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I originally put this in GD 13 moniss Mar 2024 Mar 2024 31 3817
West Virginia governor signs law removing marital assault exemption 0 Eugene Mar 2024 Mar 2024 9 2195
The Enforcement of Patriarchy -- "A protest that is agreeable to the oppressor will not end oppression." 5 ancianita Mar 2024 Mar 2024 8 2601
On This Day: A step forward from feudalism, a devastating step back for women and slavery - Mar. 21, 1804 1 jgo Mar 2024 Mar 2024 12 2281
Nearly 6 million U.S. women became pregnant due to sexual violence 4 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Mar 2024 10 5274
Knowing About Our Bodies - Black Women's Health - From Lauren's Blog 2 qwlauren35 Mar 2024 Mar 2024 6 2184
Stay Mad: Don't let them normalize post-Roe horrors 2 Nevilledog Mar 2024 Mar 2024 12 2233
Online influencer Andrew Tate detained in Romania, handed UK arrest warrant, his spokesperson says 6 BlueWaveNeverEnd Mar 2024 Mar 2024 9 2590
T/F: Males Are Larger Than Females 2 SorellaLaBefana Mar 2024 Mar 2024 8 2230
A meeting of the UN body promoting equality for women starts with 5 male speakers 6 Eugene Mar 2024 Mar 2024 3 2472
Iran is responsible for the 'physical violence' that killed Mahsa Amini in 2022, UN probe finds 1 Eugene Mar 2024 Mar 2024 4 1834
Dramatic rise in women and girls being cut, new FGM data reveals 3 Eugene Mar 2024 Mar 2024 4 2304
On This Day: Intl Women's Day history features women's activism in Russia, other countries - Mar. 8, 1917 1 jgo Mar 2024 Mar 2024 2 1893
International Women's Day, observed as an official holiday in many 0 niyad Mar 2024 Mar 2024 5 1652
Project 2025: The Right's Dystopian Plan to Dismantle Civil Rights and What It Means for Women 9 niyad Mar 2024 Mar 2024 7 3086
Indigenous Bolivian women take up taekwondo against gender-based violence 0 niyad Mar 2024 Mar 2024 7 1860
The UK's grooming gangs and the lessons never learned (trigger warning) 0 niyad Mar 2024 Mar 2024 4 2028
CVS and Walgreens Set to Dispense Mifepristone: A Game-Changer in Abortion Access 0 niyad Mar 2024 Mar 2024 4 1838
On This Day: Frances Perkins, Architect of Social Security/New Deal takes office - Mar. 4, 1933 0 jgo Mar 2024 Mar 2024 4 2110
Virginia Hall, WW2 Spy in Nazi-Occup. France, Most Decorated Female Civilian: Women's History Month 1 appalachiablue Mar 2024 Mar 2024 3 2003
sign a petition i made please if you want 2 PrincessMorgan Mar 2024 Mar 2024 6 2174
Ranting time question--Are most American women already living in a Christian theocracy? 3 Timeflyer Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 2769
"American Cassandra: the life of Dorothy Thompson," book by Peter Kurth 1 Timeflyer Feb 2024 Feb 2024 8 2120
On This Day: Betty Friedan draws large numbers of new supporters to feminist cause - Feb. 19, 1963 2 jgo Feb 2024 Feb 2024 11 2248
There's A Key Difference Between The Chores Men And Women Take On 5 BlueWaveNeverEnd Feb 2024 Feb 2024 6 3032
S9:E4 (The Attack on Women's Healthcare, Abortion & Contraception) 1 Across-the-Desk Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 1989
Susan B Anthony "Failure Is Impossible" 15 February 1820 - March 13, 1906 3 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2023 Feb 2024 3 2693
On This Day: Protest movement started due to women's word counting half of men's endures - Feb. 12, 1983 2 jgo Feb 2024 Feb 2024 7 2265
On This Day: Murder of rape target sparks protests against violence towards women - Feb. 11, 2015 1 jgo Feb 2024 Feb 2024 8 2273
Rape Threats, Misogynist Slurs, Sexual Harassment and Doxing: How Online Abuse Is Used to Intimidate, Discredit and Sil 2 niyad Feb 2024 Feb 2024 12 2744

Women's Rights & Issues Continued...

