Women's Rights

Talking about abortion in the religious South

First: You don't avoid religion, you embrace it head on. Oh, and you don't say the word "abortion"

Katie Mcdonough Wednesday, Jan 23, 2013 10:52 PM UTC 23
Life Abortion, Roe v. Wade

Democrats try to resuscitate Violence Against Women Act

New bill keeps provisions for Native American and LGBT women but cuts U visas for immigrant victims of abuse

Jim Abrams, Associated Press Wednesday, Jan 23, 2013 5:12 PM UTC
Life LGBT, women, Women's Rights

Police often part of the problem for rape victims in India

Many Indian women say a powerful force stands in the way of justice for victims of assault: The police

Katie Mcdonough Wednesday, Jan 23, 2013 1:47 PM UTC
Life Rape, Sexual assault

23 women file class-action lawsuit against revenge porn site

The suit seeks to prosecute the owners of Texxxan.com and hosting company GoDaddy -- and end a despicable trend

Katie Mcdonough Tuesday, Jan 22, 2013 9:57 PM UTC 20
Technology Sex, porn, consent, Women's Rights

Support for abortion rights at an all-time high

A majority of Americans say Roe v. Wade should stand. Now activists on both sides are shifting strategies

Katie Mcdonough Tuesday, Jan 22, 2013 1:54 PM UTC 14
Life Abortion, abortion rights

Bolivian lawmaker caught on video allegedly raping an unconscious woman

The footage is from December 20, but it was recently made public when it was leaked to YouTube VIDEO

Katie Mcdonough Friday, Jan 18, 2013 10:57 PM UTC 12
Technology Video, Bolivia, Evo Morales

Study: Don’t want civilization to collapse? Give women equal rights

A word from Stanford's top population biologists: Gender parity is a crucial step to saving our species

Katie Mcdonough Tuesday, Jan 15, 2013 4:42 PM UTC 10
Life population, overpopulation, study

Welcome to the new Civil War

Lincoln's unfinished war rages on, as the neo-Confederacy tries to turn back the clock on women, gays, God and guns

Andrew O'Hehir Saturday, Jan 5, 2013 4:30 PM UTC 203
Life Lincoln, Editor's Picks

2012 was an unmitigated disaster for abortion rights

Since Roe v. Wade, only 2011 saw a greater number of abortion restrictions enacted VIDEO

Sarah Seltzer, Alternet Saturday, Jan 5, 2013 2:00 PM UTC 15
Politics Video, AlterNet, Roe v. Wade

Report: Performance counts more than connections for women on Wall Street

When it comes to climbing the corporate ladder, it's what you know for women -- and who you know for men

Katie Mcdonough Friday, Jan 4, 2013 9:37 PM UTC
Life Wall Street, Gender, Feminism

Indian politician accused of rape is stripped and publicly beaten

Local television stations released footage of women tearing off Mr. Brahma’s shirt and hitting him VIDEO

Katie Mcdonough Friday, Jan 4, 2013 1:44 PM UTC
Life Video, Rape, Crime, delhi gang rape

Women’s history pioneer Gerda Lerner dies at 92

Lerner was a founding member of NOW and created the nation's first graduate program in women's history

Dinesh Ramde, Associated Press Friday, Jan 4, 2013 1:34 PM UTC
Life Obituaries, women's history

Taliban shooting victim Malala Yousufzai leaves UK hospital

The 15-year-old Pakistani girl shot for promoting girls' education has been released from the hospital

Danica Kirka, Associated Press Friday, Jan 4, 2013 1:09 PM UTC
Life Malala Yousufzai, Pakistan

Indian police charge 5 in New Delhi gang rape

Indian police have filed rape and murder charges against five men accused in the gang rape of a New Delhi woman

Ashok Sharma, Associated Press Thursday, Jan 3, 2013 1:43 PM UTC
Life New Delhi, delhi gang rape

2012 was a banner year for antiabortion laws

States passed 43 provisions restricting abortion last year, and zero to improve women's access to reproductive care

Katie Mcdonough Wednesday, Jan 2, 2013 7:02 PM UTC
Life Abortion

Study: “Slut-shaming” won’t go away

New research reveals that 50 years after the introduction of the pill, sexual double standards are alive and well

Tom Jacobs, Pacific Standard Tuesday, Dec 4, 2012 7:16 PM UTC 12
Life Pacific Standard, Gender, Sex

Afghanistan’s first female rapper perseveres past death threats

Actress and singer Sosan Firooz is making history in the conservative country VIDEO

Prachi Gupta Sunday, Dec 2, 2012 8:14 PM UTC 21
Life Video, sosan firooz, rapper

Pediatricians: Make Plan B available to teens

The American Academy of Pediatrics joins the FDA in calling for unrestricted access to the morning-after pill

Katie Mcdonough Monday, Nov 26, 2012 8:24 PM UTC
News Food and Drug Administration

Fox news column claims “women aren’t women anymore”

Suzanne Venker argues that feminism has killed marriage

Prachi Gupta Monday, Nov 26, 2012 3:58 PM UTC 32
Life Women's Rights, War on women

U.N. calls contraception a “universal human right”

For the first time, the United Nations has said that access to family planning should be a human right

Prachi Gupta Wednesday, Nov 14, 2012 6:20 PM UTC
Life United Nations, Contraception

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