Andrew Yang’s Wife Says Doctor Sexually Assaulted Her
The wife of Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang says she was sexually assaulted by an obstetrician while she was pregnant with the couple’s first child.
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Hong Kong Airline Made Passenger Take Pregnancy Test
A Hong Kong airline forced a Japanese woman to take a pregnancy test before allowing her on a flight to a Pacific island popular with mothers seeking U.S. citizenship for their babies.
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Virginia Lawmakers Move to Ratify Equal Rights Amendment
Virginia became the 38th state Wednesday to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, a constitutional change nearly a century in the making that would make it illegal to deny equal rights based on sex.
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Advocates of Equal Rights Amendment Take Late-Ratification Bid to Court
With Virginia expected to further a constitutional change nearly a century in the making, three proponents of the Equal Rights Amendment brought a federal complaint to ensure that the nation’s archivist properly records the event.
Read moreTopless Selfie
A former teacher claims in federal court that the South Country Central School District in New York fired her illegally for sending a topless selfie photo to a male teacher with whom she was in a relationship, but did not discipline him.
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Lawmakers Pledge ERA Will Pass in Virginia. Then What?
Supporters of the Equal Rights Amendment are so confident Virginia is on the verge of becoming the critical 38th state to ratify the gender equality measure they are already making plans for how they will celebrate.
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Sexist Slurs Mar Taiwan Presidential Elections
Taiwan has forged a reputation as Asia’s most progressive democracy and it boasts a higher proportion of women in parliament than anywhere else in the region — yet misogynistic insults have littered its presidential race.
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Alaskan Review of Rape Cold Cases Hits a Stone Wall
The two cops — the cold case detective from Virginia and the evidence technician from Alaska — had a mission. Sift through more than a decade of grim stories from this small city set between the Bering Strait and Alaska’s western tundra.
Read moreEqual Rights Amendment
Alabama, Louisiana and South Dakota sued the United States in federal court to prevent ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment, claiming the deadline for ratification has expired.
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Investigators Observe Ill Fates for Foreign Brides Trafficked to China
Sold by her family as a bride to a Chinese man, Samiya David spent only two months in China. When she returned to Pakistan, the once robust woman was nearly unrecognizable: malnourished, too weak to walk, her speech confused and disjointed.
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Warren Says Voters Are Ready for a Female Ticket
Elizabeth Warren said Sunday she believes Americans are ready for a presidential ticket with two women at the top, rejecting concerns from some Democrats that a woman can’t beat President Trump.
Read moreFed Up, South Korean Women Swear Off Men
A growing number of South Korean women are banding together to reject rigid patriarchal norms and vowing never to wed, have children or even date and have sex.
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Virginia Democrats Set Sights on Equal Rights Amendment
Flanked by members of the newly Democratic-controlled Virginia House of Delegates, the chamber’s incoming majority leader said ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is a top goal of the 2020 legislative session.
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France Grapples With Widespread Domestic Violence
Sylvia. Dalila. Aminata. Céline. Julie. Their names are plastered on buildings and headlines across France, calling attention to their shared fate: Each was killed this year, allegedly by a current or former partner.
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Attorney Says Trump Calendar Backs up Woman’s Groping Claim
Donald Trump’s private calendar helps support a former “Apprentice” contestant’s claim that he subjected her to unwanted kissing and groping, her attorney said in a court filing Thursday.
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Astros Fire Executive After Clubhouse Rant
The Houston Astros fired their assistant general manager Thursday amid an investigation by Major League Baseball into comments he shouted at a group of female reporters as the team celebrated a pennant-clinching win last Saturday.
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Actress Accuses Weinstein & His Attorneys of Racketeering
Actress Rose McGowan filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday claiming that Harvey Weinstein and two of his former attorneys, including well-known David Boies, engaged in racketeering to silence her and derail her career before she accused him of rape.
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Iran Women Freely at FIFA Soccer Match, 1st Time in Decades
Thousands of flag-draped Iranian women cheered, blew horns and celebrated inside a Tehran stadium Thursday as they watched the first FIFA soccer match they’ve been allowed to freely attend in decades.
Read moreRape Allegation Against Matt Lauer Troubles NBC
Two years after Matt Lauer was fired by NBC News for sexual misconduct, more questions are emerging about the former “Today” show host’s behavior and whether bosses looked the other way at problems involving one of the network’s biggest stars.
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French Conservatives Protest Bill Allowing IVF for Lesbians
Several thousand conservative activists marched through Paris on Sunday to protest a French bill that would give lesbian couples and single women access to in vitro fertilization and related procedures.
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