Tag: women’s rights

Is this the highest-profile example of a growing push by Republicans to give supporters broad power to sue over issues important to their base?

Texas' latest abortion ban deputizes ordinary citizens to hunt down and sue anyone who helps a woman get an abortion after 6 weeks (e.g. clinic staff, taxi drivers, someone who provided money for the procedure).

The Biden administration needs to adopt a gender and social inclusion framework for future trade negotiations and agreements.

This law “is categorically unconstitutional, and plaintiffs have demonstrated that they are likely to succeed on the merits.”

If any woman can relate to Brittney’s struggle to free herself from her father’s rule, it is Saudi women’s rights activist Samar Badawi.

And still in the game...

You might expect the gender ratio of people quoted in the news would mirror the gender split of our society. But that's not the case.

A new study has found gender stereotypes are particularly decisive in the estimation of patients’ pain.

Little attention has been paid to women and girls in humanitarian settings, those whose safety has already been reduced due to conflict, natural disaster or displacement.

"Violence against women is endemic in every country and culture, causing harm to millions of women and their families, and has been exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic."