Women Rights

Is abortion truly about a woman's right to choose or reproductive rights?

An in-depth analysis of the anthropological, psychological and sociological aspects of the limited mobility and freedoms of oppressed females in developing countries around the world.

We are just beginning women's history month. As we enter the month of March to celebrate women, women really do not have a lot to celebrate with the recent government attempts to threaten our rights.

A look at the alarming legislation being introduced by Tea Party candidates across America, many of which would hurt the poor, female, elderly and turn back the clock on women's reproductive rights and collective bargaining rights, among other targets.

Tahirih spoke out for human justice and equality during difficult times in Middle East history, showing how courage in the midst of tyranny can be a catalyst for change in the world.

A woman's right to choose what she does with her own body has been subverted by sexists, religious, and hypocritical zealots. The success of of their cause is a dangerous precedent at eliminating all of our rights as citizens of America.

Two years later in 1920, the 19th Amendment to the American Constitution gave American women the right to vote. It was only in 1928, that all British Women were given the right to vote.

The term suffragette was actually a derogatory term for women in Britain who championed women's right in the late 19th and early 20th century; particularly for the women who lobbied for women's right to vote

When did the struggle for independence come into its own, when did democracy in this country really start, when did rock 'n' roll actually come together, or when did it all start for women that they realized they needed their own rights movement?

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

In my lifetime, women in the United States won the right to wear pants to school, now women in Sudan would like to do the same, but have been whipped when they did so. Should we show solidarity?

The term suffragette was actually a derogatory term for women in Britain who championed women's right in the late 19th and early 20th century; particularly for the women who lobbied for women's right to vote

There is no gainsaying that women's rights constitute an important indicator of understanding global well-being.

Here is an analysis on women's freedom in the Paris Commune, how it is misrepresented in American history, and how it contrasts with the contemporary aspect of gender inequality.

Will women ever enjoy the same rights as men? In terms of business and the working world as well as in every other aspect?

Palin hasn't shied away from her blatant views that women should not have the right to choose abortion. They shouldn't even have the right to be taught birth control in the schools, according to her. And her own daughter being pregnant shows her hypocrisy.

Lack of women's rights can vary from the inability to vote or hold office to work in certain career fields to file for divorce to the risk of being raped by husbands with no repercussion for the man.

Relatively little work has been done examining the influence of spirituality and religion on the women who played such an important role in the Women's Rights Movement. This article discusses one such activist and the way in which her religion influenced her activism.

Women were a part of politics before they were acknowledged to have rights. This occures because historical moments put a culture's notion of politics and gender into question, which allows people to react in different ways and then attach new meanings.

This poem touches on issues of female equality, an issue very close to my heart.

After pioneering women's rights advocate Manal Al Sharif was released in Saudi Arabia on the requirement that she end her affiliation with the women's driving initiative, where does the movement now stand?

Quite march for equality is now taking place at Twitter and Facebook.

In a time of equal rights and equality should it not be a woman's right to choose what happens to both her life and body?

People that go before us pave the way to make a better future for all that come after. It was no different for the women's libbers of the 1970's; they did make things better for future generations of women.

Women's right to vote was a hard-fought right, one that expanded women's role in the election process. The best way to celebrate and honor the sacrifices that made it possible is for women to exercise that right to vote this year.

The 19th Amendment celebrated a birthday on Aug. 18, 2010. This Amendment was ratified in 1920, so this birthday meant, for 90 years, women have had the right to vote in the United States.

A workhouse was a place in the UK where the poor and destitute could live, but they also had to work. It is not for certain when these workhouses were first established; however, they predated the Victorian era.

Amelia Earhart was not only a pioneer amongst women but also a pioneer in the sky. She inspired many to go beyond what they thought was possible and became a great American hero.

Time to try and put the need for financial reform in the proper prospective, at least for me anyway.

To me, abortion comes down to natural rights; the permanent and complete denial of all of the rights of the unborn child versus the temporary denial of two rights, at most, for the woman.

Identifying women as victims allows women to oppress men under the guise of trying to not be oppressed.

An overview of the NPS and info for your vacation, getaway or day trip.

I believe in a woman's right to choose; some feel differently. In that situation, who knows what you might do?