Women’s eNews Honors 21 Leaders for their Unstoppable Courage
[ad_1] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: On October 26th, Women’s eNews will honor ’21 Leaders for the 21st Century’ at its 22nd Annual conference in New York City. The 2022 honorees were selected due to their unbridled COURAGE by standing up to long-standing patriarchal barriers in leadership, tearing down employment obstacles for people with disabilities, and for those who have not […]
Protecting Queer Youth: Why Title IX is Not Enough, but the ERA Is!
[ad_1] This September, the public comment period on proposed Title IX changes ended. The Department of Education will now consider more than 235,000 comments before issuing their final regulations. Many of the comments concern the rules’ interpretation of “sex-based” discrimination, which the Department has said includes discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. This stance resembles […]
The State of Abortion: State-by-State
A Look at Changes to Abortion Clinic Services in 100 days post the overturning of Roe.
Legally Wrong! 11 Rapists and Murderers Prematurely Released in India
On Aug 15, 2022, 11 rapists and murderers of Bilkis Bano’s family were released by the Gujarat state government under remission, although the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) investigated and they were sentenced to life term. Who is Bilkis Bano? In March 2002, a pregnant 20-year-old woman named Bilkis Bano watched in horror as 14 members […]
Don’t Sit This Election Out. Your Country Needs You!
Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves. The only way they could do this is by not voting. — Franklin D. Roosevelt Since midterm elections rarely have the pizazz of a presidential contest, a lot of eligible citizens don’t bother to vote in them. To […]
Disobedience After Dobbs? Gloria Steinem Speaks Out on the latest ‘Lady Liberty is V.E.R.Y. Pissed’ Podcast
The “Lady Liberty is V.E.R.Y.* Pissed” Podcast awakens American women to the loss of their reproductive rights and voting rights, and to the lack of women’s equal rights in the U.S. Constitution. When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade this past June, women’s liberties became increasingly imperiled. The purpose of this podcast is to […]
President Biden: Why Won’t You Publish The Equal Rights Amendment?
“We must recognize the clear will of the American people and definitively enshrine the principle of gender equality in the Constitution. It is long past time that we put all doubt to rest. I am calling on Congress to act immediately to pass a resolution recognizing ratification of the ERA.” –President Joseph Biden Jr. This statement, […]
Why Not Wednesday? Women’s eNews has never followed the rules before!
[ad_1] By now, each of you has probably tired of all the Giving Tuesday emails sent your way yesterday. While most, if not all non-profit organizations requesting your financial support are worthy, being inundated with requests within one 24-hour period is enough to drive a person to send even the most valuable requests directly to […]
The Current State of Abortion: State-by-State
[ad_1] As part of Women’s eNews’ continuing series updating our readers about the continually evolving legal landscape regarding women’s reproductive rights in the US, below is a current listing* of the total number of states that have prohibited, or placed severe restrictions, on women’s ability to get an abortion even when, in some cases, the […]
How the Climate Crisis Affects Reproductive Rights
[ad_1] Around the world, the climate crisis is worsening the inequities surrounding who gets to have a healthy pregnancy and baby. Esther McCant, who works as a doula in the US state of Florida, knows that pregnant people need more than a birth plan. They also need information to plan for heat waves, especially for families that […]