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Is owning automatic weapons a testosterone thing? 10 BigmanPigman Oct 2023 Oct 2023 8 1961
Peru's Govt Forcibly Sterilized 200,000 Indigenous Women, 1996 - 2001, Why? WaPo 2 appalachiablue Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 1519
Former MSU football coach Mel Tucker uses toxic tactic to defend himself 2 Jilly_in_VA Oct 2023 Oct 2023 9 1724
Mahsa Amini honoured with EU's top human rights prize 1 niyad Oct 2023 Oct 2023 5 1159
BBC Presenter told to suck it up over extreme menstrual problems 8 Jilly_in_VA Oct 2023 Oct 2023 10 2350
Women behind the lens: the female beekeepers who hold 'the keys to a better world' 0 niyad Oct 2023 Oct 2023 7 1415
The Secret History of the Vulva 0 niyad Oct 2023 Oct 2023 7 1020
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To Fight the 'War on Woke,' We Need Poetry and Poets 0 niyad Oct 2023 Oct 2023 1 808
Devastation from Earthquakes in Afghanistan Strikes an Already-Shaky Foundation 0 niyad Oct 2023 Oct 2023 1 3112
Why Sororities Should Admit Nonbinary Members 0 niyad Oct 2023 Oct 2023 2 775
Reporting Under Fire: Honoring the Journalists Covering the Israeli-Gaza War 0 niyad Oct 2023 Oct 2023 2 809
Today's google doodle honours Adelaide Hall, jazz singer who introduced scat 0 niyad Oct 2023 Oct 2023 1 981
Fears rise as three Alabama hospitals prepare to stop delivering babies 14 Jilly_in_VA Oct 2023 Oct 2023 40 3863
Across the Desk - S8:E13 (The GOP - Making Pregnancy Dangerous for Women) 1 Across-the-Desk Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 1303
An Alabama woman was imprisoned for 'endangering' her fetus. She gave birth in a jail shower 2 Jilly_in_VA Oct 2023 Oct 2023 5 1516
The Biden Administration's Investment in Internet Will Reduce Barriers to Abortion 0 niyad Oct 2023 Oct 2023 1 1038
They're Coming for Birth Control (BE VERY AFRAID) 0 niyad Oct 2023 Oct 2023 1 944
Who is Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi? 0 niyad Oct 2023 Oct 2023 0 784
We've Gone Over the Childcare Cliff. Now What? 0 niyad Oct 2023 Oct 2023 1 874
FGM ban in the Gambia under threat as calls grow to repeal law 2 Eugene Oct 2023 Oct 2023 1 1035
'No matter what I do, I'm not in control': what happens when the state takes your child 1 Jilly_in_VA Oct 2023 Oct 2023 8 1277
A Woman Was Denied Medication for Being of 'Childbearing Age.' She Just Sued the Hospital 2 Jilly_in_VA Oct 2023 Oct 2023 6 1917
2023 Nobel Prize for Economics by Claudia Goldin for Womens Labor Market outcomes 1 irisblue Oct 2023 Oct 2023 2 997
We Heart: The Women Who Gave Us the COVID Vaccine 2 niyad Oct 2023 Oct 2023 6 1384
Dr. Katalin Karik's Hope in Messenger RNA Helped the World Recover from COVID-19 2 niyad Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 1700
Biden Challenges Congress to Take Action on the ERA 0 niyad Oct 2023 Oct 2023 8 781
How Religious Hospitals Block Access to Reproductive Care--Even in 'Safe Haven' States 0 niyad Oct 2023 Oct 2023 2 794
'Hysterical' Women Out for Revenge: Family Court's Misogynistic Tropes Traumatize Women and Childre 0 niyad Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 1006
The Supreme Court's Blindness to Gender Violence 0 niyad Oct 2023 Oct 2023 2 772

Women's Rights & Issues Continued...

