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24 Sep 2015, 12:28 pm by Ken White
In a world where Iran wins a seat on the UN's Commission on the Status of Women, people who care about women's rights should also be skeptical. [read post]
23 Sep 2022, 8:04 am
It repudiates decades of work by womens-rights activists who rightfully gauged such notions as sexist and oppressive and fought to free nonconformists from social stigma. [read post]
18 Aug 2021, 6:48 am by Family Law
From NPR: For women in Afghanistan, the Taliban takeover of the country puts their rights at stake, as well as their lives. [read post]
21 May 2008, 6:04 am
"Ex-chief justice scores lawsuit over Pa. pay raise": The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette today contains an article that begins, "Former state Supreme Court Chief Justice Ralph Cappy yesterday said a lawsuit alleging that he negotiated a plaintiff's rights in exchange for a larger paycheck for himself and fellow justices was ';preposterous,' and he criticized both the League of Women Voters, who filed the suit, and its… [read post]
4 Dec 2007, 6:22 am
On similar grounds, they support the United States's continuing failure to ratify the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. [read post]
27 Mar 2009, 8:47 am
On March 19, 2009, the Maine Women’s Policy Center invited 100 eighth grade girls to Augusta to participate in the 13th annual Girls' Day at the State House. [read post]
12 Jan 2015, 9:29 am
" The NAOWS had a newsletter called Woman’s Protest (retitled Woman Patriot in 1918) that "continued to be published through the 1920s, generally opposing the work of feminists and liberal womens groups. [read post]
2 May 2017, 7:03 am
Here's the idea: The conference stems from an empirical consideration: international law of the sea, including maritime law, has been traditionally silent about the role played by women at sea, and this is very much the case still today. [read post]
2 Nov 2010, 7:52 am by John Steele
 Although I share Judge Baer's concerns about the lack of diversity in the profession, I don't think his order/request is the right way to deal with the issue and in any case doesn't address the structural problem. [read post]
10 Oct 2022, 5:01 am by Eugene Volokh
More broadly, say a pro-gay-rights group prefers not to invite opponents of gay rights (regardless of what topics they're discussing), or a traditionalist Catholic group prefers not to invite supporters of abortion rights or same-sex marriage, or for that matter a Jewish group prefers not to invite people who endorse the Hamas Covenant's statement that "The Day of Judgement will not come about until… [read post]
8 Jul 2022, 8:30 am by JB
Jackson Women's Health Organization that will appear in this year’s Levinson Balkin Con Law supplement. [read post]
8 Jun 2016, 4:45 am
In our country, it started right here in New York, a place called Seneca Falls in 1848 where a small but determined group of women and men...She put a little special, comical stress on "and men"...... came together with the idea that women deserved equal rights and they set it forth in something called the Declaration of Sentiments* and it was first time in human history that that kind of declaration occurred. [read post]
28 May 2008, 12:43 am
Christopher Murray et al:(Click image on right for statistics for each group.) [read post]
11 Feb 2023, 7:30 am by Unknown
 Blog posts & press:Afghan women affected by Taliban bans on work and study fear for their futures (UNHCR, Jan. 2023) [text]Denmark, Sweden Offer Protection to All Women, Girls from Afghanistan - EU Member States Should Follow as Taliban Crackdown Continues (Human Rights Watch, Feb. 2023) [text]- Note: The EUAA's latest country guidance on Afghanistan "concludes that women and girls are at risk of persecution under the… [read post]
18 Oct 2010, 11:08 am
In setting priorities for UN Women, I look forward to hearing from womens groups and networks from countries worldwide. [read post]
6 Mar 2018, 9:53 am by Eugene Volokh
In the same way that a poet's words or a musician's lyrics are a deeply personal reflection of the person who wrote them, a fashion designer's work can be equally as intimate. [read post]
11 May 2010, 8:43 am by Victoria Pynchon
" It's also a truism that every generation has its cultural, social and political project. [read post]