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[ad_1] On Saturday, October 8th, exactly one month before Election Day, women and their allies will turn up in force in cities across the country for a massive nationwide “Women’s Wave” day of action meant to rally supporters of reproductive rights ahead of the 2022 midterms.  Hundreds of thousands of people…

[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…

[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…

A Look at Changes to Abortion Clinic Services in 100 days post the overturning of Roe.

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 of her…

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 a growing…

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…

“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, released by…

[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…

[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,…