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The U.S. is cracking down on the sexual exploitation of children and public awareness of women’s sexual enslavement is also growing. Activists see it as a chance to address the economic predicaments of people–often women–who sell themselves.
Women of color are joining and taking a leadership role in this Sunday’s major rally for reproductive rights. In doing so, they have broadened the agenda to include such goals as better access to health care, day care, nutritious food and clean water.
Three Democratic hopefuls took the opportunity last night to address women’s issues at an event in Hanover, N.H., hosted by Lifetime TV in partnership with ABC’s “Good Morning America” and Dartmouth College.
A coalition of women’s rights organizations in Kyrgyzstan submitted a report to the United Nations this week countering what they expected to be a too-rosy official depiction of the status of women in the former Soviet country.
Some 2 million women around the world are subject to female genital mutilation every year. Now, a program is set to eradicate the custom in Senegal and is likely to be replicated elsewhere in Africa.
The New York State Court of Appeals is considering offering an opinion on the debate over whether children should be removed from homes where there is domestic violence.
Women in New York prisons filed a class action claiming the state makes it difficult to impossible for victims of sex abuse to make complaints against the prison guards who assault them.