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Julie the Cat
Julie the Cat posted a blog entry
The Girl Effect
This first week of December, start a positive chain reaction.[domino cascade by Nauticashades via wikipedia]
 
<em>caineabel2</em>
caineabel2 posted a blog entry
Sarah Palin inspires women to believe that if they have a working uterus they can be successful politicians. Well I guess that leaves me out.
Patricia Sullivan, a mother of four who is running in the Republican primary to take on Democratic Rep. Alan Grayson in...
 
Nigel Beale
Nigel Beale posted a blog entry
Audio Interview with author Bruce Bawer conducted by Nigel Beale: On Islamism and Islamophobia
“Written with an urgency and clarity that makes it hard to stop reading and re-reading it. It should be...
 
TeethMaestro
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Laidback Show Episode 7 - Take Back the Tech Section
Laidback Show with Faisal Kapadia and Dr. Awab Alvi discuss Take back the Tech initiative with Jehan
 
pedestrianobserver
pedestrianobserver posted a blog entry
The Maguindanao Massacre & the Mafiosi Conspiracy that Gloria Arroyo Calls Friendship
If you are a parent you will naturally discourage and forbid outright your children from associating with gang bangers, more so...
 
buco
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Beck’s Sexist Reason For Ruling Out Palin-Beck Ticket: She’d Always Be ‘Yapping’ Like We’re ‘In The Kitchen’
In recent days, former Alaska governor Sarah Palin has indicated that she may be open to a conservative presidential dream...
6 days ago Think Progress | Topics: Election, Beck, Palin, Women's...
 
Gordon S
Gordon S posted a blog entry
For US, Lessons on Women's Rights From San Francisco
San Francisco - In 1998, San Francisco stepped up and joined the world.Tired of the U.S. government's refusal to ratify The...
 
Melisende
Melisende posted a blog entry
Zimbabwe: Women face up to Mugabe
From Associated Press:President Barack Obama praised representatives of a women's organization whose members have been beaten...
 
Melisende
Melisende posted a blog entry
Tajikistan: Fails to curb violence against women
From Reuters:The government of the Central Asian state of Tajikistan is failing to protect women from violence and abuse, human...
 
Laura-kim A
Laura-kim A posted a blog entry
Female Circumcision
Africa is a continent steeped in tradition. It is a hugely diverse place. There are many cultures, languages, tribes, religions...
 
Karin
Karin posted a blog entry

As Thanksgiving approaches here in the United States, I think about the many advantages I have, just by living here. I am...
8 days ago Beyond Words | Topics: journal, darfur, collage, women's...
 
PeacefulWmn9
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One Child of How Many? Human Trafficking in the U.S.: http://www.care2.com/causes/womens-rights/blog/huma-trafficking-in-the-u-s/
 
buco
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Speaking with Palin, Dennis Miller transitions from calling Newsweek cover ’sexist’ to insulting Hillary Clinton.
Earlier this week, Sarah Palin wrote on her Facebook page that Newsweek’s choice to use a Runner’s World photo of...
11 days ago Think Progress | Topics: Think Fast, Media, Palin, Women's...
 
buco
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GOP Lawmakers Complain About Revised Mammogram Guidelines While Opposing Requirements For More Tests
On Wednesday, a group of women GOP lawmakers held a press conference to denounce a new recommendation by the federal Preventive...
 
buco
buco posted a blog entry
Senate health bill restores abstinence-only education funding.
President Obama’s FY2010 budget eliminated funding for abstinence-only education and school districts are increasingly...
 
Bella Foxglove
Bella Foxglove posted a tweet
It really disturbs me to see all these grown women drooling over a dead teenager who sets back womens rights about 50 years.
 
David
David posted a blog entry
Texas Progressive Alliance Weekly Round Up
The Texas Progressive Alliance is starting to feel an odd craving for can-shaped servings of cranberry sauce as it brings you...
 
<em>wmblake7</em>
wmblake7 posted a blog entry
Democrats and Republicans are both anti-choice: Vote Green Party
Greens blast the anti-choice Stupak Amendment in the Democrats’ health care bill, predict voter anger and defections from...
 
beady
beady posted a blog entry
Netherlands and its minorities
Came across two articles on how Netherlands are dealing with their minority issue. If you recall, this is the land where Theo...
 
beady
beady posted a blog entry
An Israeli looks at India
Let me put this up right up ahead. A uniform civil law is a must in any land. I would say that it forms the basis of...
 
buco
buco posted a blog entry
Republicans Are Shocked The Public Is Mad At Them For Voting Against Franken’s Anti-Rape Amendment
Last month, 30 Republican senators voted against Sen. Al Franken’s (D-MN) amendment that would punish defense contractors...
 
buco
buco posted a blog entry
Do Anti-Choice Conservatives Like Cantor And Gingrich Provide Elective Abortion Coverage To Their Employees?
Yesterday, the Politico reported that the Republican National Committee provides a health insurance policy to its employees...
 