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'Deliver Us From Evil': Rape, Reproductive Coercion and the Catholic Church (trigger warning) 1 niyad Feb 2024 Feb 2024 6 2198
With maternal mortality and preterm birth rates at an all time high, reversal of Roe is a major factor 0 niyad Feb 2024 Feb 2024 4 1874
Three girls die after FGM rituals in Sierra Leone 7 Eugene Feb 2024 Feb 2024 15 3001
Have any of you ever done victim advocacy? 4 TSExile Feb 2024 Feb 2024 6 2407
Barbie discovers the patriarchy Pt. 2 12 niyad Jan 2024 Feb 2024 11 3554
'I can't face how much she suffered': Argentina femicides at record high as Milei dilutes protections 2 Jilly_in_VA Jan 2024 Jan 2024 13 2475
'Stop killing us!': Thousands march to protest against femicide in Kenya 2 niyad Jan 2024 Jan 2024 5 2435
On This Day: Iceland legalizes clinical abortions - Jan. 28, 1935 0 jgo Jan 2024 Jan 2024 4 2230
Reproductive Healthcare 51 Years After Roe: Unreachable Abortion Clinics, Chaos and Countrywide Confusion 0 niyad Jan 2024 Jan 2024 6 2127
Taliban Leader: Afghan Women's Rights "have been fully Secured." 1 niyad Jan 2024 Jan 2024 5 2103
When 15 States Opt Out of a Summer Food Program, Community Organizations Must Fill in the Gaps 0 niyad Jan 2024 Jan 2024 3 2126
Far-Right Players Behind Latest Attacks on Abortion in Emergencies (FUCK THE GODDAMNED WOMAN-HATERS) 0 niyad Jan 2024 Jan 2024 6 1973
International Day of Education requires us to fight for women's education everywhere. In Afghanistan, the Taliban has d 0 niyad Jan 2024 Jan 2024 4 2075
Not One Woman on the List (COP29) 0 niyad Jan 2024 Jan 2024 3 1935
Taylor Swift Shows Us What's Coming Next In Gender and Tech (deepfake porn) - And Advocates Should Be Concerned 2 usonian Jan 2024 Jan 2024 7 2529
A Timeline of Donald Trump's Creepiness While He Owned Miss Universe 9 niyad Jan 2024 Jan 2024 4 3938
AZ: Women rally for reproductive rights as they look to the 2024 elections 1 RandySF Jan 2024 Jan 2024 10 2392
The truth behind organized religious opposition to Roe and abortion 2 Timeflyer Jan 2024 Jan 2024 21 2396
On This Day: Women's March largest single-day protest in U.S. history - Jan. 21, 2017 4 jgo Jan 2024 Jan 2024 7 2616
El Salvador woman freed after abortion conviction 1 Eugene Jan 2024 Jan 2024 7 1789
Barefoot and Pregnant, Gwen Levey and the Breakdown (Official) 22 littlemissmartypants Jan 2024 Jan 2024 162 11647
Taliban arrest women for 'bad hijab' in the first dress code crackdown since their return to power 3 Eugene Jan 2024 Jan 2024 6 2321
Donald Trump: more than just a 'pageant creep' - a SELF CONFESSED molester, accused of and/or found guilty of... 5 B.See Jan 2024 Jan 2024 10 3672
Documentary 'Yours in Freedom, Bill Baird' Explores the Fight for Birth Control Access and the Road Ahead 4 niyad Jan 2024 Jan 2024 6 2808
Britney Spears and the Right to Reproductive Justice: Regulation and Conservatorship in the Child Welfare System 0 niyad Jan 2024 Jan 2024 4 1769
Britney Spears's Case Exposed a Systemic History of Reproductive Control 0 niyad Jan 2024 Jan 2024 5 1519
'Dying every two hours': Afghan women risk life to give birth (possible trigger warning) 0 niyad Jan 2024 Jan 2024 2 3216
Six Things You May Not Know About Abortion 0 niyad Jan 2024 Jan 2024 12 1551
Britney Spears and the Punishment of Women's Pain 0 niyad Jan 2024 Jan 2024 5 3120
"Prior to 1821, abortions were generally accessible and were often performed by midwives, as well as doctors. .......... 0 riversedge Jan 2024 Jan 2024 11 2485

Women's Rights & Issues Continued...

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Woman paraded naked: A familiar headline in India 9 Eugene Dec 2023 Dec 2023 19 3509
Criminalisation of victims of male violence needs to end - everywhere 1 niyad Dec 2023 Dec 2023 8 2192
California's New Gender-Neutral Toy Law Revives a 50-Year Feminist Fight 1 niyad Dec 2023 Dec 2023 4 1967
Empowering Change and Building Women's Power: On the Ground at the Reykjavk Global Forum 0 niyad Dec 2023 Dec 2023 4 2127
Police officer stoned to death after rescuing FGM* survivors in Kenya 0 niyad Dec 2023 Dec 2023 13 2007
The False Promise of Split-Shift Parenting 0 niyad Dec 2023 Dec 2023 5 1171
When Any Birth Outcome Can Be a Criminal One 0 niyad Dec 2023 Dec 2023 6 1591
'100 Years, Not One More': ERA Advocates Rally on Centennial Anniversary 0 niyad Dec 2023 Dec 2023 9 1832
How to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse During the Holidays 0 niyad Dec 2023 Dec 2023 5 1171
Taliban sending Afghan women to prison to protect them from gender-based violence, says UN report 1 Eugene Dec 2023 Dec 2023 2 2351
Invisible: Society 'Disappears' Ageing Women Over 50, What I Did About It, Street Art 1 appalachiablue Dec 2023 Dec 2023 14 3049
The Constitution as a Homicide Pact 3 niyad Dec 2023 Dec 2023 3 2138
Privilege 0 drmeow Dec 2023 Dec 2023 3 972
Feminism in pictures: illustrated stories of women's rights around the world 0 niyad Dec 2023 Dec 2023 2 2139
Sexual violence still a major threat as Sudan's conflict grinds on 0 niyad Dec 2023 Dec 2023 1 1601
Combating Terrorism and Misogyny Together 0 niyad Dec 2023 Dec 2023 2 1103
War on Women Report: New White House Research on Women's Health; N.J. Prison Closed After Sexual Abuse by Guards 0 niyad Dec 2023 Dec 2023 2 2059
Tuberville ends his blockade of military promotions 0 niyad Dec 2023 Dec 2023 0 1103
Ecole Polytechnique massacre (Montreal Massacre) 6 December 1989 0 niyad Dec 2023 Dec 2023 2 2715
You Should Be Terrified of What's Happening With AI 2 niyad Nov 2023 Nov 2023 2 1774
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