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Judge James Ho's Connections to the Anti-Abortion Movement 0 niyad Oct 2023 Oct 2023 2 1050
about heartbeats--life and death 0 niyad Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 665
From the Frontlines in Iran: Our Fight for Human Rights and Gender Equality 0 niyad Oct 2023 Oct 2023 0 898
Canada Police Won't Investigate Dr, Sterilized Inuit Woman w/o Consent, Acted In Her 'Best Interest' 7 appalachiablue Sep 2023 Sep 2023 12 1936
Man Accused Of Dismembering Girlfriend Was Posterboy For Betsy DeVos' War On #MeToo 1 niyad Sep 2023 Sep 2023 5 1130
Hell Hath No Fury Like an Accomplished Woman Facing Down a Man-Boy 1 niyad Sep 2023 Sep 2023 3 875
Asian Americans Are a Powerful Voting Bloc. It's Time for the Political World to Start Acting Like I 0 niyad Sep 2023 Sep 2023 1 1247
Kidnapped and forced to marry their rapist: ending 'courtship rape' in Uganda 0 niyad Sep 2023 Sep 2023 4 750
From the Ashes of Rana Plaza: 'Consumers Want to Know How Their Clothes Are Made' 0 niyad Sep 2023 Sep 2023 1 1352
Women Lawmakers Have Pushed Back Against Senate Dress Codes for Decades 0 niyad Sep 2023 Sep 2023 2 850
Rest in Power, Sen. Dianne Feinstein: 'The Feminist Movement Has Lost a True Friend' 0 niyad Sep 2023 Sep 2023 2 826
Prostitution is not a free choice for women 2 Celerity Sep 2023 Sep 2023 11 1366
'Feminist approach' to cancer could save lives of 800,000 women a year 2 babylonsister Sep 2023 Sep 2023 8 1822
Police Further Traumatize Sexual Assault Victims by Turning Them Into Suspects 6 Jilly_in_VA Sep 2023 Sep 2023 9 2245
'Eat your broccoli and don't listen to Andrew Tate': fighting misogyny is now part of everyday paren 0 niyad Sep 2023 Sep 2023 1 1153
Russell Brand never hid his misogyny. So why did so many fail to see it? Trigger warning 0 niyad Sep 2023 Sep 2023 0 1034
Art as Protest--and Therapy--in War-Ravaged Ukraine 0 niyad Sep 2023 Sep 2023 0 890
How the International Women's Media Foundation Fights for Women in Journalism and Strengthens Press 0 niyad Sep 2023 Sep 2023 0 955
Women Reporting on Ukraine for WaPo Win IWMF's Courage in Journalism Award 0 niyad Sep 2023 Sep 2023 0 950
Brazilian college women's volleyball team win championship. Male students masturbate publicly . 6 Demovictory9 Sep 2023 Sep 2023 0 3796
Women and girls being failed by 'lacklustre commitment' to gender equality, says UN 0 niyad Sep 2023 Sep 2023 2 1347
Mahsa Amini and a year of brutality and courage in Iran - in illustrations 0 niyad Sep 2023 Sep 2023 1 935
Dear Men of the West, Look to the Middle East for Lessons in Feminism 0 niyad Sep 2023 Sep 2023 3 1069
Mexico will elect a female president, but Mexican women will still lose 0 niyad Sep 2023 Sep 2023 0 967
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida banks on women to revive his fortunes 0 niyad Sep 2023 Sep 2023 1 1020
Spain cuts gang rape convict's prison term under botched law 0 niyad Sep 2023 Sep 2023 0 789
Human Rights Crimes Against Former Government Officials Further Solidifies Taliban's Grip of Power 0 niyad Sep 2023 Sep 2023 0 876
The Rainbow Manifesto: Towards an Iranian Renaissance 0 niyad Sep 2023 Sep 2023 0 836
Transnational Solidarity With #WomanLifeFreedom: 'I Stand in Awe of Iranian Women' 0 niyad Sep 2023 Sep 2023 1 966
Need a Safe, Private Abortion? Ask Charley. 0 niyad Sep 2023 Sep 2023 3 783

Women's Rights & Issues Continued...

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Today's Hispanic Heritage Month google doodle honours Luisa Moreno, 0 niyad Sep 2023 Sep 2023 2 979
Iran's 'gender apartheid' bill could jail women for 10 years for not wearing hijab 4 cbabe Sep 2023 Sep 2023 4 2733
Iran's 'gender apartheid' bill could jail women for 10 years for not wearing hijab 1 Eugene Sep 2023 Sep 2023 1 1008
Mexico's Supreme Court just decriminalized abortion nationwide - but the fight's not over yet 2 niyad Sep 2023 Sep 2023 4 1336
Sexual and Reproductive Health Is Fundamental to Achieving Universal Health Coverage 0 niyad Sep 2023 Sep 2023 2 970
She awoke to a gun in her face. What happened next would change Mexican law 0 niyad Sep 2023 Sep 2023 8 1121
Women Are Improving the Federal Bench: Milestones and Historic Firsts 0 niyad Sep 2023 Sep 2023 1 894
We Need Courageous Leaders Who Stand Up to Anti-Abortion Extremists 0 niyad Sep 2023 Sep 2023 0 858
In North Carolina, the U.S.' Youngest Party Chair Has a Plan for Attracting Voters and Winning Elec 0 niyad Sep 2023 Sep 2023 0 1506
In the Summer of 'Barbie' and 'Renaissance,' Will All Women Finally Get the Recognition They Deserv 0 niyad Sep 2023 Sep 2023 1 967
A few good organizations 0 PrincessMorgan Sep 2023 Sep 2023 2 1196
Online hate speech 0 PrincessMorgan Sep 2023 Sep 2023 4 1066
Women win of primaries mean Mexico's next President will likely be a woman 1 Demovictory9 Sep 2023 Sep 2023 1 1707
The Iraqi YouTube star killed by her father 4 Eugene Sep 2023 Sep 2023 12 1677
Taliban official says women lose value if their faces are visible to men in public 14 Eugene Aug 2023 Sep 2023 7 2670
Republicans want to ban women from out of state travel 8 Diamond_Dog Sep 2023 Sep 2023 6 1769
Women in Sudan facing a 'tragedy' of sexual violence as rape cases rise 0 niyad Sep 2023 Sep 2023 2 1188
Anti-Abortion Extremists Charged With Breaking Federal Law in Historic Justice Department Convictio 0 niyad Sep 2023 Sep 2023 3 1141
California Court Grants Restraining Order Based on Coercive Control (trigger warning) 0 niyad Sep 2023 Sep 2023 3 835
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 1070
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