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    Reproductive rights | The Guardian

  • ‘I will do the same again’: activists continue fight against Poland’s strict abortion laws
    Justyna Wydrzyńska, who was convicted for providing abortion pills, refuses to give up campaign for legal terminationsIn February 2020, a desperate woman made a phone call to the activist group Abortion Without Borders.Ania (not her real name) was 12 weeks’ pregnant with twins and trapped in a relationship with a... Read more »
  • Fresh US abortion bans show Republicans trying to soften message
    Lawmakers in Nebraska and North Carolina shift to ‘common sense’ abortion laws that are more restrictive than they seemAfter repeated failed attempts to pass stricter bans, Republicans in some US states are changing their messaging, touting “common sense” abortion laws presented as more lenient than outright bans, but that are... Read more »
  • Conservative judges signal sympathy for anti-abortion plaintiffs in mifepristone lawsuit
    Appeals court hears challenge to FDA’s decades-old approval of mifepristone in case likely to reach supreme courtThree judges sitting on what is arguably the most conservative appeals courts in the US heard arguments on Wednesday on the future of the key abortion pharmaceutical mifepristone, in a lawsuit targeting the decades-old... Read more »
  • Conservative judges hear challenge to abortion pill access in controversial lawsuit
    Appeals court hears case brought by anti-abortion groups calling on the FDA to suspend decades-old approval of mifepristoneThree US appeals court judges who have previously favored abortion restrictions prepared to hear oral arguments on Wednesday on the future of the major abortion drug mifepristone.The case – which has landed before... Read more »
  • Pressure builds as North Carolina set to override abortion ban veto
    Governor Roy Cooper has vowed to reject the bill, but the state legislature has a veto-proof Republican majority to overrule himTell us: how are you navigating abortion restrictionsWith time running out to convince lawmakers to withdraw support for an abortion ban recently passed by the state legislature, advocates in North... Read more »
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    Feminism | The Guardian

  • Trans activists disrupt Kathleen Stock speech at Oxford Union
    Gender-critical feminist’s speech temporarily stopped after protester glues themself to floorThe gender-critical feminist Dr Kathleen Stock was forced to temporarily halt her contested appearance at the Oxford Union after a trans activist glued themself to the debating chamber close to the speaker’s chair.Stock, who argues that transgender people cannot expect... Read more »
  • In the frame: Tate Britain’s rehang has received a mixed response
    A reshuffle of Tate Britain’s collections has led to it being accused of reducing art to social historyEveryone has a favourite. For some it might be John Singer Sargent’s luminous 1885-6 image of two young girls hanging paper lanterns in a summer evening garden. Well, don’t worry, despite all the... Read more »
  • ‘It seems so corny!’ How Jennifer Hosten became the first Black Miss World
    An audience of 100 million watched as Hosten was crowned in 1970. It was just the start of a remarkable career that took in tea with Joan Crawford, a tour with Bob Hope and a violent coup in her home country of GrenadaJennifer Hosten was 23 years old when she... Read more »
  • Professor accused of sexually assaulting teenager as China’s #metoo movement struggles forward
    Victim alleges in viral social media post that assault 11 years ago resulted in her becoming pregnant and having an abortionFollowers of China’s struggling #MeToo movement have been gripped by a series of recent allegations, including against a professor at a high-profile university, which went viral online and been reported... Read more »
  • In defence of Thomas Hardy’s treatment of women | Letter
    In The Mayor of Casterbridge, he created a strong woman who gets a happy ending, writes Liz Bennett Like Matthew Pires (Letters, 24 April), I too studied The Mayor of Casterbridge for O-level and incidentally hated it until I had to reread it a couple of years ago while doing... Read more »
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    Sociological Images

