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From the Executive Director: Why Aren’t Men Mentioned?
Women's eNews had also been regretfully unaware that the passive voice was being used when addressing men’s violence against ...
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Immigrants Who Charged Sex Abuse Fight Deportation
Women Wish to Stay to Testify Against Former Guards The women argue that they are entitled to a specific type of visa under the Violence Against Women Act of 2000, permitting them to remain in the ...
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Sweden Pushed Gender Equality to Boost Birth Rates
Credit: sean dreilinger on Flickr, under Creative Commons (WOMENSENEWS)– In a 2002 article, “Gender Equality: A Key to Our Future?,” Lena Sommestad, a women’s historian and then Swedish Social ...
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A Tale of Three Universities: Accessibility in Higher Education
Thriving in college is hard. The US News and World Report reports that only 62% of American college students graduate from a university within six years’ time. The reasons range from academic to ...
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Turn Off the Cameras: End Inhumane Treatment of Women in Michigan Prisons
It is the height of irony. In the same month officially proclaiming March as Women’s History Month, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer called on the legacy of women from Michigan “who have continued to provide ...
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Women as Weapons of War: A Spectrum of Sexual Violence in Ukraine and Beyond – Women's eNews
In her recent address before the United Nations Security Council, the Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict Pramila Patten delivered a searing account of the devastating and shocking ...
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‘My Passion, My Philanthropy’: Loreen Arbus’ Work Defined By Marginalization - Women's eNews
(WOMENSENEWS)—If there is a single through-line in my life and in my philanthropy, it is marginalization. It has been with me from my earliest memory, and it has defined the many causes to which I ...
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A Workforce Without Women? – Women's eNews
Women’s History Month has come and gone, and despite all the drama, we are still here and multitasking more than ever. However, imagine waking up one day to find all the women had simply vanished! No ...
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Zan Times* interview: The UN’s Richard Bennett on human rights abuses, gender apartheid, and the Taliban’s quest for recognition - Women's eNews
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 ...
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Prescription or Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids: Which is Better?
“And then (blank) said (blank)!! Isn’t that funny?” What if you couldn’t fill in the blanks? What if sentences like these were perpetually incomplete, leaving you confused and excluded from ...
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Women of Color Seen As Always Sexually Available
The stereotypes of women of color as always being sexually available show how undervalued they are, says Jaclyn Friedman in her new book “What You Really Really Want.” In this excerpt, she explores ...