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Transgender Becomes Mayor; Anti-Choice Laws Rise

By WeNews Staff ● Arts & Culture ● January 10, 2015

A transgender Dalit in central India has become the country’s first transgender to be elected mayor. Also this week, House Republicans are renewing their effort to ban abortion after the first 20 weeks of pregnancy and anti-choice efforts continue across the U.S.

21 Leaders 2015: Seven Who Give Life to Movements

By WeNews Staff ● Arts & Culture ● January 4, 2015

Profiles of seven leaders dedicated to improving lives of women and girls: Jyothi Gaddam Pulla, Sally Roesch Wagner, Dr. Rochelle G. Saidel, Susan Scanlan, Marcy Syms, Debbie Walsh, Lizz Winstead

21 Leaders 2015: Seven Who Transform Cultures

By WeNews Staff ● Arts & Culture ● January 3, 2015

Profiles of seven leaders dedicated to improving lives of women and girls: Julie Enszer, Mary Fisher, Preston McMurry, Jr., Geeta Mehta, Kathy Miller, Graciela de Oto, Ai-jen Poo

21 Leaders 2015: Seven Who Interrupt Legacy Narratives

By WeNews Staff ● Arts & Culture ● January 2, 2015

Profiles of seven leaders dedicated to improving lives of women and girls: Brenda Stevenson, Dr. Nina Ansary, Dana Bolger, Sharon D’Agostino, Dorothy Davis, Dianne Dillon-Ridgley, Karen Elizaga

Prez Ignores Male Reporters, ISIS Slaughter

By WeNews Staff ● Arts & Culture ● December 20, 2014

President Obama made his final press conference memorable by only taking questions from female reporters. Elsewhere, ISIS militants attacked women in the western Iraqi province of Al-Anbar before burying them in mass graves in Fallujah.

Tweet by Tweet, Our Reporters Track #EUReproRights

By WeNews Staff ● Health & Science ● December 14, 2014

Our multimedia series, “Backlash in Europe: Women’s Reproductive Rights Threatened,” will begin this coming week. Join the conversation on reproductive health issues in Spain and France on Twitter #EUReproRights.

Military Initiatives Launched; Rolling Stone Says Oops

By WeNews Staff ● Arts & Culture ● December 6, 2014

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel unveiled four initiatives to combat sexual assault in the U.S. military. Also this week, Rolling Stone magazine says it now has questions about an article it published that made detailed allegations of a gang rape at a University of Virginia fraternity.

UN Pushes to End Violence; FDA Issues Cancer Alert

By WeNews Staff ● Politics ● November 29, 2014

The UN kicked off a campaign to empower and protect women from violence for the International Day for Eliminating Violence against Women. Also this week, women’s advocacy groups and labor unions joined national outcry over events in Ferguson.

Senate Funds Child Care; Walmart Wages Feed Hunger

By WeNews Staff ● Arts & Culture ● November 22, 2014

This week, the Senate approved a reauthorization bill for the Child Care and Development Block Grant for the first time since 1996. Also, Walmart employees plan to strike on Black Friday to protest low wages that prevent some from feeding their families.

NYC Boosts Housing; Sterilizations Deadly in India

By WeNews Staff ● Arts & Culture ● November 15, 2014

New York has begun a rent subsidy program for victims of domestic violence. In rural India, 13 women died last weekend at an unsanitary “sterilization camp.”

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