb 2019 7 1235
BHUTAN: We Are One - One Billion Rising 1 niyad Feb 2019 Feb 2019 5 1097
Germany's cabinet approves revision to Nazi-era abortion law 1 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 1 1110
"We Are All Bound Up Together"- May 1866 Frances Ellen Watkins Harper 0 niyad Feb 2019 Feb 2019 3 1667
Saudi Arabia to address abuse of male guardianship system: media reports 0 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 2 1013
Nepal woman suffocates in banned 'menstruation hut' 0 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 2 1142
Saudi female activists face jail conditions akin to torture, say UK MPs 0 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 2 1037
Girls can join the Boy Scouts now 3 PoliticAverse Feb 2019 Feb 2019 1 1371
Will Someone Please Explain To Anti-Choice Idiots That Nobody's Killing Born Babies? 2 niyad Feb 2019 Feb 2019 2 1349
Mother of three-year-old is first person convicted of FGM in UK 0 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 2 1443
Forget Trump's border distraction - the real threat is inside the house While the government was s 0 niyad Feb 2019 Feb 2019 2 1249

Women's Rights & Issues Continued...

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It is a scandal that working mothers are 40% more stressed than other people 5 niyad Jan 2019 Jan 2019 3 1543
The Real Cost of Stress and Ways To Ease The Pain 0 spicysista Jan 2019 Jan 2019 1 1810
Is the World's Most Powerful Woman Finally a Feminist? 2 elleng Jan 2019 Jan 2019 2 1434
Palestine, the Women's March, and imperial feminism Much effort is made in the US to maintain that 0 niyad Jan 2019 Jan 2019 6 1067
My website got mentioned in an anti-feminist blog 0 Beringia Jan 2019 Jan 2019 2 1182
And she lived happily ever after 0 question everything Jan 2019 Jan 2019 12 1254
Revealed: 'dozens' of girls subjected to breast-ironing in UK 1 Eugene Jan 2019 Jan 2019 1 1708
Spain's far right hates not only immigrants, but also women 2 niyad Jan 2019 Jan 2019 4 1197
UAE's gender equality awards won entirely by men 0 Eugene Jan 2019 Jan 2019 5 1096
Violence Against Women Act extended in bill that reopened government 2 Eugene Jan 2019 Jan 2019 14 1397
Mexican woman jailed for miscarriage released after conviction is overturned 1 Eugene Jan 2019 Jan 2019 3 1214
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 1125
Under Trump, states step up effort to restrict abortion access 0 niyad Jan 2019 Jan 2019 2 987
How Polish Women are Pushing Back on Anti-Abortion Policies 1 niyad Jan 2019 Jan 2019 2 1135
The woman who was assaulted at a home care 6 question everything Jan 2019 Jan 2019 4 1530
Samantha Bee Full Frontal-- "Women Running for President" 0 niyad Jan 2019 Jan 2019 4 1019
A Bollywood icon was accused of sexual assault. The response was chilling. 1 Eugene Jan 2019 Jan 2019 2 1582
"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 1078
Reading a novel about the ice age, more patriarchy 6 Beringia Jan 2019 Jan 2019 5 1715
Virginia Senate Passes ERA 0 niyad Jan 2019 Jan 2019 12 1207
The feminist knitting circle in India upending patriarchal norms 0 niyad Jan 2019 Jan 2019 3 970
The women fighting a pipeline that could destroy precious wildlife Activists fight to stop constru 0 niyad Jan 2019 Jan 2019 2 994
Virginia ERA Update 0 Dave in VA Jan 2019 Jan 2019 1 1565
Theater project lets women who accused Trump tell their stories The Pussy Grabber Plays - eight sh 0 niyad Jan 2019 Jan 2019 3 1153
The Late-Term Abortion I Didn't Want 8 question everything Nov 2018 Jan 2019 19 2331
Tara Murtha & Susan Frietsche: Nothing 'pro-life' about overturning Roe v. Wade 4 littlemissmartypants Jan 2019 Jan 2019 3 1454
Nepal: Woman, sons suffocate to death in banned 'menstrual hut' 0 niyad Jan 2019 Jan 2019 3 1157
Brooke Medicine Eagle newsletter January 2019 3 Beringia Jan 2019 Jan 2019 2 1472
Virginia General Assembly ERA Updated 0 Dave in VA Jan 2019 Jan 2019 1 1586
Why a Saudi woman can be arrested for disobeying her father 3 Eugene Jan 2019 Jan 2019 6 1361

Women's Rights & Issues Continued...

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Bernice Sandler, 'godmother of Title IX' who championed women's rights on campus, dies at 90 1 Eugene Jan 2019 Jan 2019 3 1218
Would Peace in Afghanistan Be Possible Without Women's Rights and Participation? 0 niyad Jan 2019 Jan 2019 2 1014
My Feminist New Year's Resolution 0 niyad Jan 2019 Jan 2019 4 983
"Coming out of the broom closet:" Denver witches report a vibrant, growing community as witchcraft c 9 niyad Dec 2018 Jan 2019 4 2483
Saudi women to get divorce confirmation by text message 3 Eugene Jan 2019 Jan 2019 1 1463
Surviving R. Kelly-anyone watching? 2 Lotusflower70 Jan 2019 Jan 2019 2 1506
India's hidden years of nuns sexually abused by priests AP investigation uncovers decades-long hist 3 niyad Jan 2019 Jan 2019 2 1255
Marriage licence from 1915 4 Beringia Jan 2019 Jan 2019 3 1927
City of Women (renaming NYC subway stops for women) 1 niyad Jan 2019 Jan 2019 1 1095
Across America, racist and sexist monuments give way to a new future 0 niyad Jan 2019 Jan 2019 2 1006
V-Day 2019 One Billion Rising to End Violence Against Women 0 niyad Jan 2019 Jan 2019 3 1340
Women forced into marriage overseas asked to repay cost of return to UK 1 Eugene Jan 2019 Jan 2019 3 1210
Sabarimala temple: Indian women form '620km human chain' for equality 0 Eugene Jan 2019 Jan 2019 2 1167
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 1579
'Shame on this President:' With Shutdown, Trump Cuts Off Funds for 'Vital Services and Protections' 2 niyad Dec 2018 Dec 2018 3 1181
Swedish women-only music festival found guilty of discrimination 0 Eugene Dec 2018 Dec 2018 0 1357
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 1284
Japan medical schools 'rigged women's results' 0 Eugene Dec 2018 Dec 2018 2 1143
Two more Japanese medical schools admit discriminating against women 0 Eugene Dec 2018 Dec 2018 3 1068
The Sisterhood Is Global Institute The Think Tank of International Feminism 0 niyad Dec 2018 Dec 2018 1 1196
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