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29 Jun 2005, 2:49 pm
[JURIST] A group of Iraqi women attending an international meeting of women's rights activists in Amman, Jordan, called Wednesday for a 40 percent representation quota in the Iraqi National Assembly. [read post]
26 Aug 2010, 8:08 am by Aliya Hussain, Women's Rights Project
During the winter of 1916–1917, suffragists took their long-fought battle for women's right to vote to the nation's capital. [read post]
13 Jul 2011, 8:14 pm
Writes Meade, in the comments over at an Isthmus article about the women's rights groups that held a rally against Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser (who has been accused of choking a fellow justice). [read post]
21 Jan 2015, 12:00 pm by Jacqueline Jones
[JURIST] The Egyptian government is failing to protect women's rights and end violence against women, Amnesty International (AI) [advocacy website] reported [press release] Wednesday. [read post]
14 Nov 2011, 11:32 am by Reproductive Rights
Reuters: Church-backed abortion bill sparks protest in Russia, by Alissa de Carbonnel: MOSCOW, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Women of all ages used to fill gynecologist Lyubov Yerofeyeva's Soviet state clinic, lined up by the dozen for back-to-back abortions. [read post]
23 Jun 2009, 11:30 am
Daily Women's Health Policy Report: Antiabortion Group's National Convention Focuses on 'Common Ground' in Abortion-Rights Debate: The National Right to Life Committee last week held its national convention in Charlotte, N.C., attracting as many as 1,300 antiabortion-rights advocates from around... [read post]
18 Jan 2012, 8:04 am by Irina Tarsis
George Clooney's new directorial project is based on Robert M Edsel's The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History. [read post]
As we celebrate the 10th anniversary of the March for Women's Lives, it's fitting to reflect on our successes that show how our activism does pay off and that we can hold accountable those who let politics trump women's health. [read post]
1 Dec 2016, 6:24 am by Jonathan Niznansky
Planned Parenthood, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and other women's groups filed suits Wednesday challenging abortion laws in Alaska [complaint], Missouri and North Carolina [complaints, PDF]. [read post]
25 Feb 2011, 2:06 pm by Mie Lewis, Women's Rights Project
Learn more about women's rights: Subscribe to our newsletter, follow us on Twitter, and like us on Facebook. [read post]
3 Nov 2007, 11:28 pm
  Previously on the DC Metro Area Medical Malpractice Law Blog, we have posted articles related to: Questions you should ask your doctor if you've been diagnosed with colorectal cancer Evidence that men reap even greater benefits from early colonoscopy cancer screening A legal group that recently issued DC a failing grade for women's health services For information about your legal rights, please click here… [read post]
13 Jan 2009, 4:14 pm
Salon.com Broadsheet: How the Madoff mess hits women, by Nancy Goldstein: For all the ink that's been spilled on the Madoff investment scandal, I've read nothing about its impact on funding for progressive women's causes -- which is considerable. [read post]
14 Mar 2012, 10:35 am by The Law Office of Nancy King
A lawsuit filed by the League of Women Voters (LWV), the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), and other groups seeks to restore voting rights to about 85,000 people incarcerated in county jails or under the supervision of county probation departments. [read post]
13 Feb 2008, 1:38 pm
Go to a women's prison and you're likely to find a much smaller group of visitors. [read post]