"equal-rights" Articles & Blogs:
So whatever happened to the Equal Rights Amendment?
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Kamala Lopez is adamant. And we all should be. Just last Thursday was Women's Equality Day, but the thing is, we're still not equal. The fact is, the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) has still not been ratified, and we need this shit in writing.Ms. Lopez rece...[Read on] |
Barbara Bush Stars in Marriage Equality Video, Really Steals Meghan McCain’s Thing
| A new video in support of gay marriage stars Barbara Bush, daughter of George W. Bush. “I am Barbara Bush, and I am a New Yorker for marriage equality,” the Manhattan resident and Yale graduate says. “New York is about fairness and equality. And eve...[Read on] |
Quick Hit: Grading the White House on Women's Issues
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Our girl Samhita is quoted in this recent Forbes piece about the White House and Women's Issues.
Samhita Mukhopadhyay, 32, executive editor of feministing.com, believes female support is slipping. "Using reproductive rights as a bargaining chip was a bi...[Read on] |
Women Are Still Less Equal
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It's not difficult to understand why a top dog might want to stay on top. For most of human history, females have been repeatedly marginalized by more powerful males until it's been institutionalized to a greater or lesser extent in almost all cultures. ...[Read on] |
Movie Review: Made in Dagenham - Striking a blow for women
| I had the chance to attend a screening of Made in Dagenham last night at the Raleigh Studios and recommend it to anyone with a social conscience who might have trouble remembering that women didn't always have equal rights.
In fact the film should be req...[Read on] |
Modern Lady's Modern Take on the White House Report on Women (Hint: Not Doing So Hot, Ladies)
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Yay! The White House made a report on the status of women! Oh no, as far as women in America go, we're still paid less than men and doing most of the housework. Wait, is that really all the report focused on? Not only have women's strides been small, but ...[Read on] |
Amnesty International honors Joan Baez for a lifetime of Human Rights Advocacy
| Amnesty International turns 50 this year, and closely linked to Amnesty’s legacy of championing human rights is that of folk legend Joan Baez.
Baez was an active supporter of Amnesty from the start, stuffing envelopes at their first home office in San ...[Read on] |
Made in Dagenham trailer
| I can’t embed this trailer on the site because it is exclusive to Times of London, but I had to share because this is a really cool movie.
This trailer so reminded me of Norma Rae and the awesome strong female women who we saw regularly in the movies i...[Read on] |
Wesleyan women’s rights activist shot and killed
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Johanna Justin-Jinich, a Wesleyan student, was shot and killed yesterday by Stephen Morgan, a man who had been harassing and possibly stalking her. He walked into the bookstore where she worked and shot her. He has not yet been apprehended, and may be ta...[Read on] |
Human Rights Film Festival opens tomorrow
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Pamela Yates
The 20th annual Human Rights Film Festival opens in NY tomorrow with director Pamela Yates’ The Reckoning: The Battle for the International Criminal Court. The festival last from June 12-June 25.
There are some great women directed an...[Read on] |
Anne Hathaway and James Franco Combine in Age to Equal One Oscar Host
| Hathaway, left, in Love and Other Drugs. Franco, right, in 127 Hours. Everyone in Hollywood wants to look younger—even Oscar. The AMPAS today announced the hosts for the 83rd Oscars, and they are youthful—actress Anne Hathaway (Oscar nominee) and acto...[Read on] |
UN: Violence Against Women Still Too Common in Afghanistan
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Latest UN human-rights report says much of the violence against women and girls is still perpetuated within the family; women working outside the home or for government especially targetedAfghanistan | Today 11:20 am
Although most women are no longer li...[Read on] |
India's Single Women Resist Stigma, Demand Rights
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NEW DELHI (WOMENSENEWS)--When relatives barred Kamal Pathik from her son's wedding because the presence of widows is considered inauspicious, the Association of Single Strong Women stepped in. The group, willing to take on her family, advocates for single...[Read on] |
Proposition 86ed: California Overturns Ban on Gay Marriage
| Photo by AJ Alfieri-Crispin/Flickr.Just a few minutes ago, U.S. District Court judge Vaughn Walker ruled that California’s Proposition 8 is unconstitutional, thereby repealing the state’s ban on gay marriage. Proposition 8 was approved by slightly mor...[Read on] |
ChickSpeak Celebrates Female Heroes: Past, Present and Future
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Independence Day is one of my favorite holidays. I am so proud and blessed to be an American. Running the risk of sounding cliché, the United States truly is the land of opportunity. While watching the current events unfold in the Middle East and in othe...[Read on] |
Next Week’s Supreme Court Hearings: Issues Important to Women
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by Thao Nguyen, Outreach Manager, National Women's Law Center
Next week, as all eyes turn to the Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearings for Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan, our country will engage in a conversation about the legal issues that are m...[Read on] |
Today is Equal Pay Day!
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(I am not writing a transcript for this, but basically every man that interacts with this woman in the work place calls her a different derogatory term)
And why is it on a Tuesday? Because it is by ...[Read on] |
Time to Fix—or Scrap—the Confirmation Hearings
| Having now sat through the biggest part of my third Supreme Court confirmation hearing, I feel I have earned the right to say this: they have become an utter sham, a travesty upon truth and enlightenment and insight and knowledge, and they ought to be com...[Read on] |
300 Women March for Rights in Afghanistan
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I’m sure that you’ve already seen this elsewhere, but it’s certainly worth posting again.
Yesterday, 300 women in Afghanistan marched in the streets to protest a new law which affects the Shia minority of the population. It says tha...[Read on] |
What's Next for Women's Legal Rights in the Supreme Court?
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by Amy Matsui, Senior Counsel, National Women's Law Center
Every year, the Supreme Court is confronted with cases involving legal issues of the utmost importance to women, including the constitutional rights of women to a zone of privacy and to equa...[Read on] |
A Title IX Must-Read: Getting In the Game
| Hot off the press! Getting In the Game is a new book by Title IX expert Professor Debbie Brake from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. In the book, Brake examines how Title IX has affected and continues to affect many facets of college and scho...[Read on] |
Sexual harassment litigation roundup
| It's time for another roundup of recent decision in Title IX sexual harassment cases:A federal judge in Ohio refused to grant summary judgment to the Southwestern City School District so that a jury can resolve disputed facts about whether district off...[Read on] |
Just Released: Gains and Losses for Women in 2008-09 Supreme Court Decisions
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National Women’s Law Center Releases New Analysis of Impact on Women
As the U.S. Supreme Court wrapped up its 2008-2009 term today, the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) released a new analysis of several crucial decisions that demonstrate the impac...[Read on] |
'Mad Men' Takes on Fair Pay
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by Robin Reed, Online Outreach Manager National Women's Law Center
“I don't know if you read in the paper, but they passed a law saying women who do the same work as men will get paid the same thing. Equal pay."
So said Peggy Olson, a (fictional)...[Read on] |
Hollywood Feminist of the Day: Dr. Martha Lauzen
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I know I beat the drum consistently for Kathryn Bigelow but I want everyone to remember that if, and when she wins, the best director award at the Oscars on Sunday it will be only the beginning. Don’t let anyone fool you into thinking things are eq...[Read on] |
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