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In Oakland, Mercado Chain Workers Protest Alleged Sexual Harassment, Firings
Laura Robledo lost her job when she complained she'd been sexually harassed by a coworker.
You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby (Or Have You?)
Yes, weu2019ve come a long way, but without achieving full access to legal abortion, comprehensive childcare, or equal pay.
Betty Friedan’s “The Feminine Mystique”: 50 Years Later
The Feminine Mystique - published on February 19, 1963 - catalyzed the modern feminist movement.
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One Billion Rising – San Francisco’s North Bay
Groups of dancers are building toward a February 14, Valentine's Day, One Billion Rising action, scheduled for over 190 countries.
A Ladydrawers History of Women’s Rights: Part II
Ladydrawers continues to explore the history (and future!) of women's rights in the US.
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“I Still Believe Anita Hill”: Unafraid to Declare Side Over Persistent Problem
Eleanor J. Bader reviews I Still Believe Anita Hill: Three Generations Discuss the Legacies of Speaking Truth to Power, highlighting the continuing challenge of confronting sexual harrassment despite the …
A Rape a Minute, a Thousand Corpses a Year: Hate Crimes in America (and Elsewhere)
Violence doesn't have a race, a class, a religion, or a nationality, but it does have a gender.
Turtles and Tomahawk Missiles, Together at Last? War is Not the Answer to Climate Change
Accepting and perpetuating the narrative of climate security through a national security framework, opens new and dangerous doors for the national security state.
On the Status of Women
Across the board, women believe they are living in a society that is constantly evolving. However, it is reasonable to conclude that conditions for women, not only in …
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Fairer Sex
While feminism has evolved with the social and economic changes of this century, the end game has not: equality for all women and the work that they do.