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Egypt's ruling junta has approved a constitutional amendment which prevents the establishment of political parties based on religion and discrimination between citizens on grounds of origin, language or gender.

This is a phenomenal video of the immigrant rights community in southern Arizona & their battle last summer against Governor Jan Brewer's draconian legislation regime....

Remembering Women's History Month and the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, New Deal 2.0 tells the surprising story of how women became citizens. As author and Roosevelt Institute Senior Fellow Ellen Chesler reveals, the long journey is far from over.

here's Boehner's absurd criticism of Obama: "A spokesman for Boehner's office criticized the administration change of position.

Thousands of protesters marched in more than 60 towns and cities nationwide. Some women carried banners reading "Italy is not a brothel", and said Mr Berlusconi had demeaned women with his recent sex scandals.

A crucial reminder that myths are precisely that: halfway between fact/truth & lies/falsity! As Joan says:

Another shock video campaign proven to be based on a hoax!

You don't need to read the 46-page Missouri Supreme Court decision to determine that this Guatemalan mother's due process & maternal rights were infringed upon: it's common sense!

A controversial campaign designed by a local ad firm aims to humanize the gritty image of those practising the world's oldest profession.

In a newly-published interview with the legal magazine California Lawyer [...] In 1868, when the 39th Congress was debating and ultimately proposing the 14th Amendment, I don't think anybody would have thought that equal protection applied to sex discrimination, or certainly  …

"Congratulations," the greeting card says, "You got bad touched." The cartoon depicts a traumatized young woman, naked, hunched down in a shower. It attracted attention when it was posted on Ebay by a seller called "youstupidbitch."

Sam Harris is a well known "Atheist spokesman" and usually bashes religion in general. (Here's another seed with an excellent discussion about his views on Atheism vs faith: Atheist Sam Harris: Why We Should Ditch Religion).

"Foreign visitors to Stockholm's lively bar scene might be struck by the assertiveness of the nation's women - the typical Swedish female seems to have no qualms about approaching men to start a conversation or initiate a romantic encounter.

"Iran's state TV said Friday it will air new footage of an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery, the latest in state-orchestrated broadcasts on a case that has raised an international outcry.

Largo, Florida - A raid of two Pinellas homes and a business may have connections to human trafficking. The early morning raids found 27 men and women living in cramped conditions.

"More than one in three South African men questioned in a survey admitted to rape, the latest evidence in the country of a violent culture of patriarchy.

Belize has removed the muzzle from its news media, letting them report on the latest big narcotics and human trafficking busts in that country. Why is that? There are many things in the air over Belize, none of it good.

ORT has formally challenged Belize Tourism to a social media duel. The Belize Tourism Board Action Plan 2010-2012 relies heavily on the deployment of social media marketing to draw international tourists.

People give words power. Many times, that power is destructive. Power is something that one feels over another. People display the uncanny ability to look down or in control of the weak. Power can be exercised through mean spirited words or intimidating sounds.

Three Broward pimps each were sentenced Friday to at least 8 1/2 years in federal prison for their roles in a loose-knit group that prostituted women and at least three underage girls at local hotels.

Women, far more than men, have enriched national and tribal mythologies with elements from other sources.

""I tried to prevent (being touched) with my hands but Mrs. Michelle held her hands too far toward me (so) we touched," Information Minister Tifatul Sembiring told tens of thousands of followers on Twitter.

WEST PALM BEACH — After a tearful Veronica Martinez denied forcing two Honduran sisters into the sex trade in Palm Beach County nightclubs, a judge sentenced her on Wednesday to more than seven years in federal prison.

Everywhere you look these days, women are in the headlines. Carly Fiorina and Meg Whitman, once at the top of the business world, won Republican nominations for senator and governor of California, respectively. Australia has their first woman prime minister, Julia Gillard.

"For the first time, more women than men in the United States received doctoral degrees last year, the culmination of decades of change in the status of women at colleges nationwide.

I was very disturbed to read this story about this Sri Lanken domestic worker abused by a Saudi couple she worked for. Here is a link to more information about the abuses of foreign domestic workers in the countries of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, UAE, and Kuwait.

