women's rights
Victory for women: Komen reinstates Planned Parenthood funding
February 3, 2012The reversal came after a firestorm of protests over the cutoff, including charges that it was a cave-in to Republican/right-wing pressure.
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Latin Americans support UN in condemning violence against women
December 2, 2011Every year governments and human rights groups are supposed to be campaigning for increasing resources and public awareness aimed at ending violence against women.
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Big win for women in Mississippi, but downsides too
November 9, 2011The ambiguously worded and short-sighted proposal, if passed, could have had terrible consequences for Mississippi women and their families.
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400 union women at confab demand equality and union rights
September 16, 2011Over 400 union women came to the Coalition of Labor Union Women's 16th Biennial Convention in Orlando, September 7-10, to demand equality and to defend union rights. The women came from many different unions to speak...
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The Strauss-Kahn dismissal: Blaming the victim, again
August 24, 2011For a while, it looked like the victim might have her day in court, and win justice.
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