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Nepali 'menstruation hut' ritual claims life of teenage girl 2 Eugene Jul 2017 Jul 2017 2 2012
xp- Christian crisis pregnancy centers sue Illinois over new abortion notice law 0 Panich52 Jul 2017 Jul 2017 1 2019
Sweden to hold 'man-free' music festival 1 Mosby Jul 2017 Jul 2017 2 2235
El Salvador teen rape victim sentenced to 30 years in prison after stillbirth 6 Eugene Jul 2017 Jul 2017 3 2757
'Girls say they hate their vaginas' 12 shenmue Jul 2017 Jul 2017 1 3386
White House pays women 80 cents for every dollar paid to men 1 niyad Jul 2017 Jul 2017 2 2193
India woman attacked with acid for fifth time 5 shenmue Jul 2017 Jul 2017 5 3001
CA decided it was tired of women bleeding to death in childbirth. maternal mortality 1/3 nat'l avera 0 niyad Jun 2017 Jun 2017 4 2291
If the Trump administration gets its way, say goodbye to accessible birth control 3 niyad Jun 2017 Jun 2017 2 2540
The Virginia gunman is a reminder: domestic abusers are a danger to society 0 niyad Jun 2017 Jun 2017 5 2401
Women owe two-thirds of student loan debt. This points to a slow-burning crisis 0 niyad Jun 2017 Jun 2017 4 2278
some summer solstice images for your viewing pleasure: 2 niyad Jun 2017 Jun 2017 2 5572
Fredrick Leboyer obituary (obstetrician, "birth without violence") 3 niyad Jun 2017 Jun 2017 4 2400
Domestic violence & terrorism: both rooted in toxic masculinity 2 CousinIT Jun 2017 Jun 2017 8 2808
Morford: Thou shalt not shut down Kamala Harris 0 niyad Jun 2017 Jun 2017 1 2298
Indian government: pregnant women should shun meat, eggs and lustful thoughts of sex 0 Eugene Jun 2017 Jun 2017 1 2483
Keep Fucking With Kamala Harris, Boys. You're Making Her Stronger. 14 niyad Jun 2017 Jun 2017 15 4492
"WomanSpirit"--dedicated to all women of the world 0 niyad Jun 2017 Jun 2017 2 2704
Warriors Duty: The Maasai Cricket Warriors are fighting for women's rights, one wicket at a time. 0 shenmue Jun 2017 Jun 2017 2 3502
James Comey and the Predator-in-Chief--women say, "welcome to our world" 0 niyad Jun 2017 Jun 2017 3 3483
Delaware House votes to guarantee abortion rights, in stance against Trump 0 niyad Jun 2017 Jun 2017 1 1254
Solved: The 47-Year Mystery of a Murder Victims Many Identities 4 niyad Jun 2017 Jun 2017 4 5678
He will kill me if he sees me again': abused women seek refuge in Mexico (feminisation of migration) 0 niyad Jun 2017 Jun 2017 2 3955
Vladimir Putin: I don't have bad days because I'm not a woman 4 niyad Jun 2017 Jun 2017 2 4399
'I'm the victim and I'm in shackles': Edmonton woman jailed while testifying against her attacker 4 shenmue Jun 2017 Jun 2017 6 3677
Sen. Dianne Feinstein's rise: How one badass woman fought to keep going 0 shenmue Jun 2017 Jun 2017 3 2686
Mexico has its first indigenous woman candidate for president-maria de jesus patricio 0 niyad Jun 2017 Jun 2017 4 4885
The Manchester Bombing Was an Attack on Women and Girls 0 niyad May 2017 May 2017 2 1152
U.K.: Reality Check - The fight over women's state pensions 0 shenmue May 2017 May 2017 1 4808
Edmonton woman target of men drawn by online dating profile created by ex-boyfriend 2 shenmue May 2017 May 2017 3 4586

Women's Rights & Issues Continued...

