Women’s rights
Harry Potter author dares transgender activists to prove they are no ‘threat to women’
A fantasy novel celebrity challenged protesters to prove they respect biological women on Nov. 22. J.K. Rowling wants every transgender activist to stop harassing and threatening her. One group allegedly took photos of themselves in front of the Harry Potter author's home, revealing her private residential address to the world. She ...
Afghan women slam UN’s ‘shameful silence’ on Taliban abuse
An intergovernmental organization should do more to stop human rights violations in Afghanistan, activists said on Oct. 26. Several Afghans protested against the United Nations's (UN's) inaction on alleged mistreatment of females. The Taliban regime recently closed multiple girls's schools, and demonstrators consider this to be a clear example of women's ...
Biden: Afghanistan withdrawal depends on Taliban cooperation
The president will completely withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan by the end of August. Joe Biden agreed to meet Taliban extremist demands on the condition there is a contingency plan, and the militant group cooperates. "We are currently on a pace to finish by Aug. 31. The sooner we can finish, the ...
Biden reverses position on Hyde abortion amendment
After two days of intense criticism, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden reversed course Thursday, June 6, and declared that he no longer supports a long-standing congressional ban on using federal health care money to pay for abortions. "If I believe health care is a right, as I do, I can no ...
Dem rivals rebuke Biden for not backing abortion rule repeal
Joe Biden is under fire from his Democratic presidential rivals and women's rights advocates for his defense of a decades-old prohibition on federal money paying for abortions. Most Democratic White House hopefuls reflect their party's latest platform calling for the outright repeal of the Hyde Amendment, which traces back to a ...
Vigil at start of trial for German man who killed ex-wife
Women's rights activists in Germany have staged a vigil for a woman slain by her ex-husband last year amid anger that he isn't tried for murder.Members of a Hamburg women's shelter remembered the 42-year-old victim, a mother of four, outside the city's regional court where Marc H. went on trial ...
Afghan women fear gains could be bargained away in talks
Afghan women are demanding a strong voice in peace talks between the government and the Taliban but are so far meeting resistance.Women's rights activists fear that both sides will bargain away their gains.In the 18 years since the fall of the Taliban, women have made important advances but still live ...
Women’s voting rights activists highlighted in new exhibit
Feminist author and activist Gloria Steinem once said, “Women have always been an equal part of the past. We just haven’t been a part of history.” But American women became an important part of hist
In Ivory Coast, Ivanka Trump talks women’s rights
Ivanka Trump met with the vice president of Ivory Coast as part of a trip to Africa focused on women's economic development. The president's daughter and senior adviser arrived in the country Tuesday, traveling from Ethiopia. She met with Vice President Daniel Kablan Duncan at the presidential palace. Gender inequality is a ...
Saudi Arabia arrests more activists, including 2 US citizens
Saudi Arabia detained eight people, including two dual U.S.-Saudi citizens, in a new round of arrests in the kingdom targeting individuals supportive of women's rights and those with ties to jailed activists, a person with knowledge of the apprehensions said Friday.It marks the first sweep of arrests to target individuals ...
Saudi women activists’ trials to continue after 3rd hearing
Nearly a dozen Saudi women's rights activists, most of them imprisoned, attended their third court session on Wednesday and were told their trials will continue for at least two more weeks, people with knowledge of the cases told The Associated Press.While the 11 women are being tried separately, they have ...
Webby Award nominees announced, new categories available
Apple, Spotify, Instagram and some of the year's most talked-about personalities are among those nominated for the 23rd annual Webby Awards for lighting up the internet through excellence and innovation.The International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences announced the nominees on Tuesday. They include such celebrities as Will Smith, Oprah ...
Conservative congress on family sharply divides Italy
Verona — the city of Romeo and Juliet — was the backdrop for a culture clash Saturday, as it hosted both a conservative congress on family values and a march by civic groups who denounced the event as a movement to limit LGBT and women's rights.The World Congress of Families, ...
Sources: 3 Saudi rights activists temporarily released
Three Saudi women's rights activists have been temporarily released after 10 months in prison, sources familiar with the case told The Associated Press on Thursday.Two people told the AP that Aziza al-Yousef, a grandmother and former professor; Eman al-Nafjan, a mother of four and linguistics professor, and a third woman ...
3 Saudi women activists receive PEN Freedom to Write Award
Three Saudi women's rights activists whose arrests last year have been condemned worldwide are being honored by PEN America.Nouf Abdulaziz, Loujain al-Hathloul and Eman al-Nafjan have won the PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award, the literary and human rights organization announced Thursday. The award was established in 1987 and is given ...
National Women’s Hall of Fame announces Class of 2019
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, actress Jane Fonda and attorney Gloria Allred are being inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame. They are among 10 members of the Class of 2019, announced Friday.The other honorees are: Civil rights activist Angela Davis; Native American lawyer Sarah Deer; retired Air Force ...
Annie Lennox pushes for global feminism on Int’l Women’s Day
Annie Lennox has a sweet dream — that the world will embrace the term global feminism and continue to push for the advancement of women's rights around the globe.The iconic singer and activist teamed with Apple Music to launch a video Thursday in support of global feminism to coincide with ...
European expert: Hungary backslides on women, refugee rights
The Council of Europe's human rights commissioner says Hungary is facing "many interconnected human rights challenges," including legislation targeting civic groups, backsliding on women's rights and the systematic detention of asylum-seekers.Commissioner Dunja Mijatovic, who made a five-day visit to Hungary last week, also expressed concerns on Monday about the independence ...
France defends women’s rights as conductor to return onstage
A senior French government official is defending France's feminist credentials after the announcement that a renowned conductor accused of sexual assault is taking the stage in Paris.Marlene Schiappa, the secretary of state for women's rights, acknowledged Thursday that sexism is "very deeply anchored in our society" and France has seen ...
Mariah Carey shakes off boycott calls for her Saudi concert
Mariah Carey is performing in Saudi Arabia for the first time, but there's a growing chorus of Saudi women calling on her to cancel the concert in support of detained women's rights activists.It's a dilemma that other celebrities could face as they ink multimillion dollar deals to perform in Saudi ...

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