  • Dating While Trans
    In recent years, sociologists have given attention to hookup culture and other modern forms of dating. Too often, however, this discussion ignores the experiences of trans people, and occasionally it focuses too narrowly on the college campus, ignoring the current prevalence of dating apps among many age groups. Focusing on... Read more »
  • Locking Down ISIS
    Lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic had a major impact on all kinds of social behaviors, from discrimination to civic engagement and protests. What effect has the pandemic had on more extreme behaviors, like terrorist attacks from groups like the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)? Many armed actors, such as... Read more »
  • Sitcoms and Social Networks
    Social networks are a great way to introduce people to the power of Sociology. In my Intro class, I make a point to show students the way their social networks shape the spread of divorce, how people ask for help, and the surprisingly tangled world of dating. Now there’s a... Read more »
  • Crying Over Gochujang
    It is good to be a Korean today because the world is fascinated with Koreanness, from K-pop to K-dramas, K-movies, K-food, K-fashion, and K-beauty. It is no exaggeration to say that Korean culture has become synonymous with being cool and being hip. Things were quite different, however, not too long... Read more »
  • Happy New Year?
    As the new year brings in a new peak in COVID cases across the country, we all have a right to feel a little down in the dumps. One trend picked up by surveys earlier in the pandemic was a drop in self-reported happiness. Now, with a new year of... Read more »
The Journey of Women’s Rights: 1911-2015

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    Karen Ingala Smith

  • Nevertheless, I persisted
    Why I still wanted to be in the Labour Party I left Labour in a fit of pique in 2018 when the then General secretary, Jennie Formby, announced that all-women-shortlists would no longer be women only. I applied to join again in December 2019 after the election defeat. I wanted... Read more »
  • Picking our targets
    Neither Jess Phillips nor Brianna Ghey will be mine. Today, for the eighth year running, in the Parliamentary International Women’s Day debate, MP Jess Phillips read out the names of women in the UK who have been killed since the previous years IWD debate and where a man or men... Read more »
  • My speech at the Labour Women’s Declaration Fringe Meeting at the Labour Party Conference 2022
    What do women need from the Labour Manifesto? The last Labour manifesto fell well short of pledging to develop an ambitious strategy to end sexual and domestic violence and abuse, and prostitution.  However, it did say that a Labour government would, “Ensure that the single-sex-based ‘exemptions’ contained in the Equality... Read more »
  • 2022
    107 UK women killed by men or where a man is the principal suspect Waiting for further information regarding charging or other circumstances in relation to the deaths of Zoe Nicklin, Charlotte Hibbert, Naomi Hunte, Susan Ioannou, Shannon Beirne, Danielle Ejogbamu, Monika Eisen, Saffia Jameelia Davy, Woman, Scarborough, Sarah Ashcroft,... Read more »
  • Remember her too
    The speech I gave at the femicide vigil at FiLiA 2021 In the first three days of 2012, 8 women in the UK were killed through men’s violence.  Three days, 8 dead women: 3 shot, 1 stabbed, 1 stabbed and beaten so hard with her own walking stick that the... Read more »

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      Ms. Magazine

    • Five Hundred Reasons for $500
      In Cambridge, Mass., beginning Wednesday, June 1, every resident with a dependent under 21 at or below 250 percent of the federal poverty level can register to access $500 a month for 18 months. Every single family who applies and meets the eligibility criteria will receive the funds to address the... Read more »
    • The Florida Moms Are All Right
      What’s happening at the New College of Florida is one component of a set of legislative and executive decisions that aim to eliminate diversity programming, majors in gender studies, and any instruction in Critical Race Theory or intersectionality throughout the Florida State University System. "It is so empowering to be... Read more »
    • Rest in Power: Tina Turner—Queen of Rock & Roll, Acid Queen, Queen of Hearts
      Tina Turner's impact on the American cultural landscape—and her status as a feminist trailblazer—is undeniable. She carved out a reputation as a peerless artist who defied labels and was capable of reincarnation at any age.  The post Rest in Power: Tina Turner—Queen of Rock & Roll, Acid Queen, Queen of... Read more »
    • Dr. George Tiller: A Man Who Trusted Women (Summer 2009)
      Dr. George Tiller was an abortion provider—one of only three in the U.S. who provided abortions after the 21st week of pregnancy. On May 31, 2009, Tiller was assassinated by an anti-abortion extremist while serving as an usher at his church in Wichita, Kansas. He was known for mantras like... Read more »
    • In Film ‘Miranda’s Victim,’ Michelle Danner Explores the Right to Speak Up and the Right to Remain Silent
      True crime films about rape have been told—and retold. And yet, veteran director Michelle Danner discovered a story that had never been depicted on screen. Her film Miranda’s Victim tells the story of Patricia Weir who, against the odds, brought Ernesto Miranda, her abductor and rapist to trial. But after... Read more »
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      Ms. Magazine

