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WEBSep 8, 2024 · By Alejandra Ospina. . Loreen Arbus Accessibility is Fundamental Program. . September 10, 2024. The rapid expansion of online and remote education has been a game-changer, particularly for women with disabilities who have long been excluded from traditional educational settings.
Indigenous Women Leaders Podcast: An Interview with Lakota …
WEBJun 22, 2021 · “First of all, you don’t need anyone’s permission to stand up for something, no matter what it is.” – Madonna Thunder Hawk. She may be from the Silent Generation (pre Baby Boomers) but those who know Madonna Thunder Hawk, 81, Lakota from the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, also know she’s definitely not the silent type.
Chained Woman Has Become the Face of Bride Trafficking in China
WEBAug 21, 2024 · The Chinese government has a serious bride trafficking problem. The government’s one-child policy, in force from 1979 to 2015, prompted many parents to feel that if they were permitted only one child, that child should be a son. Over generations this policy drove a demographic disaster: a population with …
The ERA: The Amendment is Just the Beginning – Women's eNews
WEBAug 30, 2023 · It’s been 100 years since the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) was first introduced as the 28 th Amendment to the US Constitution, but recently renewed interest has caused it to inch much closer to ratification. Why? One reason is that policymakers are becoming more aware that by adding specific protections against sex discrimination to the Constitution, it would prohibit the current and future ...
How the U.S. Can Become a ‘Paradise of Gender Equality.’
WEBSep 12, 2018 · Can Become a ‘Paradise of Gender Equality.’. The aura of mystery surrounding gender equality in Sweden and Scandinavia is actually not a mystery at all. Sweden and the rest of Scandinavia, crowned “a paradise of gender equality” by media for years, have routinely garnered a wishful longing from many American feminists.
Mom, I Always Knew You Were a Lesbian – Women's eNews
WEBAug 21, 2024 · There was still one more person who needed to come out. “I always knew you were a lesbian,” my son continued, “because when I used to tell you that I thought I may be attracted to the same sex, you said that you felt the same way when you were my age. Even though you said it was natural for all teenagers to feel that way,” he continued ...
Older Lesbians Reunite, Focused Now on Ageism – Women's eNews
WEBSep 12, 2016 · NEW YORK (WOMENSENEWS)– These days, Alix Dobkin passes most of her time taking care of her three young grandchildren, picking up the two oldest from elementary school in Woodstock, N.Y., and playing with the youngest, a 4-year-old, at home. Every once in a while, though, the 73-year-old renowned folk singer still drives down to New York City ...
A HISTORIC STEP TOWARD EQUALITY: SPAIN’S PRIME MINISTER …
WEBAug 21, 2024 · Spain is the world’s third largest market for prostitution. The United Nations estimates that 39% of men in Spain have purchased prostitution in their lifetime, compared to an average of 19% globally. Thanks to these sex buyers, the Spanish sex trade ballooned into a 26.5 billion Euros (about US$30 billion) industry.. The caravans of flesh this “business” requires comprise up to 90% of ...
The Truth About the Sex Trade: Entry into the Life - Women's eNews
WEBAug 13, 2019 · The Life Story: Moments of Change is a groundbreaking new website and film project supported by NoVo Foundation that shines a light on the stories and experiences of women in the sex trade—also referred to as “the Life”—in an effort to provide better solutions that can prevent all girls and all women, cis, trans, and gender non-conforming, from being exploited in the first place, as ...
Friedan Exposed 1950s Women’s Emotional Core
WEBSep 12, 2016 · Betty Friedan’s “The Feminine Mystique” helped unravel the myth of the 1950s and 1960s housewife as completely satisfied and happy, says Stephanie Coontz in her book “A Strange Stirring.”. In this excerpt, Coontz shows just how Friedan did so. (WOMENSENEWS)–"The Feminine Mystique" engaged its …