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Funding bill leaves out Violence Against Women Act extension 0 niyad Feb 2019 Feb 2019 2 1098
One Billion Rising 2019 #OneBillionRising 0 niyad Feb 2019 Feb 2019 2 1100
One Billion Rising for Justice in Stuart calls for end to violence against women and girls 0 niyad Feb 2019 Feb 2019 1 1072
Newly-weds join One Billion Rising 0 niyad Feb 2019 Feb 2019 2 1035
Susan B. Anthony Quotes 2 niyad Feb 2019 Feb 2019 2 1049
Women's Rights Music Video 0 niyad Feb 2019 Feb 2019 1 1029
Susan Brownwell Anthony February 15 1820 - 1906 "The Mother of Us All" 0 niyad Feb 2019 Feb 2019 1 1208
We Heart: SNL's Tribute to the Feisty and Fed-Up "Women of Congress" 0 niyad Feb 2019 Feb 2019 3 1108
Violence Against Native American Women 0 niyad Feb 2019 Feb 2019 2 936
Mother Speaks Out About 12 Year Old Daughter's Strip-Search Experience 10 spicysista Feb 2019 Feb 2019 11 4575
One Billion Rising worldwide 1 niyad Feb 2019 Feb 2019 3 1084
The beginning of 2019's One Billion Rising 0 spicysista Feb 2019 Feb 2019 3 1888
February 14 is also V-Day, a worldwide initiative aimed at ending violence against women and girls, 0 niyad Feb 2019 Feb 2019 2 954
Afua Hirsch: Nationalist strongmen are bent on controlling women's bodies 0 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 2 1044
How Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez beat everyone at Twitter in nine tweets (from the Guardian) 3 niyad Feb 2019 Feb 2019 3 1430
Sierra Leone's president declares rape a national emergency Statistics revealed the reported cases 0 niyad Feb 2019 Feb 2019 3 938
Indonesia sexual violence bill sparks conservative opposition Proposed draft legislation aiming to 0 niyad Feb 2019 Feb 2019 2 877
John Engler, Michigan State's Interim Leader, Says Some of Larry Nassar's Victims Enjoy Spotlight 2 niyad Jan 2019 Feb 2019 1 1362
Freshman Rep. Ilhan Omar Draws Ire for 'Accurately Describing How the Israel Lobby Works' 2 niyad Feb 2019 Feb 2019 18 1532
'Napalm girl' Kim Phuc receives German prize for peace work Activist honoured decades after she wa 0 niyad Feb 2019 Feb 2019 4 1093
Three Michelin stars! Meet the first woman to smash America's boys' club 1 niyad Feb 2019 Feb 2019 3 1044
'A Woman, Just Not That Woman': How Sexism Plays Out on the Trail (lengthy, excellent read) 0 niyad Feb 2019 Feb 2019 1 981
The Burning Times Charlie Murphy 0 niyad Feb 2019 Feb 2019 1 975
MP Christopher Chope under fire for blocking anti-FGM bill 0 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 1 1178
She's With Stupid Sure, AOC slips up sometimes-but have you listened to her Republican colleagues? 8 niyad Feb 2019 Feb 2019 9 2335
One Billion Rising Break the Chain Dance Washington DC 0 niyad Feb 2019 Feb 2019 3 975
"Love and Justice, Women's Anthem" 0 niyad Feb 2019 Feb 2019 1 1096
Tango della femminista 2 niyad Feb 2019 Feb 2019 6 1478
One Billion Rising flash mob 2 niyad Feb 2019 Feb 2019 7 1264
BHUTAN: We Are One - One Billion Rising 1 niyad Feb 2019 Feb 2019 5 1122

Women's Rights & Issues Continued...

