The Buddhist Nun Challenging Misogyny in Myanmar
In a society where a popular saying urges women to “regard her son as her master and her husband as her god,” Buddhist nun Ketumala is already an outlier.
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Susan B. Anthony Given a Presidential Pardon to Mark Anniversary of Women’s Suffrage
Coinciding with the centennial anniversary of women’s suffrage, President Donald Trump on Tuesday posthumously pardoned Susan B. Anthony in connection to her arrest for voting some 148 years ago.
Read morePlanned Parenthood Sues Iowa Over Abortion Waiting Period
Planned Parenthood of the Heartland sued Iowa on Tuesday claiming a state law passed on June 14 requiring women to wait 24 hours before obtaining an abortion violates the equal protection provision of the Iowa Constitution.
Read moreRussian Historian Goes on Trial for Chopping Up Lover
The trial of a decorated Russian historian accused of murdering and dismembering his young lover began Tuesday in a case that has fueled intense debate in Russia over domestic violence.
Read moreTop NY Court Weighs Penance for Judge’s Foul Language
Representing a judge facing removal from office over his use of the c-word, a lawyer told New York’s highest court Tuesday not to embrace so harsh a punishment for a first offense.
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Roe Plaintiff Says Her Anti-Abortion Act Was Paid For
Norma McCorvey loved the limelight. Better known as Jane Roe, her story was at the center of the 1973 Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade that legalized abortion nationwide. At first she was an abortion rights advocate, but in a twist, she became a born-again Christian in 1995 and switched sides.
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Texas AG: Abortions Deemed Not ‘Medically Necessary’ Must Be Postponed
Republican Texas officials temporarily blocked all abortions in the state Monday as part of a halt of all surgeries deemed not immediately or medically necessary in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Read moreNew Zealand Decriminalizes Abortion
New Zealand’s parliament voted Wednesday to decriminalize abortion, in a move Justice Minister Andrew Little said modernized legislation and gave women control over their bodies.
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Equal Rights Amendment Supporters Fight Red-State Opposition
Attorneys general of three Democrat-led states who sued to force the adoption of the Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution argued in a court filing that opposing states should be blocked from trying to stop its ratification.
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Nigerian Police Free Women From ‘Baby Factory’
Nigerian police have rescued 13 people, including a child and six pregnant women, from an illegal “baby factory” in southwestern Ogun state, a spokesman said Friday.
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Mississippi Republicans Try to Clamp Down on Abortion
Mississippi’s Republican-led Legislature is trying to restrict the reasons women may seek abortion, after federal courts blocked time limitations that the state tried to enforce for the past two years.
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Moroccan Fisherwomen Venture Into Man’s Realm
Fatima Mekhnas’ boots sink into the golden sand as she surveys the last beach in Morocco’s north. Optimism glows from her eyes, a reflection of a dream fulfilled after decades of yearning for a spot on a fishing boat in the Mediterranean.
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Opera Union Board Member Quits, Alleging Cover-up
A senior member of the main U.S. union that represents opera performers resigned Monday, accusing the leadership of a cover-up in its investigation of sexual harassment accusations against superstar Plácido Domingo.
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Talking About a Menstrual Revolution: Asia’s Period Problems
Olivia Cotes-James wants us to talk about menstrual health. Properly. No more euphemisms, no more opaque marketing, no more superstitions, and no glossing over cramps, bleeding, or pain.
Read moreDiscrimination
Four deputy district attorneys claim the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office denied them promotions because they are women and older than the male prosecutors it promoted over them, in federal court.
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UN Chief Denounces ‘Stupid’ Gender Inequality
United Nations chief Antonio Guterres on Thursday called for an end to gender inequality, which he said “should shame us all in the 21st century because it is not only unacceptable, it is stupid.”
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Civil Rights Commission Takes Stand for Female Inmates
The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights issued a report Wednesday that condemned how state and federal prisons treat female inmates, saying a broad range of disparities in areas from medical care to discipline show that correctional facilities are not designed for or tailored to women’s needs.
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Super-High Heels Free Women, Says Shoe King Louboutin
Super-high heels can free women, says legendary French shoe designer Christian Louboutin, who insists that wearing his towering six-inch stilettos is a “form of liberty.”
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Women Seek $66 Million From US Soccer
Players on the U.S. women’s national team are seeking more than $66 million in damages in their gender discrimination lawsuit against the U.S. Soccer Federation.
Read moreTitle IX
Five Jane Does sued Carroll College in federal court, claiming it discriminates against female athletes in funding and scholarships and, among other things, making them do the maintenance on their playing fields and borrow the equipment to do it, in Helena, Mont. Federal Court.
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