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Women's Rights Syndicate content

Liz Smith

Liz Smith | 09/20/2009 12:00 am

Liz Smith on Living and Dead Feminists

Our Liz reflects on the women who changed our lives for the better …

Human Rights Issues in India | 08/13/2009 12:05 pm

Special Report: Husbands in India to Protest Unjust Laws They Claim Are Skewed Toward Women (But Are They?)

During India’s Independence Day this weekend, thousands of men will protest a judicial system they say too often presumes them guilty when it comes to dowry and domestic violence. Read our in-depth report …
By Liza Porteus Viana

Medal of Freedom | 08/13/2009 9:00 am

Billie Jean King, Sandra Day O'Connor Among Obama's Medal of Freedom Recipients (Video)

Other prominent women in medicine and human rights among the group who received America’s highest civilian honor
By The Staff at wowOwow.com

Female Flogging in Sudan, Lubna Hussein | 08/05/2009 9:00 am

Female Sudanese Journalist Risks 40 Lashes for Protesting Arrest of Women Wearing Pants (Audio)

UN worker and other women were arrested by Sudan’s ‘morality police’ for wearing pants in public; now she wants her trial and ensuing punishment to show the world how oppressive the laws are
By The Staff at wowOwow.com
Joni Evans

Book Recommendations | 07/06/2009 11:45 am

Books That Deal With Domestic Abuse – A List From Our Community

A wOw community member provided this reading list that is too important to miss

Stoning of Soroya M. | 06/24/2009 3:00 pm

'The Stoning of Soraya M.': A Heartbreaking Film Based on a True Story (Video)

As women speak out against the tyrannical government in Iran today, an upcoming drama about the stoning of a young woman speaks volumes about the fundamental injustices. The film debuts in theaters June 26
By Randi Bernfeld

NOW vs. Limbaugh | 04/22/2009 11:15 am

NOW Responds to Limbaugh's Domestic Abuse/Terrorism Comparison

National Organization for Women responds after Rush Limbaugh targeted them on his radio show Tuesday
By The Staff at wowOwow.com

The Taliban, Assassination | 04/13/2009 10:55 am

Taliban Assassinates Afghan Women's Rights Activist Sitara Achakzai

Two Taliban agents shot Sitara Achakzai outside her home Sunday
By The Staff at wowOwow.com

Afghanistan's Hamid Karzai | 04/06/2009 2:45 pm

Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai Orders Review of Controversial 'Rape' Law

Women’s groups blasted the new law aimed at protecting traditions of Shiite minority
By The Staff at wowOwow.com

Down Memory Lane | 03/25/2009 1:30 pm

14 TV Shows That Changed How America Thinks About Women

Television has done a bit more for women than just entertain
By The Staff at wowOwow.com

Women's Council | 03/12/2009 9:10 am

Activists Split on White House's Women's Council

While some lauded the new White House Council on Women and Girls, others had hoped President Obama would have gone further
By The Staff at wowOwow.com

Roxana Saberi | 03/12/2009 9:00 am

American Journalist Roxana Saberi Tells Dad She's Unharmed, Media Wants Proof

News chiefs want Iran to abide by Geneva Conventions and ensure Saberi’s well-being; Afghan student sentenced to 20 years in prison for circulating flier on women’s rights and the Koran
By The Staff at wowOwow.com

Hillary Clinton, Michelle Obama | 03/12/2009 8:45 am

Hillary Clinton and Michelle Obama Unite at Women of Courage Awards

Secretary Clinton and First Lady Obama came together to honor some of the world’s most courageous women yesterday
By The Staff at wowOwow.com

Vatican | 03/09/2009 8:55 am

Vatican: Washing Machine More Liberating Than Birth Control

The Vatican knows its stance on women’s liberation
By The Staff at wowOwow.com
Joan Ganz Cooney

Joan Ganz Cooney | 03/04/2009 11:00 pm

Joan Ganz Cooney: Younger Women Lack Interest

My deepest disappointment in recent years …
Candice Bergen

Candice Bergen | 03/04/2009 11:00 pm

Candice Bergen on the Greatest Moment in Women's History

Hard as it is to imagine …

Question of the Day | 03/04/2009 11:00 pm

March Is Women's History Month. What is the most important moment in U.S. history for the advancement of women? Biggest setback?

Liz Smith, Candice Bergen and Joan Ganz Cooney on the giant leaps we’ve made forward … and backward


Liz Smith

Liz Smith | 03/04/2009 11:00 pm

Liz Smith, Gloria Steinem and the Burning of Bras

I was actually born about three years after the 19th Amendment was passed …

Politics | 03/04/2009 7:55 am

American Journalist Roxana Saberi Held in Iran's 'Gitmo'

Iran says Saberi’s going to be charged by revolutionary courts, and is being detained in a place no one wants to be; Sen. Amy Klobuchar calls on UN to help
By The Staff at wowOwow.com

Politics | 03/03/2009 10:20 am

Women in Afghanistan Slowly Breaking the 'Culture of Silence' Surrounding Abuse

Women are often beaten, sexually abused or sold into slavery in Afghanistan, but since the Taliban was ousted, small steps for the better have been made
By The Staff at wowOwow.com

Politics | 03/02/2009 10:20 am

Is Phyllis Schlafly the Most Dangerous Woman in America?

You may not know her name, but Phyllis Schlafly changed the face of American politics. And that’s not necessarily a good thing
By Andrew Belonsky

Politics | 02/18/2009 10:55 am

Pope to Pelosi: Catholic Politicians Should Not Support Abortion

Pope Benedict XVI told pro-choice Democrat Nancy Pelosi that Catholic lawmakers should protect human life at all stages
By The Staff at wowOwow.com

Politics | 02/06/2009 7:50 am

Iraq's Frustrated Minister of Women's Affairs Offers Resignation

Disheartened by state’s lack of care, Iraq’s minister of women’s affairs offered her resignation
By The Staff at wowOwow.com

Politics | 02/02/2009 10:30 am

Iranian Police Detain Women's Activists

Iran’s security forces arrested three women’s rights advocates this weekend
By The Staff at wowOwow.com

Politics | 01/23/2009 10:25 am

Obama Likely to Reverse GOP's International Abortion 'Gag' Today

Obama purposefully didn’t OK funding for family-planning groups offering abortion on anniversary of Roe v. Wade, but why?
By The Staff at wowOwow.com