| TAKE ACTION: Help Keep Shelters Open and Expand Services to Survivors of Domestic Abuse | |
| By Rightswire · Posted on August 11, 2010 at 1:43 pm ·
Filed under Headlines, Take Action Topics: Women's Rights |
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The Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA), a vital source of funding for programs that aid survivors of domestic abuse, expired in 2008 and desperately... Read more » |
| Is Environmental Injustice Morphing Little Girls’ Bodies? | |
| By Michelle Chen · Posted on August 10, 2010 at 12:27 pm ·
Filed under Feeds, Headlines, Highlight Topics: Children's Rights, Environment, Gender Equality, Health, Racial Equality, Women's Rights |
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The beginning of adolescence is a tough time for any girl. It’s harder when you’re growing up in a tough neighborhood and go to a rough school. And it’s... Read more » |
| San Francisco Chronicle Calls for Passage of UAFA | |
| By rtiven · Posted on April 1, 2009 at 9:41 am ·
Filed under Feeds Topics: Civil and Political Rights, Immigration, Legislation, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights, Women's Rights |
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As readers of this blog know too well, barring a miracle, the family of American citizen Jaylynn Mercado will be ripped apart on Friday when her partner of 23 years... Read more » |
| Balancing Race and Gender: LDF Women Pioneers | |
| By The Editors · Posted on March 31, 2009 at 2:57 pm ·
Filed under Feeds Topics: Civil and Political Rights, Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, Human Rights Leaders, Women's Rights |
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By Stacey Patton Much of the history of the Civil Rights Movement has focused heavily on the stories of great men like Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, Thurgood... Read more » |
| What can the harm reduction movement teach us about reproductive justice? | |
| By Repo Repro · Posted on March 17, 2009 at 2:30 pm ·
Filed under Feeds Topics: Civil and Political Rights, Education, Reproductive Rights, Women's Rights |
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Drug policy has benefited from the harm reduction movement’s innovative approach to improving personal safety. The application of a harm reduction... Read more » |
| U.S. women should be grateful for Obama | |
| By Mary Shaw · Posted on March 8, 2009 at 6:50 am ·
Filed under Feeds Topics: Women's Rights |
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I am writing this on March 8 — International Women’s Day. And on this day I am thinking about the status of women in these United States of America,... Read more » |
| TAKE ACTION: Stop Violence Against Women | |
| By Rightswire · Posted on March 1, 2009 at 11:52 am ·
Filed under Take Action Topics: Women's Rights |
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Every day, millions of women and girls across the world are beaten and abused. They are someone’s mothers, daughters, sisters, and friends. Many are abused in... Read more » |
