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Suffs Perform "The March" on TODAY Show 0 niyad Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 625
Four-Year-Old Oregon Report Identifies Missing Native American Women As An 'Emergency' -- But Progress Has Been Limited 2 BlueWaveNeverEnd Jun 2024 Jun 2024 7 988
Activists pour red paint down Rome's Spanish Steps in outrage over femicides in Italy 5 jgo Jun 2024 Jun 2024 10 1857
Women Say They Were Pressured Into Long-Term Birth Control - TIME 1 question everything Jun 2024 Jun 2024 10 1293
Cross-post from LBN - Nationwide women's strike expected on Monday 5 BumRushDaShow Jun 2024 Jun 2024 12 1197
Shutting Afghan women out of key UN conference to appease Taliban 'a betrayal' 1 Eugene Jun 2024 Jun 2024 10 921
Randi Rhodes Podcast From Thursday June 13th 2024 0 bdamomma Jun 2024 Jun 2024 3 857
On This Day: Elusive Equality in the Equal Pay Act, now 77 cents or less on a dollar - June 10, 1963 0 jgo Jun 2024 Jun 2024 3 1202
For some incarcerated women, getting ahold of menstrual products is a nightmare 8 BlueWaveNeverEnd Jun 2024 Jun 2024 9 1537
Former Flappers on dating and marriage in the 1920s 1 littlemissmartypants Jun 2024 Jun 2024 8 1443
That pope knows me so well! 4 SarahD Jun 2024 Jun 2024 11 1582
Anyone watching the life & murder of nicole b simpson? 6 XanaDUer2 Jun 2024 Jun 2024 8 1433
Seinfeld is right. He never grew up. 9 SarahD May 2024 Jun 2024 23 2073
Transnational Feminist Networks Symposium 1 littlemissmartypants May 2024 Jun 2024 2 2860
After a traumatic C-section, journalist takes on the medicalization of birth 3 Jilly_in_VA May 2024 Jun 2024 15 1431
Woman who spends most of her time alone to escape the patriarchy describes her feelings on it 9 Takket May 2024 May 2024 74 3982
No, Harrison Butker, Women Aren't Here to Serve You 4 niyad May 2024 May 2024 12 1784
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass signs the national petition for the Equal Right Amendment 0 niyad May 2024 May 2024 6 1032
Louisiana's Criminalization of Abortion Care Demands We Embrace Reproductive Justice 0 niyad May 2024 May 2024 3 973
The Feminist Majority Foundation hosts the 16th annual Global Women's Rights Awards 0 niyad May 2024 May 2024 3 987
Barbie's Existential Crisis and the Fight for Reproductive Justice 0 niyad May 2024 May 2024 5 1025
What Happens When Sex Dolls Can Talk? (DEFINITELY NSFW) 2 niyad May 2024 May 2024 3 1432
Abortion Bans Are Empowering Abusive Men--and Prominent 'Pro-Life' Activists Are Representing Them (trigger warning) 4 niyad May 2024 May 2024 8 1305
A Moral Justification for Civil Disobedience to Abortion Bans 1 niyad May 2024 May 2024 7 1264
To Defend Democracy, We Must Protect Bodily Autonomy 0 niyad May 2024 May 2024 8 1023
Malnutrition: The Hidden Struggle of Afghan Women and Children 0 niyad May 2024 May 2024 5 1043
Kazakhstan jails former minister for 24 years over wife's torture, murder (trigger warning) 2 niyad May 2024 May 2024 5 1100
Meet the Anti-Feminist Women's Group Leveraging Their 'Independence' to Convince Americans to Vote Republican 0 niyad May 2024 May 2024 9 1020
Nigerian activists condemn mass 'forced marriages' of 100 girls and young women 2 Eugene May 2024 May 2024 6 1338
On This Day: First women in Olympics, beginning long road towards greater gender parity - May 15, 1900 0 jgo May 2024 May 2024 6 1189

Women's Rights & Issues Continued...