Nicholas Kristof is not the kind of person you would expect to be a slave owner. As a columnist on that most august of newspapers, the New York Times, he belongs to an elite within an elite, the embodiment of journalistic seriousness.

The rights of women are improving in Afghanistan, but some fear the return of violence toward women if the Taliban is included in a coalition government. In TIME magazine (vol. 176, No.

On behalf of breast cancer patients, survivors, and advocates across the country, I urge you to ensure that women have access to vital breast cancer services by supporting the six month Medicaid extension.

If you have a scrap of progressive politics in your bones, it's no surprise to you that sexism hurts women. Like, duh. That's kind of the definition of the word. But we don't talk as much about how sexism hurts men.

"When women's rights activist Wajiha Al-Huwaidar flew out of Saudi Arabia last week for a holiday in Italy with her family, she was hoping for a brief respite from what she describes as the 'gender apartheid kingdom.' She wasn't so lucky.

It's a pyrrhic victory, though, this one which acknowledges that women remain beautiful as they get older, because it continues to emphasise the importance of being beautiful. This is reasonable enough for models. But it's not so reasonable when it extends to all women.

The Vatican today made the "attempted ordination" of women one of the gravest crimes under church law, putting it in the same category as clerical sex abuse of minors, heresy and schism.

Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, a 43-year-old mother of two, convicted of adultery in Iran, may be stoned to death unless a last-minute campaign saves her.

"I was in the room playing with my cousin and they called us to come," Delan said. "They cut my cousin. I was very afraid. I was crying and crying. My mother is very fat; I knew if I could run she could not catch me, but she held me too strong. I could not get away.

A 19-year-old man — whose father won't hire a lawyer to defend him — has been in jail without trial for more than a year because he is gay.

"It was in 1968 or 1969, and I was a young intern counseling a girl from one of South Africa's townships, who'd been raped. She said, 'If only I had teeth down there,'" Ehlers told AOL News. "And I thought, God, it would be great to make something that could really be useful."

This Sunday (13 June) has been designated "Eve Teasing Protection Day" by the education ministry in Bangladesh.

The announcement reflects increasing concern over the worrying number of girls and women who have recently committed suicide in the country to escape "Eve teasing", a euphemism for sexual harassment.

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"Saudi law forbids women to socialize with unrelated men or walk in public without a male guardian, other than her husband, father or brother.

It has not been a good week for Saudi Arabia's morality police, defenders of the kingdom's strict Islamic values and the scourge of young men and women who dare to meet in public out of wedlock.

Forty-something mums are reputedly sedate, domesticated, and enjoy nothing more challenging than an evening at their book group, or half a day at the part-time job they found when their children started secondary school. But for some, life is way off this stereotype.

Protests Tehran - Nov 4th - Video of security forces attacking women

I was checking out the FBI's crime numbers for my home state this morning. One that stood out was Forcible Rape. In the state of Florida in 2008 there have been 1,355 reported cases of forcible rape for that year.

Story Highlights - Activist says a new type of war is being fought on the bodies of women - Congo war is bloodiest since World War II, UNICEF says - Rape victims try to turn "pain into power"

Amnesty International has accused Tajikistan of failing to protect its women, saying nearly half are raped, beaten or abused by their families.

December 16, 2009 on BBC World News "Hunger to Learn" - ..

"While it is impossible, given their diversity, to paint one picture of women living under Islam today, it is clear that the religion has been used in most Muslim countries not to liberate but to entrench inequality.

As violence against women in Pakistan continues to grow, every new incident is eerily reminiscent of an earlier event that was equally if not more shocking. Two reports from Punjab on Monday are a blot on society's collective conscience.

A study of schoolchildren in Glasgow, Scotland, revealed some extremely disturbing findings: violence against women was perceived as justifiable if there was a "reason" behind it (anything from having an affair to being late making tea).

"Who doesn't support ending violence against women across the world?

Many people claim that Muslims never speak out against extremism.. Of course this is totally false. One such example is Irshad Manje-- a devout Muslim, but despite numerous death threats she is also a voice for reform in her faith.