Liz Smith | 09/20/2009 12:00 am
Our Liz reflects on the women who changed our lives for the better …
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
Other prominent women in medicine and human rights among the group who received America’s highest civilian honor
By The Staff at wowOwow.com
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
A wOw community member provided this reading list that is too important to miss
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
National Organization for Women responds after Rush Limbaugh
targeted them on his radio show Tuesday
By The Staff at wowOwow.com
Two Taliban agents shot Sitara Achakzai outside her home Sunday
By The Staff at wowOwow.com
Women’s groups blasted the new law aimed at protecting traditions of Shiite minority
By The Staff at wowOwow.com
Television has done a bit more for women than just entertain
By The Staff at wowOwow.com
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
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
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
The Vatican knows its stance on women’s liberation
By The Staff at wowOwow.com
My deepest disappointment in recent years …
Hard as it is to imagine …
Liz Smith | 03/04/2009 11:00 pm
I was actually born about three years after the 19th Amendment was passed …
Politics | 03/04/2009 7:55 am
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 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
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 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
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
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 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