One Billion Rising 2023: Activists Around the World will Rise for Freedom
[ad_1] ONE BILLION RISING recently announced its 2023 theme and campaign: RISE For Freedom & to Create the New Culture. The campaign addresses the devastating consequences of the ongoing vicious systems of patriarchy, imperialism, capitalism and racism in the world today and the destructive battle for power fought over women’s bodies and the body of the earth. […]
Nevada’s Universal Equal Rights Amendment: The First, but Certainly Not The Last
[ad_1] After inspiring mainstream focus on the federal Equal Rights Amendment by ratifying it with Illinois and Virginia, Nevada has become the first state to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression in the text of their state-level Equal Rights Amendment. The new amendment passed the legislative sessions in 2019 and 2021 […]
Diversity is Not About Nouns: Finding Commonalities with the Disabilities Community
[ad_1] As a comedian, I have found that comedy is particularly effective at leveling the playing field when it comes to communication with an audience. But, as a ‘Sit-Down’ comic (born with Cerebral Palsy – C.P.), I understand the subtleties between expressing disability as a flaw rather than a challenge. Regardless of one’s abilities, comedy, […]
When It Comes to Abortion, It’s a Topsy Turvy World
[ad_1] There is Supreme irony (pardon the pun) in the fact that our political parties have given us a frightening and baffling turn of events on the issue of the court and abortion. Strategies that were deemed by some on the left as too radical and far-sweeping in 1973 are now being adopted as far-sighted by […]
Dating Abuse: From Education to Prevention
[ad_1] It was Kristen’s first relationship. For the better part of five years, when she was 15 to 20 years old, she was raped and strangled with a belt or hands by her boyfriend, a peer. The belt strangulation caused burst capillaries, which she covered with makeup. She reflected that she was so deep into the relationship, she […]
Women’s eNews Launches Collaboration with Afghanistan’s Zan Times to Ensure All Voices Are Heard
[ad_1] Since the Taliban took over Afghanistan in August 2021, women and other marginalized groups have faced systematic repression, violence, and the complete erasure of their social and political rights. Zan Times was born out of this moment of desperation, of anger, of trying to speak their truth in the face of injustice, and brute […]
New Report: Violence Against Women and Girls Needs New Global Policy
[ad_1] A new report released on February 1, 2023 by a group of women’s rights activists from 128 countries documents a rapid rise in violence against women and girls worldwide and current gaps in international law to address this crisis. The “Safer Now” report was released by the Every Woman Treaty, a coalition of over 2,000 […]
MOTHERS FACE CIVIL RIGHTS CRISIS IN THE FAMILY COURTS – UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE MUST INVESTIGATE
[ad_1] Earlier this month, The Washington Post ran a headline story about a Virginia judge who ordered a mother to stop nursing her four-month-old infant daughter so that the father, who abandoned the mother right before the child’s birth, could have visitation four days a week at his home and soon be awarded overnights and weekends. The […]
Recognizing the Role of Women in Fighting for Peace in Ukraine
[ad_1] I am not Ukrainian, but exactly one year ago, when Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, I felt like I could be. I am Latvian, but I was born in the Soviet Union, which both Ukraine and Latvia were part of. The word “union” is misleading, for it was not unified. We were […]
Zan Times* interview: The UN’s Richard Bennett on human rights abuses, gender apartheid, and the Taliban’s quest for recognition
[ad_1] Eight months after the Taliban regained power in Afghanistan, Richard Bennett was appointed to be the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan. The New Zealander has a long career working on human rights issues, both at the United Nations as well as independent organizations, such as Amnesty International. Now, his focus […]