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International Women's Day: The 5 Worst Countries to Be Born Female

Over the years a number of organizations have attempted to list the "worst countries for women," often to coincide with dates such as International Women's Day. One immediate challenge: What makes a country "worst for women"? Some researchers focus on humanitarian issues, others on educational attainment and literacy...

Women's History Month Hero -- Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Courtesy of Meg Waite Clayton Meg Waite Clayton wrote "The Wednesday Sisters" and "The Language of Light." The fight for women's suffrage started, as so many things do, with women talking to each other around kitchen tables. The result was the first women's rights convention in Seneca Falls, N.Y., in July...

Topless Feminists Protest 'Win a Wife' Competition

A feminist group in Ukraine has protested a radio station competition to "win a wife" in the most eye-catching way possible -- by removing clothes. The Femen Movement is angered by a contest organized by a New Zealand radio station that offered a listener the opportunity to travel to Ukraine and meet women. Nine women...

Women's History Month: A Brief History of the Celebration of Female Contributions

As Black History Month comes to a close, Women's History Month begins. Women's History Month is a relatively new invention, dating back to the 1970s, when women were fighting for greater recognition of female accomplishments. (Also at that time, the Equal Rights Amendment debate was in full swing.) According to the...

Susan B. Anthony: 5 Facts About the Legendary Women's Rights Pioneer

On this day in 1820, Susan Brownell Anthony was born in Adams, Mass. The daughter of a Quaker abolitionist, Anthony went on to become a powerful voice for women's rights, a leader in the fight for women's suffrage and an activist in the anti-slavery and temperence movements. Surge Desk has five facts in honor of...

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What PRENDA Would Mean to Women

Known as "PRENDA," the latest version of the bill (there have been at least three) would ban abortions performed on the basis of sex.

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Working With Your Rapist as Your Supervisor? The Widespread Sexual Abuse of Women in Farm Work

There aren't many jobs in the U.S. that are tougher than farmwork -- spending the day picking crops under a sweltering sun, earning just enough to survive, jumping from one unstable seasonal job to another.

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Latinas At The Intersections: Immigration, Health Care, And The Supreme Court

The Supreme Court will soon issue decisions on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act health care reform law and the harsh Arizona anti-immigration law SB 1070--two laws that have already had far-reaching consequences for Latinas and could continue to shape our lives for years to come.

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Britain Launches Anti-Rape Unit For War Zones

The British government is launching an initiative aimed at helping victims of sexual violence in war zones.

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What Men Do To Outearn Women

Men do a lot things we don't that contribute to the persistent 20-30% wage gap.

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05/29/12 Let us be free to debate transgenderism without being... Source: The Guardian - London - UK Criticism of the practice of transgenderism is being censored as a result of a campaign of vilification by transgender activists of anyone who does not accept the new orthodoxy on this issue.
05/29/12 What PRENDA Would Mean to Women Source: The Huffington Post Known as "PRENDA," the latest version of the bill (there have been at least three) would ban abortions performed on the basis of sex.
05/29/12 Working With Your Rapist as Your Supervisor? The... Source: The Huffington Post There aren't many jobs in the U.S. that are tougher than farmwork -- spending the day picking crops under a sweltering sun, earning just enough to survive, jumping from one unstable seasonal job to another.
05/29/12 Latinas At The Intersections: Immigration, Health... Source: The Huffington Post The Supreme Court will soon issue decisions on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act health care reform law and the harsh Arizona anti-immigration law SB 1070--two laws that have already had far-reaching consequences for Latinas and could continue to shape our lives for years to come.