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Saudi Arabia is rebranding itself as a moderate country, but what's the truth? Just ask our female activists 2 niyad May 2024 May 2024 8 1253
Sexual Assault Awareness Month: Silenced No More (trigger warning) 3 niyad May 2024 May 2024 6 1096
Lest we forget... 4 GiqueCee May 2024 May 2024 16 1090
The Constitution as a Homicide Pact 4 niyad May 2024 May 2024 7 1405
Female journalists under attack as press freedom falters 3 niyad May 2024 May 2024 1 1199
Busting Five Myths About Birth Control 1 niyad May 2024 May 2024 7 1037
Australia's Albanese declares 'national crisis' after killings of women (trigger warning) 1 niyad May 2024 May 2024 3 1087
Bringing Domestic Violence Victims Back to Life (trigger warning) 0 niyad May 2024 May 2024 8 937
The Twin Demons of Maternal Mortality and Femicide (trigger warning) 0 niyad May 2024 May 2024 2 875
more about reduced scale pianos. here's where u can get 1 now. 0 mopinko May 2024 May 2024 3 1068
a matter of equality- reduced size piano keyboards. updated. 2 mopinko May 2024 May 2024 4 1466
🔥As Senator Katie Britt proposes a national data base of pregnant women, a historical reminder of Romania 13 Hekate May 2024 May 2024 29 5073
On This Day: FDA approves "the pill", providing greater reproductive freedom to American women - May 9, 1960 3 jgo May 2024 May 2024 10 1427
On This Day: Joan of Arc transcends gender roles at Orleans, gaining recognition as savior of France - May 8, 1429 4 jgo May 2024 May 2024 10 1507
June 24: Strike, Buy Nothing, Wear Red 3 Geechie May 2024 May 2024 10 2015
after Roe fell, Red River Women's clinic GoFunded $1million to move from N. Dakota to Minn. Here is their update 3 BlueWaveNeverEnd May 2024 May 2024 27 1709
Saudi Arabia activist sentenced to 11 years in prison for 'support' of women's rights 3 Eugene May 2024 May 2024 3 1435
Bangladesh 'Tiger Widows': Ostracised, Blamed for Husbands Death, Superstition; Climate Crisis 5 appalachiablue May 2024 May 2024 7 1730
Honduras referred to UN human rights committee over total abortion ban 1 Eugene Apr 2024 Apr 2024 5 1666
Alone in a bathroom: The fear and uncertainty of a post-Roe medication abortion 4 littlemissmartypants Apr 2024 Apr 2024 8 2012
Firearms and Gender-Based Violence Focus Survey 2 littlemissmartypants Apr 2024 Apr 2024 6 1761
Don't Say Rape: How the Book Banning Movement Is Censoring Sexual Violence (trigger warning) 2 niyad Apr 2024 Apr 2024 15 1933
'Over my dead body', say Gambian mothers amid efforts to lift FGM ban 2 niyad Apr 2024 Apr 2024 10 1904
Women's Status Is Declining in the United States 2 niyad Apr 2024 Apr 2024 9 1770
A Thousand Little Moments: The Insidious Loss of Women's Freedom to Christian Nationalism 0 niyad Apr 2024 Apr 2024 8 1627
The Taliban Leader's Order to Resume Public Stoning of Afghan Women Must Serve as an Urgent Call to End Gender Aparthei 0 niyad Apr 2024 Apr 2024 4 1621
The Terrifying Global Reach of the American Anti-Abortion Movement (trigger warning) 0 niyad Apr 2024 Apr 2024 4 1555
Gestational Slavery and Human Trafficking WaPo Puff Piece 2 musette_sf Apr 2024 Apr 2024 1 1724
On This Day: Sanger's birth control league incorporated, evolves into Planned Parenthood - Apr. 5, 1922 4 jgo Apr 2024 Apr 2024 8 1979
On This Day: 300 armed women lead Richmond bread riot - Apr. 2, 1863 5 jgo Apr 2024 Apr 2024 8 2393

Women's Rights & Issues Continued...

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This monument has been missing from the Mall far too long - Blackburn, Hyde-Smith, Lummis, Britt - WaPo 1 question everything Mar 2024 Mar 2024 4 1899
Taliban to return to stoning women to death for adultery 12 shenmue Mar 2024 Mar 2024 4 2984
Outrage as UN picks Saudi Arabia to head women's rights commission - DW News 8 TexasTowelie Mar 2024 Mar 2024 7 2433
Two book suggestions for women 3 RSherman Mar 2024 Mar 2024 6 2205
Her City, Her Rules: Celebrating Black Women at the Helm of America's Largest Cities - From Lauren's Blog 0 qwlauren35 Mar 2024 Mar 2024 0 1413
On This Day: "Tyranny from the bench"- SC sides with judge who ordered forced sterilization - Mar. 28, 1978 1 jgo Mar 2024 Mar 2024 6 2926
Bolivian women taking up lucha libre in response to violence from men 1 Just_Vote_Dem Mar 2024 Mar 2024 6 1961
'Tip of the iceberg': US self-managed abortions soar post-Roe, study shows 2 Nevilledog Mar 2024 Mar 2024 2 1810
Afghan Women Will be Stoned to Death for Adultery, Declares Taliban Leader Akhundzada in New Audio 11 Eugene Mar 2024 Mar 2024 4 2699
On This Day: Locked factory doors fire tragedy spurs reforms and women's union movement - Mar. 25, 1911 1 jgo Mar 2024 Mar 2024 5 1664
I originally put this in GD 13 moniss Mar 2024 Mar 2024 31 2949
West Virginia governor signs law removing marital assault exemption 0 Eugene Mar 2024 Mar 2024 9 1983
The Enforcement of Patriarchy -- "A protest that is agreeable to the oppressor will not end oppression." 5 ancianita Mar 2024 Mar 2024 8 2180
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 1989
Nearly 6 million U.S. women became pregnant due to sexual violence 4 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Mar 2024 10 4833
Knowing About Our Bodies - Black Women's Health - From Lauren's Blog 2 qwlauren35 Mar 2024 Mar 2024 6 1916
Stay Mad: Don't let them normalize post-Roe horrors 2 Nevilledog Mar 2024 Mar 2024 12 1951
Online influencer Andrew Tate detained in Romania, handed UK arrest warrant, his spokesperson says 6 BlueWaveNeverEnd Mar 2024 Mar 2024 9 2147
T/F: Males Are Larger Than Females 2 SorellaLaBefana Mar 2024 Mar 2024 8 1947
A meeting of the UN body promoting equality for women starts with 5 male speakers 6 Eugene Mar 2024 Mar 2024 3 1959
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