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Judge sentences man who raped sister to probation, citing 'stigma' 3 shenmue May 2017 May 2017 3 2430
W.H.O. Elects Ethiopia's Tedros as First Director General From Africa (champion for women) 0 niyad May 2017 May 2017 1 2233
DU link: Trump's Abortion Policy Isn't About Morality It's Coercion 0 Panich52 May 2017 May 2017 1 4467
Commission on missing, murdered Indigenous women has become a fortress of bureaucratic incompetence 5 shenmue May 2017 May 2017 4 1283
Romania criticised over domestic violence 'failures' 1 shenmue May 2017 May 2017 1 4555
South African men march against abuse of women and children 0 shenmue May 2017 May 2017 4 1248
Women's servitude blights Philippine society 1 shenmue May 2017 May 2017 3 4453
Nearly 90 per cent of young women in US have experienced sexual harassment, report finds 7 niyad May 2017 May 2017 6 5093
Brooke Medicine Eagle with comments about our current times and the feminine rising 5 Beringia May 2017 May 2017 4 3779
Macron cabinet: Women are half of France's new ministers 0 shenmue May 2017 May 2017 2 1280
Trump to expand anti-abortion policy (and the war on women escalates daily) 0 niyad May 2017 May 2017 1 1155
Karabo Mokoena murder: Suspect appears in South Africa court 0 shenmue May 2017 May 2017 1 1305
The Anti-War Origins of Mother's Day (and ask our reps why they are killing our mothers) 2 niyad May 2017 May 2017 4 3086
The alt-right hates women as much as it hates people of colour 1 niyad May 2017 May 2017 6 1324
Planned Parenthood head: 'Being a woman is now a pre-existing condition' 0 niyad May 2017 May 2017 1 1122
Mexico's lost generation of young girls robbed of innocence and education 0 niyad May 2017 May 2017 2 2508
from our beloved Molly Ivins: 8 niyad May 2017 May 2017 24 4885
Republican state rep says women 'excited' to get pregnant for free trip to travel to get abortion 3 Panich52 May 2017 May 2017 2 4173
Grassley to Trumps DOJ: Prosecute Planned Parenthood 4 Panich52 May 2017 May 2017 10 4836
Saudi council rejects proposal for female sports colleges 0 shenmue Apr 2017 Apr 2017 1 2736
Why Abortion IS a Progressive Economic Issue 0 niyad Apr 2017 Apr 2017 3 2819
'I want someone to take my pain': Woman set on fire by husband denied home insurance payout 0 shenmue Apr 2017 Apr 2017 5 3676
Ivanka Trump can't be whitewashed with 'women's empowerment' talk 6 niyad Apr 2017 Apr 2017 14 4422
How the Murdochs took a multimillion-dollar gamble on Bill O'Reilly--and lost (time to go, murdochs) 0 niyad Apr 2017 Apr 2017 2 2203
Article 308: Jordan scraps marriage loophole for rapists 4 Eugene Apr 2017 Apr 2017 5 3976
Colorado marks 50th anniversary of historic law that significantly loosened abortion restrictions. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2017 Apr 2017 1 1150
Hillary Rodham Clinton full interview with Kristoff at Women in the World Summit 0 niyad Apr 2017 Apr 2017 8 4570
Shes Back: Hillary Clintons Last 100 Days (oh my, what a contrast to the orange madman) 0 niyad Apr 2017 Apr 2017 7 4098
Top (MN) DFL lawmaker's 'white male' comments set off spat on Minnesota House floor 0 question everything Apr 2017 Apr 2017 2 3624
General election 2017: Women's Equality Party leader to challenge MP Philip Davies 1 shenmue Apr 2017 Apr 2017 2 1272

Women's Rights & Issues Continued...

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Lebanon rape law: Wedding dresses hang in Beirut sea front protest 5 shenmue Apr 2017 Apr 2017 6 1973
Not Christmas and kind of long but I think we all can relate 0 Kath2 Apr 2017 Apr 2017 2 4666
What I have learned from five years of Everyday Sexism 0 niyad Apr 2017 Apr 2017 8 4526
Fearless Girl brings women visibility in a city full of statues of men 4 niyad Apr 2017 Apr 2017 6 5194
When a Boton Marathon organizer was enraged by a woman participant.. 50 years ago 5 question everything Apr 2017 Apr 2017 13 4791
have you seen the google doodle today-honouring Esther Afua Ocloo ghana entrepeneur microlending 1 niyad Apr 2017 Apr 2017 5 4709
ResistanceRecess is Now! 4 Kath2 Apr 2017 Apr 2017 3 5095
Anti-abortion group in the U.K. gets 'tampon tax' money 0 shenmue Apr 2017 Apr 2017 1 4343
This Missouri town evicted a woman for calling police on her abusive ex 1 shenmue Apr 2017 Apr 2017 3 1464
Utah forces Drs to lie about "reversible abortions" 2 Panich52 Mar 2017 Apr 2017 2 2951
Rape victims can have a good life if they marry their rapists -Tasek Gelugor MP 14 JHan Apr 2017 Apr 2017 2 2622
Domestic violence and guns: the hidden American crisis ending women's lives (re: san bernadino) 3 niyad Apr 2017 Apr 2017 8 1514
Saffiyah Khan: Iconic photos of defiance from women in protests 6 shenmue Apr 2017 Apr 2017 7 4899
More names added to CBC missing and murdered Indigenous women database 1 shenmue Apr 2017 Apr 2017 11 4524
US withdraws funding for United Nations Population Fund 2 shenmue Apr 2017 Apr 2017 3 5643
A tampon tax is bad enough. Using it to fund anti-abortionists is a disgrace (The Guardian) 2 Rhiannon12866 Apr 2017 Apr 2017 7 4262
Millicent Garrett Fawcett, British suffragist, will be honored with a statue in London: 0 femmocrat Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 2463
Man accused of groping woman at Walmart turns himself in 2 Permanut Apr 2017 Apr 2017 2 2447
The Afghan restaurant run by domestic abuse survivors 0 shenmue Apr 2017 Apr 2017 4 1457
Ontario Sunshine List sharpens call for equal pay for women 0 shenmue Apr 2017 Apr 2017 1 3474
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