    • Five Hundred Reasons for $500
      In Cambridge, Mass., beginning Wednesday, June 1, every resident with a dependent under 21 at or below 250 percent of the federal poverty level can register to access $500 a month for 18 months. Every single family who applies and meets the eligibility criteria will receive the funds to address the... Read more »
    • The Florida Moms Are All Right
      What’s happening at the New College of Florida is one component of a set of legislative and executive decisions that aim to eliminate diversity programming, majors in gender studies, and any instruction in Critical Race Theory or intersectionality throughout the Florida State University System. "It is so empowering to be... Read more »
    • Rest in Power: Tina Turner—Queen of Rock & Roll, Acid Queen, Queen of Hearts
      Tina Turner's impact on the American cultural landscape—and her status as a feminist trailblazer—is undeniable. She carved out a reputation as a peerless artist who defied labels and was capable of reincarnation at any age.  The post Rest in Power: Tina Turner—Queen of Rock & Roll, Acid Queen, Queen of... Read more »
    • Dr. George Tiller: A Man Who Trusted Women (Summer 2009)
      Dr. George Tiller was an abortion provider—one of only three in the U.S. who provided abortions after the 21st week of pregnancy. On May 31, 2009, Tiller was assassinated by an anti-abortion extremist while serving as an usher at his church in Wichita, Kansas. He was known for mantras like... Read more »
    • In Film ‘Miranda’s Victim,’ Michelle Danner Explores the Right to Speak Up and the Right to Remain Silent
      True crime films about rape have been told—and retold. And yet, veteran director Michelle Danner discovered a story that had never been depicted on screen. Her film Miranda’s Victim tells the story of Patricia Weir who, against the odds, brought Ernesto Miranda, her abductor and rapist to trial. But after... Read more »
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      Feminist Magazine

    • FM May 3, 2023 :: Self Managed Abortion/ MentalHealth Month / Self-Care for Activists
      THIS WEEK – on Feminist Magazine with host Lynn Harris Ballen : FIRST … Since Roe V. Wade was overturned last summer, it’s harder than ever to access abortion services. But it’s never been easy in  rural midwest and southern states. Hear from the staff at All Options Pregnancy Resource Center in Bloomington, Indiana about how... Read more »
    • FM April 5, 2023: Gloria Anzaldua-Borderlands/LaFrontera // Read Until You Understand
      THIS WEEK on Feminist Magazine: FIRST … Dr. AnaLouise Keating, Professor of Multicultural Women’s and Gender Studies at Texas Woman’s University, talks to Emily Lauletta about the work of feminist scholar Gloria Anzaldúa. You won’t want to miss this thoughtful conversation on Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza – celebrating its 35th anniversary this year,... Read more »
    • FM Mar 29, 2023 : TikTok’s anti-birth control influencers / Black Women for Wellness – Stop The Hate
      THIS WEEK on Feminist Magazine with host Lynn Harris Ballen :  FIRST … in the middle of the wave of moral panic driving the attacks on reproductive health care, birth control is also under attack in unexpected ways.  Garnet Henderson from Rewire News Group joins to tell us more about the birth control conversations happening on TikTok and Instagram.... Read more »
    • FM Mar 22, 2023: Food&Feminism – Tien Nguyen & Diep Tran / World Water Day
      THIS WEEK on Feminist Magazine with host Lynn Harris Ballen : Welcome to our first ever Food and Feminism conversation! We’re so excited to be starting this – conversations with chefs, activists, farmers and cooks. We’re looking forward to talking to all kinds of Feminist foodies … that’s all of us who grow,... Read more »
    • FM Mar 15, 2023 :: ACT UP LA Oral History / Chicxs Rockerxs South East Los Angeles
      THIS WEEK on Feminist Magazine with host Lynn Harris Ballen : FIRST … The AIDS Coalition To Unleash Power Los Angeles (ACT UP/LA) was active from 1987 to 1997, bringing AIDS activism to the Southern California area. And now original members have launched an ACT UP LA Oral History Project to preserve that history... Read more »
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      Feminist Majority Foundation

