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US Senate: Reject Abortion Coverage Restrictions
The "Stupak amendment" to the House health care reform bill, which would effectively eliminate abortion access for millions of women, threatens women's human rights, Human Rights Watch said in a letter to US senators today. The restrictive provision...
Tags: US Senate, Abortion Coverage restrictions, Stupak amendment, Fertility, Gynecology, Womens rights, Abortion in the United States, Gender studies
UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women concludes visit to Kyrgyzstan
The UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, Rashida Manjoo, at the end of a mission to the Kyrgyz Republic, said that despite the Government's encouraging commitments to address the many challenges relating to violence against women, much still...
Tags: UN, Violence against Women, Domestic violence, Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, Special Rapporteur, Womens rights, human rights
Emily's List
Sunday, November 15, 2009 Dear Biodun, Women's rights are on the line, and we need your help. Right. Now. I believe you and I have something in common: Last year, we both worked to elect progressive women...
Violence that women truly face within and outside their homes no toleratable : Prathibha
The violence that women truly face both within and outside their homes is an aspect which is particularly condemnable and not tolerable as it goes against the very ethos of a civilized society, said President of India Prathibha Patil. She inaugurated the...
Tags: Domestic Voilence Act, gender equality, violence act, Gender studies, Womens rights, domestic violence
If You Get Abortion In OK, You Will Be On Gov Website
A new abortion law, H.B 1595, in Oklahoma will force women seeking terminations to list their personal information, including their relationship status, their race and the number of children they have, on a government website. Names will not...
Tags: Abortion, Abortion Pro-Life, Abortion Rights, Oklahoma Abortion, Oklahoma Abortion Website, Oklahoma Law Abortion, Oklahoma Post Abortion, Oklahoma Womens Rights, Pro-Life, Womens Rights, Politics News
AFGHANISTAN: Confessions of a Peace Activist
By Rabia Elizabeth Roberts, Ed.D. October 2009 Kabul: armed guards, machine guns and sand bags at every intersection and at the door to my guest house - open sewers and fecal dust - traffic jams of SUVs, military convoys, bicycles...
Tags: Rabia Elizabeth Roberts, Afghanistan, Kabul, Taliban, President Obama, NATO, Soraya, Womens Rights, mujahedeen, Pakistan, militia, tribal war, CIA, Saudi Arabia, 9/11, Iraq, Edgar Military Base, war on terrorism, peace activism, Uzbekistan, Russia, Iran
Die B%^$# Die Die
So of all the possible reasons why a woman can be persecuted in Sudan, PANTS get the front seat. Yes, regular two-legged structures made to cover the full legs and rear end. Lubna Hossein, a thirty-something journalist from Sudan was caught red handed,...
Tags: womens rights, journalism, human rights
Pepper's Story
“Pepper” (names have been changed) married her high school sweetheart, expecting to have the same loving marriage she saw between her parents. Her father was in the services. He kept the bills paid, and he treated his wife...
Tags: domestic violence, relationships, abuse, feminism, womens rights, counseling
Equality?
I am not a fan of tennis, well at least not anymore. When I was a child I remember being excited to get up early in the morning to watch the Wimbledon Championships. I loved John McEnroe and Martina Navratilova, Martina was my favorite player male or...
Tags: tennis, equlity, womens rights
Is Planned Parenthood Covering up Rapes?
I found this really interesting site, liveaction.org, which has this college girl, Lila Rose, going undercover to Planned Parenthood buildings (aka abortion clinics). It is crazy, because whether you believe abortion is right or not, apparently there...
Tags: abortion, rape, planned parenthood, lila rose, racism, womens rights
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