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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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06/02/12 US Nuns to Vatican: We're Not 'Radical' Source: Newser The American nuns who were slammed by the Vatican in April for featuring "radical feminist" beliefs are fighting back, asserting that the criticisms against them came from "unsubstantiated accusations" and a "flawed process," reports the New York Times.
06/02/12 Planned Parenthood leads its own 'war on women' Source: Cape Cod Times - Hyannis MA 5,649,058 abortions, performed since Roe v.
06/02/12 Hatred of women exists in the West as well as the Arab... Source: YourGuide - Australia Eltahawy made two vital errors leaving her open to those claims of Orientalism.
06/02/12 Strategy for women empowerment unveiled Source: Jordan Embassy in U.S. Minister of State for Women's Affairs Nadia Hashem on Thursday said she would present a strategy for women's empowerment to the government.
06/02/12 Women at war is the final surrender Source: Camden Haven Courier - Laurieton - NSW - Australia Backed by the porn industry and popular media, sex is increasingly presented as a pleasant pastime devoid of sentiment and commitment.