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Golf Lydia Ko has been universally praised for mentioning her period like its normal bodily function 0 Demovictory9 May 2022 May 2022 8 1145
Emergency Contraception Rushed to Ukraine 4 Demovictory9 May 2022 May 2022 18 1447
Cross Post: Art Exhibit Powerfully Answers The Question 'What Were You Wearing?' 3 sheshe2 Apr 2022 May 2022 9 1181
Guardian: 'It's rife': female MPs tell of climate of misogyny in Westminster... 3 abqtommy Apr 2022 Apr 2022 4 1845
Connecticut passes bill expanding abortion related protections. Gov pledges to sign it 1 Demovictory9 Apr 2022 Apr 2022 4 868
Iceland: 'The world's best place to be a woman' is being sued for misogyny 1 cbabe Apr 2022 Apr 2022 3 1146
Oklahoma legislature approves Republican bill banning abortions (x-posted from LBN) 2 BumRushDaShow Apr 2022 Apr 2022 6 1233
Ukrainian Victims of Wartime Rape May Be Forced To Give Birth--All Thanks to This U.S. Policy 0 niyad Apr 2022 Apr 2022 2 835
Climate Change Is Forcing American Women From Their Homes 0 niyad Apr 2022 Apr 2022 4 801
The Patriarchs' War on Women 0 niyad Apr 2022 Apr 2022 10 855
International Women's Day: Dramatic deterioration in respect for women's rights and gender equality 2 BeckyDem Apr 2022 Apr 2022 5 1410
'Silence guarantees nothing will change': film-makers challenge the anti-abortion movement 4 niyad Apr 2022 Apr 2022 4 1000
abortion clinic escort films the anti choicers outside the clinic 6 Demovictory9 Apr 2022 Apr 2022 9 1575
EARTH DAY: When you choose the Earth, you choose Indigenous women. When you choose Indigenous women 6 niyad Apr 2022 Apr 2022 6 1004
The U.S. Could Learn From Argentina's Groundbreaking Plan to Reduce Maternal and Childhood Mortality 2 niyad Apr 2022 Apr 2022 3 880
The girls I taught in Kabul were Afghanistan's future. The Taliban has taken that away 0 niyad Apr 2022 Apr 2022 5 818
Physicians Have Abortions Too: Maintaining Access to Abortion Supports Women's Careers 0 niyad Apr 2022 Apr 2022 3 671
Bangladesh to ban 'immoral character' evidence in rape cases 0 niyad Apr 2022 Apr 2022 3 677
Kansas governor approves budget including extension of postpartum coverage 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2022 Apr 2022 2 789
'Birthing while Black' is a national crisis for the US. Here's what Black lawmakers want to do about 1 Jilly_in_VA Apr 2022 Apr 2022 4 997
Benin's first female vice-president on women's bodies, Amazon warriors and being called a feminist 0 niyad Apr 2022 Apr 2022 5 921
Women (Including Republicans) Say 'Bull Semen Baron' Running For Nebraska Gov Has Groping Problem 0 niyad Apr 2022 Apr 2022 4 741
Disney, You're Finally Seeing Moms Too 0 niyad Apr 2022 Apr 2022 2 748
Yelp Joins Growing List of Companies Covering Costs for Texas Employees Seeking Abortions Out of St 0 niyad Apr 2022 Apr 2022 2 704
Texas Woman Lizelle Herrera's Arrest Foreshadows Post-Roe Future 0 niyad Apr 2022 Apr 2022 4 710
Why is Indonesia's sexual violence law so important? 6 niyad Apr 2022 Apr 2022 6 1252
Louisiana lawmakers consider more restrictions for abortion pill 2 TexasTowelie Apr 2022 Apr 2022 4 919
This message was self-deleted by its author 1 TexasTowelie Apr 2022 Apr 2022 1 528
Across the Desk - S5:E13 (Oklahoma SB612 - Full Ban On Abortion) 2 Across-the-Desk Apr 2022 Apr 2022 2 1253
All-female newsroom launched in Somalia to widen media's scope 2 Eugene Apr 2022 Apr 2022 4 947

Women's Rights & Issues Continued...