    • Afghan Women Tell Special Envoys Not to Recognize the Taliban and “Refrain from Compromising our Rights.”
      In a meeting with some special envoys of a few countries for Afghanistan, Afghan women emphasized that Taliban recognition should not be up for debate and that anything about Afghanistan should be consulted with Afghan women. Over 60 Afghan women representing diverse advocacy groups and coalitions met with the special... Read more »
    • Afghan Women Leaders Ask the UN Not to Recognize the Taliban
      In an open letter to the United Nations leadership, UN Security Council, and member states, Afghan women demand that they stand “firm on their commitment” to not recognizing the Taliban as the official rulers of Afghanistan. The Taliban took power by force on August 15, 2021, and since their return,... Read more »
    • Taliban barred women from working with the UN in Afghanistan. UN condemns and reviews its presence in Afghanistan.
      The United Nations announced today in a statement that it is reviewing its “operational presence” in Afghanistan after the Taliban barred its women staff from working at the agency. The UN unequivocally condemns the decision, calling it “unacceptable” and “unlawful.” Last week, the Taliban authorities informed the UN that women... Read more »
    • Protect Choice Ohio Coalition Pushes for Ballot Initiative on Abortion
      Since the overturn of Roe v. Wade last summer, abortion access in Ohio has been hanging in the balance. After the Supreme Court decision, a 6 week ban on abortion went into immediate effect throughout the state. The ban is currently on hold by an Ohio judge and pro-choice groups... Read more »
    • Record Breaking Audience for Women’s NCAA Championship
      Earlier this week, LSU and Iowa’s women’s basketball teams drew a record number of viewers as they competed for the collegiate championship. With 9.9 million viewers on ABC and ESPN2, the game became the most-viewed NCAA women’s basketball game in history. Basketball fans across the country tuned in for the... Read more »
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      Global Girl Media

    • 2023 Summer Media Training Application
      APPLICATION DEADLINE: June 30, 2023 TRAINING LOCATION: Mount Saint Mary’s University Hollywood Film Studio TRAINING DURATION: July 10th – August 4th CLASS TIME: Monday – Friday, 10am – 4pm REGISTER HERE Questions? Email: ajianna@globalgirlmedia.org (GGMLA Program Director)... Read more »
    • YALDA HAKIM INTERVIEW BY GGM UK
      This is Yalda’s Hakim interview at the GGM’s UK film festival in 2021.... Read more »
    • ZARA JANJUA
      Zara Janjua, as guest speaker at GGM’s UK film festival in 2021, talked about “Career in media”.... Read more »
    • GGM SOUTH AFRICA
      We are GGMSA, GlobalGirl Media South Africa, a non-profit that has powerful global sisters. Our international umbrella organization was born right here in SA. Global filmmakers and journalists saw the need for girls’ voices to be heard during the 2010 Soccer World Cup. They formed GlobalGirl Media which continues to... Read more »
    • MELANCHOLY FILM
      This is the inspirational story of Sinoxolo who bravely shares her journey after being diagnosed with clinical depression. Sinoxolo Mdingi believes everyone can be happy, no matter the position you are in. With her great family support structure and learning how to speak about her feelings, she has been able... Read more »

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