Tag: womens rights
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November 30, 2009 08:41 PM EST --
I did not see anyone else post about this, and I'm curious as to what the general Gather public thinks of it ...
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In October 2009, a pregnant woman in Buckinghamshire, England arrived at Milton . . .
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May 06, 2007 07:09 PM EDT --
I FREELY ADMIT MY PREJUDICE . . .
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June 24, 2009 06:58 AM EDT --
It is hard to believe but women were not always persons. They were not individuals and so they had no rights. Women where properties of their father and when they got married they became property . . .
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June 29, 2009 03:44 AM EDT --
Part 6 of Woman’s Rights
I would like to take a look at another area in woman’s rights dating back to Victorian Days, and that is the area of work. I have stressed over . . .
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June 30, 2009 07:16 AM EDT --
Part 7 Women's Rights
The American unskilled laborer went from workhouse to sweatshop. Though the poor were no longer incarcerated in the prison-like workhouses and almshouses . . .
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July 06, 2009 06:55 AM EDT --
Part 10 – Woman’s Studies – Previously Women’s Rights
Part 9 addressed Japanese woman in internment camps, while it is true that this issue is a civil rights . . .
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June 25, 2009 07:14 AM EDT --
The term suffragette was actually a derogatory term for women in Britain who championed women’s right in the late 19 th and early 20 th century; particularly for the women who lobbied for . . .
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March 07, 2007 12:52 PM EST --
This article was written by Jessica Getz, program officer with the PPFA International Division’s Latin America and Caribbean program.
In early 2000, the mother of a 12-year-old girl in Cochabamba, . . .
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September 24, 2007 12:04 PM EDT --
My nephew, Rudi Batzell, is a sophomore at Columbia University so naturally when we talked yesterday the two of us got into a debate as to whether the president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, should . . .
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November 13, 2007 09:22 AM EST --
It really annoys me the way a lot of women who work on camera in the TV industry think they have to keep showing teeth all the time they are talking or reporting! I just watched a slim woman, whose clothes . . .
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November 18, 2009 02:51 PM EST --
from jezebel.com:
Today, Laura Liswood, co-founder of the Council of Women World Leaders, writes about why it is important to look at the shifting rankings of certain countries in the fight for . . .
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August 16, 2007 09:07 AM EDT --
“Because it’s no longer enough to be a decent person. It’s no longer enough to shake our heads and make concerned grimaces at the news. True enlightened activism is the only thing that . . .
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October 25, 2009 10:38 AM EDT --
Thank the gods for the good ole U.S. of A.
A female reporter in Saudi Arabia has been sentenced to sixtry lashes. Rozanna al-Yami, age 22, was charged with and convicted of involvement in aTV . . .
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May 27, 2009 03:33 PM EDT --
I found this nice tidbit of history I thought would be interesting to share.
Amelia Jenks Bloomer was born on this day in 1818 . Amelia was a women's rights advocate (you didn't know . . .
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June 08, 2009 06:23 AM EDT --
1 hr 29 mins ago
RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia 's first woman cabinet minister cannot appear on television without permission, a newspaper quoted her as saying . . .
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March 30, 2006 07:57 AM EST --
Cecilia Fire Thunder, president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe on the Pine Ridge Reservation, has become an angel for all women.
In response to Governor Mike Rounds' signing of the anit-abortion . . .
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November 02, 2008 01:04 PM EST --
As a woman and the mother of a daughter, reproductive rights are a big deal to me.
The religious beliefs of a group of individuals should not be forced on those that do not agree. As . . .
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September 06, 2006 03:47 PM EDT --
I'm all for women's lib. They are equal and should be treated equal.
It can be taken too far.
About ten years ago we had a pickup truck. Of course my wife always sat in the front beside me. No . . .
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May 12, 2007 01:57 AM EDT --
I must admit I had this one coming. It's a farce but does go a little far. Howerver it is meant to shock. The First Marionette. I'm just glad somebody read it. . . .
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February 05, 2008 01:32 PM EST --
There is so much hooplah and fanfare about today. I don't know who coined the phrase, " Super Tuesday"; but I do know, that history, yet again, is in the making.
It is wonderful to celebrate . . .
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