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I'm just amazed 4 snowybirdie Apr 2022 Apr 2022 38 1899
Woman Arrested for Abortion in Texas, Held on Half-Million-Dollar Bond: 'This Arrest Is Inhumane' 4 niyad Apr 2022 Apr 2022 3 1191
Activist faces trial in Poland for aiding abortion 0 niyad Apr 2022 Apr 2022 3 826
Michigan governor sues to secure abortion rights, vacate old law 0 niyad Apr 2022 Apr 2022 7 890
U.S. Department of Justice Indicts Nine Anti-Abortion Extremists for Clinic Invasion 0 niyad Apr 2022 Apr 2022 4 747
Local florists at Urban Buds tackle waste and share spring planting tips 1 Sherman A1 Apr 2022 Apr 2022 2 875
TWO pro-choice candidates worth donating to 0 Omaha Steve Apr 2022 Apr 2022 5 860
Missouri's first prison nursery would keep moms and babies together 1 Sherman A1 Apr 2022 Apr 2022 3 888
Oklahoma's orgy of abortion bills - database of abortion seeking women, unique identifier for 7 yrs 5 Demovictory9 Apr 2022 Apr 2022 4 1140
High-profile women on Instagram face 'epidemic of misogynist abuse', study finds 2 Eugene Apr 2022 Apr 2022 6 1019
A new documentary looks at women who survived domestic violence -- then faced jail time 5 Jilly_in_VA Apr 2022 Apr 2022 6 1209
"A Gentlewoman's Guide To Murder", Victoria Hamilton. 2 niyad Apr 2022 Apr 2022 8 1291
Taliban Crack Down on Social Freedoms With Even Stricter Policing 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2022 Apr 2022 1 889
Misogyny's Gatekeeping Role at Judge Jackson's Supreme Court Nomination Hearings 9 niyad Apr 2022 Apr 2022 9 1477
Biden Admin's ONE WEIRD TRICK To Get Health Care $$$ Around Red State Govs! 0 niyad Apr 2022 Apr 2022 5 1011
Ukraine Donations Go Further and Faster with Women's Funds 2 niyad Apr 2022 Apr 2022 4 847
H&M pledges to end shopfloor sexual violence in India after worker killed 0 Eugene Apr 2022 Apr 2022 1 917
Nearly Half of All Pregnancies Worldwide are Unintended and 60% of those end in abortion 9 Demovictory9 Mar 2022 Apr 2022 12 1800
Woman learns parents' fertility doctor is really her biological father 8 Diamond_Dog Mar 2022 Mar 2022 10 1389
Taliban Rules Impose Chaperones on Afghan Women 4 applegrove Mar 2022 Mar 2022 4 1265
Another deeply gendered war is being waged in Ukraine 4 niyad Mar 2022 Mar 2022 3 1303
S5:E10 (OK Sen. Treat & The 'Conservative Value' of Misogyny) 0 Across-the-Desk Mar 2022 Mar 2022 1 1157
House Democrats Grill Pentagon About Sexual Assault Tracking 1 BeckyDem Mar 2022 Mar 2022 5 972
Why counting femicides is a global issue 2 Sherman A1 Mar 2022 Mar 2022 5 987
Police strip-searched a 15-year-old black girl at school. When will these abuses end? 5 Judi Lynn Mar 2022 Mar 2022 12 2023
Doulas Push Back Against California's Proposal to Pay Them Shockingly Low Rates 0 Jilly_in_VA Mar 2022 Mar 2022 2 1076
Working group calls for full decriminalisation of abortion 0 Sherman A1 Mar 2022 Mar 2022 18 1057
International Women's Day: top universities led by women 0 Celerity Mar 2022 Mar 2022 1 974
Toay, we observe International Women's Day, celebrated as a holiday in many 0 niyad Mar 2022 Mar 2022 6 897
Rebutting the assaults on gender equality 0 Celerity Mar 2022 Mar 2022 5 933

Women's Rights & Issues Continued...

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The google doodle today honours International Women's Day with an interactive slide 0 niyad Mar 2022 Mar 2022 2 734
My pregnancy complications were described in sexist terms, unlike male infertility 5 Jilly_in_VA Mar 2022 Mar 2022 12 1451
Most Women Denied Abortions by Texas Law Got Them Another Way 4 Demovictory9 Mar 2022 Mar 2022 10 1312
woman with protective order shoots and kills ex-cop with long history of woman abuse 3 Demovictory9 Mar 2022 Mar 2022 9 1453
The Hidden Epidemic of Brain Injuries From Domestic Violence 3 Demovictory9 Mar 2022 Mar 2022 15 1359
Activision Blizzard sued for wrongful death by family of employee who killed herself 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2022 Mar 2022 2 1476
A new look at baby 'safe haven' laws, After SCOTUS hearing 2 littlemissmartypants Mar 2022 Mar 2022 6 1640
Judge Rules Against Montana Law Limiting Abortion Providers 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2022 Mar 2022 10 940
As one of Fortune Magazine's "Most Promising Entrepreneurs" Leila Janah 0 BeckyDem Feb 2022 Feb 2022 1 1128
On February 27, 1869, Alice Hamilton was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2022 Feb 2022 2 986
International Women's Day webinar: WOMEN IN TECH 0 Celerity Feb 2022 Feb 2022 1 885
According to this Florida forced birth* activist, birth control doesn't prevent abortions. 1 ShazzieB Feb 2022 Feb 2022 3 1157
On Request, a repost from GD: Re the ECONOMICS of Griswold/Roe and Male Resentment... 1 Hekate Feb 2022 Feb 2022 7 1084
Sexual assault, harassment linked to higher risk of high blood pressure in women, study finds 1 Judi Lynn Feb 2022 Feb 2022 3 1006
Colombia Decriminalizes Abortion 1 Demovictory9 Feb 2022 Feb 2022 7 913
UK: Ministers to reject making misogyny a hate crime 2 Eugene Feb 2022 Feb 2022 5 1084
Three abortion bills pass introductory votes in Wyoming 2 TexasTowelie Feb 2022 Feb 2022 3 944
All 3 Repubs running for MI AG just stated that they oppose the ruling in Griswold v Connecticut 5 demmiblue Feb 2022 Feb 2022 11 2733
Ecuador legislators approve regulations allowing abortion in cases of rape 1 Eugene Feb 2022 Feb 2022 1 853
Rep. Steve Haugaard's total ban on abortion pills goes to South Dakota House floor 3 TexasTowelie Feb 2022 Feb 2022 3 1832
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