The Republican-controlled House committee approved an extension of abortion coverage to Peace Corp volunteers. Also this week, a human rights activist in Benghazi was assassinated.
A series of bills that would protect women’s rights in New York state are being reintroduced into the Senate. Also this week, the pregnant woman sentenced to death in Sudan is being shackled.
Just a few months ago both these women led very different lives. But now they live side by side in a refugee camp and provide a glimpse of the human toll of the bloody conflict in the world’s youngest country.
A new nationwide media blitz in Sudan calls for the end of the practice of cutting girls’ genitalia. Critics say its edge is dulled by not directly referring to FGM and instead relying on a word that means “complete.”
“The Unfinished Revolution: Voices From the Global Fight for Women’s Rights” tells the origins of the struggle to secure basic rights for women and girls. The following is an essay adapted from the chapter, “How Women’s Rights Became Recognized as Human Rights.”
Novelist Rebecca Tinsley struggles with how to share Sudanese women’s stories without spreading a sense of hopelessness. In the end she had their resilience to highlight, along with the transformational power of education.
The Center for Reproductive Rights studied what would happen if Roe v. Wade fell and protection for abortion was left up to the states. In a report issued Thursday, the group finds a majority of states would ban the procedure.
As Congress debates at least 10 health care proposals, prominent women’s advocates say work and wage issues make the single-payer model the best deal for women. So far, it’s mustering little support from lawmakers.
As union members face growing financial stress, some expect contract negotiators to intensify the push for family-friendly benefits. A Web site launched earlier this month is there to help. The first of two stories.
MDG 5 envisions reducing maternal deaths 75 percent by 2015. Of all the promises to the world’s distressed people, it is the least likely to meet its target. Last week, advocates in India and Ghana said more political willpower is needed fast.
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