Governor Cuomo signs two critical bills for pregnant New Yorkers. See RH Reality Check. The Atlantic reports on the the invisible labor women perform around the world. Following Steve Harvey’s Miss Universe mix-up, The Guardian calls attention to the real problem with beauty pageants. The New… Read More ›
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The New York Times analyzes how women’s education and empowerment are a perceived threat for ISIS. Lena Dunham says that she is going to wait to marry until her lesbian sister can too. See the Huffington Post. NPR illuminates the… Read More ›
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The Atlantic claims that police have a much bigger domestic abuse problem than the NFL. President Obama and Joe Biden launched their new sexual assault prevention campaign, “It’s On Us.” See Mic. The Huffington Post shows how Jon Hamm is… Read More ›
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The UN declares that the abducted Nigerian schoolgirls will not be forgotten. See the UN News Centre. The Obama Administration has announced it intends to revise the contraception benefit in the Affordable Care Act available to religiously affiliated nonprofits. See… Read More ›
Stand Up for Somali Women
The news of two Somali women being arrested for reporting rape has us all fired up. In response, we have started a Thunderclap campaign to demand justice for these women: http://thndr.it/19WHDgP. Please join us by pledging your tweet and/or Facebook… Read More ›
Somali Women Arrested for Reporting Rape
Freedom from violence? Freedom of the press? Justice? Not for a Somali woman and journalist who were arrested for reporting rape. After alleging in a video interview that she was raped at gunpoint by colleagues, a 19-year-old woman and the… Read More ›