violence against women
Emily Douglas on December 22, 2008 - 10:33am
Caroline Kennedy supports Roe; incidence of rape and sexual assault much higher than previously reported; Dallas County health workers still not allowed to distribute condoms; Katha Pollitt on Rick Warren.
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Deepali Gaur Singh on December 22, 2008 - 8:00am
While honor killings elicit attention as a primordial custom, the fact is that this form of violence is part of a much larger problem that transcends cultures and religions.
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Annie Sprinkle on December 8, 2008 - 8:00am
On December 17, sex workers will converge in Washington, D.C. for a National March for Sex Worker Rights where marchers "will take a stand for justice, and the freedom to do sex work safely."
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Wendy Turnbull on December 1, 2008 - 5:41pm
Deeply entrenched social norms make women and girls highly vulnerable to HIV - the central tenet of PAI's newest documentary, The Silent Partner: HIV in Marriage, which premiered in Nairobi last week.
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Tamara Kreinin on November 19, 2008 - 8:00am
You can show that women who suffer violence are not alone or forgotten. Sign UNIFEM's petition against gender-based violence before the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women on November 25.
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Sarah Seltzer on October 31, 2008 - 8:00am
The Obama Campaign has trumpeted Sen. Joe Biden's work as sponsor of the Violence Against Women Act. But many people may not know that Biden is again working for women worldwide on the International Violence Against Women Act.
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Emily Douglas on October 24, 2008 - 1:21pm
Pittsburgh police say that the woman who alleged an attacker who mugged her and cut a "B" into her cheek after seeing a John McCain bumper sticker on her car has admitted to making the story up.
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Esta Soler on October 23, 2008 - 7:00am
There is an important contributor to unintended pregnancy that is rarely mentioned on the campaign trail -- the strong link between unintended pregnancies and dating violence or coercion.
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Meghan Rhoad on October 23, 2008 - 7:00am
The Supreme Court ruled that Jessica Gonzales did not have a constitutional right to enforcement of a restraining order against her abusive husband. What will the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights say?
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Amie Newman on October 21, 2008 - 7:25pm
Overall, both married and unmarried women are supporting Senator Obama. It may be the reason why Governor Palin came out with her first stump speech about "women's issues" today.
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