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From the Vault: Anita Hill Sizes Up Sexual Harassment in 'The Nature of the Beast' (Jan/Feb 1992) 0 niyad Sep 2023 Sep 2023 0 924
Click! The Housewife's Moment of Truth (Spring 1972) 0 niyad Sep 2023 Sep 2023 1 830
There's No Such Thing as 'Women's Work' 0 niyad Sep 2023 Sep 2023 2 648
3 States Just Banned Nonconsensual Pelvic Exams 8 Jilly_in_VA Aug 2023 Aug 2023 11 1992
#MeToo exposed the abuse of women in Spain. It took football and #SeAcabo to spark a revolution 1 Eugene Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 1386
"if you find yourself suddenly with a need to go camping in another state." 9 BlueWaveNeverEnd Jun 2023 Aug 2023 29 2583
Women working in Antarctica say they were left to fend for themselves against sexual harassers 0 Eugene Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 1111
How Congress Can Help Women and Girls in Conflict Zones 1 niyad Aug 2023 Aug 2023 2 1254
Womens rights and gun violence 0 PrincessMorgan Aug 2023 Aug 2023 2 1060
Women in Cuba 4 Marcus IM Aug 2023 Aug 2023 5 1083
Why Civic Engagement for Abortion Advocacy Matters 0 niyad Aug 2023 Aug 2023 0 959
DEMOCRACY IS FEMINIST 4 niyad Aug 2023 Aug 2023 3 1488
Abortion Snitching Is Already Sending People to Jail 0 niyad Aug 2023 Aug 2023 2 1153
'Jane Crow' and the March on Washington 0 niyad Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 826
Celebrating Women's Equality Day (some videos) 0 niyad Aug 2023 Aug 2023 0 674
WOMEN'S EQUALITY DAY 26 August 2023 FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY 0 niyad Aug 2023 Aug 2023 0 925
Jenni Hermoso 'didn't consent' to Luis Rubiales kiss as Spain players refuse to play 0 Jilly_in_VA Aug 2023 Aug 2023 4 1188
Ever hear of scopophilia? Meet Judge Ho... 1 Hekate Aug 2023 Aug 2023 7 1340
Women playing two games at same time - Rapinoe 0 Jilly_in_VA Aug 2023 Aug 2023 4 1075
Spanish soccer president kisses player on the mouth during trophy presentation (without her consent 2 BlueWaveNeverEnd Aug 2023 Aug 2023 10 1827
Hungry, hunted, terrified: unending plight of the Afghan women who served in military and police 0 niyad Aug 2023 Aug 2023 7 1113
Student Loan Debt Is a Gender Issue, Especially for Women of Color 0 niyad Aug 2023 Aug 2023 3 928
Students' Futures Are Better Off Debt-Free 0 niyad Aug 2023 Aug 2023 2 701
Why Barbie, Greta and You Should Invest in a Better World 0 niyad Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 1207
Days of the Theocracy --Kristin Lems 0 niyad Aug 2023 Aug 2023 3 719
Anti-Abortion Groups Are Coming for Birth Control--Just as Reproductive Rights Activists Warned 0 niyad Aug 2023 Aug 2023 5 1187
Please Don't Gender My Dinner (the whole "girl dinner" trend) 0 niyad Aug 2023 Aug 2023 0 885
India's supreme court issues handbook against use of archaic terms for women 1 Eugene Aug 2023 Aug 2023 4 1046
father reads riot act to cashier that cracks a joke when 12 year old buys pads 0 BlueWaveNeverEnd Aug 2023 Aug 2023 7 2094
ERA Centennial Convention in Seneca Falls: Intergenerational, Diverse and Determined 0 niyad Aug 2023 Aug 2023 2 757

Women's Rights & Issues Continued...