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Germany's cabinet approves revision to Nazi-era abortion law 1 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 1 1141
"We Are All Bound Up Together"- May 1866 Frances Ellen Watkins Harper 0 niyad Feb 2019 Feb 2019 3 1701
Saudi Arabia to address abuse of male guardianship system: media reports 0 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 2 1039
Nepal woman suffocates in banned 'menstruation hut' 0 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 2 1174
Saudi female activists face jail conditions akin to torture, say UK MPs 0 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 2 1067
Girls can join the Boy Scouts now 3 PoliticAverse Feb 2019 Feb 2019 1 1410
Will Someone Please Explain To Anti-Choice Idiots That Nobody's Killing Born Babies? 2 niyad Feb 2019 Feb 2019 2 1380
Mother of three-year-old is first person convicted of FGM in UK 0 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 2 1470
Forget Trump's border distraction - the real threat is inside the house While the government was s 0 niyad Feb 2019 Feb 2019 2 1278
It is a scandal that working mothers are 40% more stressed than other people 5 niyad Jan 2019 Jan 2019 3 1604
The Real Cost of Stress and Ways To Ease The Pain 0 spicysista Jan 2019 Jan 2019 1 1846
Is the World's Most Powerful Woman Finally a Feminist? 2 elleng Jan 2019 Jan 2019 2 1470
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 1100
My website got mentioned in an anti-feminist blog 0 Beringia Jan 2019 Jan 2019 2 1218
And she lived happily ever after 0 question everything Jan 2019 Jan 2019 12 1278
Revealed: 'dozens' of girls subjected to breast-ironing in UK 1 Eugene Jan 2019 Jan 2019 1 1731
Spain's far right hates not only immigrants, but also women 2 niyad Jan 2019 Jan 2019 4 1230
UAE's gender equality awards won entirely by men 0 Eugene Jan 2019 Jan 2019 5 1128
Violence Against Women Act extended in bill that reopened government 2 Eugene Jan 2019 Jan 2019 14 1428
Mexican woman jailed for miscarriage released after conviction is overturned 1 Eugene Jan 2019 Jan 2019 3 1247
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 1155
Under Trump, states step up effort to restrict abortion access 0 niyad Jan 2019 Jan 2019 2 1018
How Polish Women are Pushing Back on Anti-Abortion Policies 1 niyad Jan 2019 Jan 2019 2 1165
The woman who was assaulted at a home care 6 question everything Jan 2019 Jan 2019 4 1573
Samantha Bee Full Frontal-- "Women Running for President" 0 niyad Jan 2019 Jan 2019 4 1051
A Bollywood icon was accused of sexual assault. The response was chilling. 1 Eugene Jan 2019 Jan 2019 2 1609
"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 1112
Reading a novel about the ice age, more patriarchy 6 Beringia Jan 2019 Jan 2019 5 1749
Virginia Senate Passes ERA 0 niyad Jan 2019 Jan 2019 12 1243
The feminist knitting circle in India upending patriarchal norms 0 niyad Jan 2019 Jan 2019 3 1004

Women's Rights & Issues Continued...

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The women fighting a pipeline that could destroy precious wildlife Activists fight to stop constru 0 niyad Jan 2019 Jan 2019 2 1025
Virginia ERA Update 0 Dave in VA Jan 2019 Jan 2019 1 1598
Theater project lets women who accused Trump tell their stories The Pussy Grabber Plays - eight sh 0 niyad Jan 2019 Jan 2019 3 1180
The Late-Term Abortion I Didn't Want 8 question everything Nov 2018 Jan 2019 19 2376
Tara Murtha & Susan Frietsche: Nothing 'pro-life' about overturning Roe v. Wade 4 littlemissmartypants Jan 2019 Jan 2019 3 1496
Nepal: Woman, sons suffocate to death in banned 'menstrual hut' 0 niyad Jan 2019 Jan 2019 3 1186
Brooke Medicine Eagle newsletter January 2019 3 Beringia Jan 2019 Jan 2019 2 1511
Virginia General Assembly ERA Updated 0 Dave in VA Jan 2019 Jan 2019 1 1622
Why a Saudi woman can be arrested for disobeying her father 3 Eugene Jan 2019 Jan 2019 6 1395
Bernice Sandler, 'godmother of Title IX' who championed women's rights on campus, dies at 90 1 Eugene Jan 2019 Jan 2019 3 1257
Would Peace in Afghanistan Be Possible Without Women's Rights and Participation? 0 niyad Jan 2019 Jan 2019 2 1042
My Feminist New Year's Resolution 0 niyad Jan 2019 Jan 2019 4 1019
"Coming out of the broom closet:" Denver witches report a vibrant, growing community as witchcraft c 9 niyad Dec 2018 Jan 2019 4 2570
Saudi women to get divorce confirmation by text message 3 Eugene Jan 2019 Jan 2019 1 1507
Surviving R. Kelly-anyone watching? 2 Lotusflower70 Jan 2019 Jan 2019 2 1541
India's hidden years of nuns sexually abused by priests AP investigation uncovers decades-long hist 3 niyad Jan 2019 Jan 2019 2 1296
Marriage licence from 1915 4 Beringia Jan 2019 Jan 2019 3 1963
City of Women (renaming NYC subway stops for women) 1 niyad Jan 2019 Jan 2019 1 1130
Across America, racist and sexist monuments give way to a new future 0 niyad Jan 2019 Jan 2019 2 1038
V-Day 2019 One Billion Rising to End Violence Against Women 0 niyad Jan 2019 Jan 2019 3 1369
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