women's rights
Fight to end sex trafficking
August 5, 2011One of the most significant scourges worldwide is the ongoing exploitation and sexual abuse of over 2 million girls, and sometimes boys, through sex trafficking.
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“Historic victory”: Insurance companies must cover birth control
August 3, 2011Starting next year, insurers will be required to fully cover, with no copays, contraception and other preventive health services for women.
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Budget must “respect, protect” women, coalition says
July 15, 2011National Council of Womens' Organizations launched the Respect, Protect, Reject Campaign, and is calling on lawmakers to uphold Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid and emphasize women's concerns in the talks.
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Dominique Strauss-Kahn scandal has international repercussions
May 23, 2011The case of Dominique Strauss-Kahn is widely seen as another case of powerful and wealthy men thinking they have the right to sexually exploit women in subordinate positions.
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Poem of the week: Nizar Qabbani’s “The Old World is Dead”
February 24, 2011This unnamed verse, written in 1970, seems as if it could have been written yesterday in half a dozen nations - and in some U.S. states as well.
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