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The Bonobo Sisterhood: The Ms. Q&A With Ashley Judd and Diane Rosenfeld 0 niyad Aug 2023 Aug 2023 0 977
Maine Is the First U.S. State to Center Survivors of Commercial Sexual Exploitation in Legal Reforms 0 niyad Aug 2023 Aug 2023 2 973
Ursula K. Le Guin Quote on women speaking up 0 niyad Aug 2023 Aug 2023 7 670
Teenage girl dies after being forced to stay in a 'period hut' in Nepal 4 Eugene Aug 2023 Aug 2023 7 1410
A Global 'Anti-Gender' Movement Is Coming for Our Democracy. Here's How We Fight Back. 0 niyad Aug 2023 Aug 2023 2 884
In 2024 Elections, a Ballot Measure Could Amend the Arizona Constitution to Protect Abortion Rights 0 niyad Aug 2023 Aug 2023 0 738
I'm an Aspiring OB-GYN. Here Is Why I Won't Do My Residency in Any State With an Abortion Ban. 0 niyad Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 1309
'Extremely worrisome': Kidnappings of women, children surge in Haiti 0 niyad Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 803
We Can't Give Up on States With Abortion Bans 0 niyad Aug 2023 Aug 2023 0 553
Period poverty: African women priced out of buying sanitary pads 1 Eugene Aug 2023 Aug 2023 4 1003
The Taliban use tasers, fire hoses and gunfire to break up Afghan women protesting beauty salon ban 2 Eugene Jul 2023 Aug 2023 5 1556
How a trial in Texas changed the story of abortion rights in America 2 Jilly_in_VA Aug 2023 Aug 2023 11 1258
Just came across this site. . . 5 Collimator Aug 2023 Aug 2023 10 1510
Idaho has quietly dissolved its committee tasked with understanding maternal deaths 4 Eugene Aug 2023 Aug 2023 7 1175
Who Do We Call To Solve Our Most Complex Problem? Vice President Harris. 2 niyad Aug 2023 Aug 2023 4 1138
African female chief rises to power- annulled 2600 child marriages and sent the girls back to school 3 BlueWaveNeverEnd Aug 2023 Aug 2023 11 1498
The Glamorous, Sexist History of the Women's Restroom Lounge 0 niyad Aug 2023 Aug 2023 4 728
In Bulgaria, A Loophole In The Law Is Killing Women 0 niyad Aug 2023 Aug 2023 2 797
Thousands Rally In Bulgaria Against Domestic Violence After Shocking Case 0 niyad Aug 2023 Aug 2023 5 845
Why We Need A Reproductive Justice Bill of Rights (Trigger warning for graphic violence) 0 niyad Aug 2023 Aug 2023 3 868
Global Reproductive Justice Is What We Need Right Now 0 niyad Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 699
Rest in Power: Katie Early, Long-Time Champion for Reproductive Justice 0 niyad Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 792
Stop Gun Violence With a Reproductive Justice Approach 0 niyad Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 581
One Reason We All Want to Live in Barbieland? There Is No Gun Industry. 0 niyad Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 973
Congrats and thanks to niyad for 20 years of fighting the good fight on DU! [View all] 75 quaint Jul 2023 Aug 2023 176 10847
Analytic women 0 Celerity Aug 2023 Aug 2023 3 929
The 'Barbie' Movie: "More Swipes at 'The Patriarchy' Than a Year's Worth of Ms. Magazine" 5 niyad Jul 2023 Jul 2023 5 1258
A New Alimony Law Makes Florida Even Less Safe for Women 1 niyad Jul 2023 Jul 2023 0 657
'There's no other option but to fight': Iranian women defiant as 'morality police' return 0 niyad Jul 2023 Jul 2023 5 971
'Gut-churning': anger as Hungarian president addresses major women's rights conference 0 niyad Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 645

Women's Rights & Issues Continued...

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The Taliban has reportedly agreed to relocate the TTP within its borders. Many fear a rise in ethni 0 niyad Jul 2023 Jul 2023 1 845
Abortion Is Officially on the Ballot in Ohio's August and November Elections 0 niyad Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 553
Illinois Law Holds Anti-Abortion 'Crisis Pregnancy Centers' Accountable for Misinformation and Frau 0 niyad Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 677
U.S. Clinicians Can Now Mail Abortion Pills to States Banning Abortion, Thanks to Shield Laws in Fi 0 niyad Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 769
'Barbie' and the Women's World Cup: Cheering for Women in Spikes 0 niyad Jul 2023 Jul 2023 0 586
'This Barbie Is a Feminist': Greta Gerwig's Barbie Reckons With Her Fraught Legacy 0 niyad Jul 2023 Jul 2023 1 1322
Iranian Court Sparks Controversy By Diagnosing Hijab Protesters With Mental Illness 4 Eugene Jul 2023 Jul 2023 8 1240
Across the Desk - S8:E1 (19 (R) AG's See Women as State Property) 1 Across-the-Desk Jul 2023 Jul 2023 5 1176
Biden Administration Takes on Intimate Partner Violence, Releasing New Clinical Guidance 2 niyad Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 986
'Family Annihilators': When Conservative America's Fetish for Guns and Patriarchy Turns Deadly 2 niyad Jul 2023 Jul 2023 6 955
'Hidden Horrors': When it Comes to Domestic Violence, the Real Monsters Are Hiding in Plain Sight 0 niyad Jul 2023 Jul 2023 0 1237
Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments And Rights (of women) July 1848 (175th anniversary) 0 niyad Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 900
What Black Barbie Means to Black Women and Girls 0 niyad Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 768
'Social media': the harms to women and girls 3 Celerity Jul 2023 Jul 2023 7 1459
'Gut-churning': anger as Hungarian president addresses major women's rights conference 2 Eugene Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 1000
Today's google doodle honours Eunice Newton Foote, discoverer of the greenhouse 0 niyad Jul 2023 Jul 2023 6 777
Why Menopause Representation Matters: 'Women in Positions of Power Realize This Is Not Something to 0 niyad Jul 2023 Jul 2023 4 1253
Indictments Seek to Hold Trump Accountable for Threatening U.S. Democracy and National Security 0 niyad Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 690
With increasing Taliban restrictions against Afghan women, the mental health crisis worsens. "I feel 4 niyad Jul 2023 Jul 2023 5 1542
US Republicans pass defence bill with anti-abortion, LGBT add-ons 0 niyad Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 633
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