Kelly Manjula Koza
Kelly Manjula Koza posted a tweet
RT @WomensRights: Catholic Church threatens to put D.C.'s poor + homeless out in cold over gay marriage http://bit.ly/3DLQ0n (Feministing)
 
Wintery Knight Blog
Wintery Knight Blog posted a blog entry
New research shows that drug-facilitated sexual assault is a myth
Story in the UK Daily Mail. (H/T Suzanne at Big Blue Wave)Excerpt:A toxicology expert from the Forensic Science Service,...
 
jimic
jimic posted a blog entry
Canada: Nothing to Report
Yesterday I had the honour of attending a CFLS lecture series featuring Shelagh Day, an internationally recognised human rights...
21 days ago :::jamieleigh::: | Topics: activism, CEDAW, CFLS, human rights
 
Alwaan.org
Alwaan.org posted a blog entry
هنا.. حتى الثقافة تهضم المرأة
مليحة الشهاب هنا.. حتى الثقافة تهضم المرأة دائما ينظر إلى الثقافة...
 
Christina
Christina posted a blog entry
Mad for the Women of Mad Men
So, I can either be the busty redhead with a mean swing, the power suit (or Haircut, for Peggy), or the liberated housecat...
 
Marguerite
Marguerite posted a blog entry
Congress Didn’t Just Sell Out Women, It Raped Them
This blog posting is a response to the EXCELLENT article on the front page of Salon, but was too long for a real response, so I...
 
Glennia C
Glennia C posted a blog entry
BRUNNER SAYS U.S. HOUSE ACTION MOVES WOMEN'S RIGHTS BACKWARD
MOMocrats are happy to welcome back guest poster Ohio Secretary of State and Senate Candidate Jennifer Brunner as she comments...
 
Christina
Christina posted a blog entry
Carrie Prejean “Defiled Her Body”
While there have been a clear example of women who do vocalize their empowering experience when baring it all, younger women,...
 
<em>roqshow</em>
roqshow posted a blog entry
Impossible Motherhood A Review
This is a cross post from Allison McCarthy’s  column entitled Intersectional Feminist at Girl with Pen Monica, Allison...
 
Melisende
Melisende posted a blog entry
Angola: Constitution Supports Women's Rights
From Angola Press:Women rights, as the key element of family and society are stipulated in three draft laws presented last week...
 
beady
beady posted a blog entry
The veil in France and Turkey
This was quite an interesting paper. First the abstract: For the last two decades the human rights discourse has been...
 
aliz
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Marguerite
Marguerite posted a blog entry
What The Hell Are We Fighting For? The Tragedy of Fort Hood
And it’s one, two, three, fourWhat are we fighting for?Don’t ask me, I don’t give a damn,Next stop is...
 
Christina
Christina posted a blog entry
What if I do Enjoy It?
I recently came across an anti-rape poster created by the Guerilla Girls. As you can see, it resembles a yearbook page with the...
 
State of Protest
State of Protest posted a blog entry
Virginia Referendum to Reject Suffrage
Virginia Governor elect Bob McDonnell issued a statement today that once in office he would pursue a referendum in Virginia to...
 
Marguerite
Marguerite posted a blog entry
Earth to Obama – “Change We Can Believe in For Dummies”
Despite all the spinning and supposed sloughing off of the election returns last night in key districts in Virginia, New York,...
 
Christina
Christina posted a blog entry
A woman is not a pre-existing condition
The National Women’s Law Center has a powerful campaign to stop discriminatory and harmful practices in health care...
 
Christina
Christina posted a blog entry
Redefining Date Rape
Ever since Roman Polanski’s arrest hit the proverbial presses, almost everyone has been talking about it. No... Actually,...
 
Christina
Christina posted a blog entry
My Vagina is God (And Yours is Too)
Every woman should observe her vagina in front of a full-length mirror. Make sure to have optimal lighting. And make sure you...
 
Marguerite
Marguerite posted a blog entry
I Am The Army
“A conquered nation is like a man with cancer: he can think of nothing else.“  George Bernard ShawI thought I’d...
 
Dusty
Dusty posted a blog entry
Healthcare reform? Not for woman's needs evidently.
From The Nation we learn that none of the healthcare reform bills require the health insurance corporations to pay for birth...
 
<em>victoriantics</em>
victoriantics posted a blog entry
The Guardian: "Arab winds of change Who is driving real change in the Arab countries? Not politicians, but feminists, gay people and bloggers"
Piece by Brian Whitaker, for the full link click here"Women, bloggers and gays lead change in the Arab world." That is the...
 
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<em>chaimke613</em>
chaimke613 posted a blog entry
For the Furtherance of Women’s Rights
Cat in the Gulf writes:The joy of tennisCan someone tell me why end of season women tennis championship is held in Doha??...
 
Marguerite
Marguerite posted a blog entry
I Hate to Be Right – Part II, Revenge of a Jedi Master
Just a little update on the Swine Flu story, not to mention a giant FU to the many detractors of this story on Open Salon.com,...
 
Amalia
Amalia posted a blog entry
Introducing Saudi Women
Few years ago, I wrote about a number of accomplished Khaleeji women who became the leader of their men-majority society....