women's rights

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

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?

The 32-year-old women's rights pioneer and architect of a women's driving campaign in Saudi Arabia, Manal Al Sharif, was released yesterday from a prison in Dammam after more than a week in detention.

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.

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?

Patsy Mink is most noted for the Title IX Amendment for Higher Education Act (1972), which she wrote herself, banning gender discrimination against women in federally funded higher education institutions.

Women have much more to offer society than simple domestic attributes.

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.

The 29th amendment called the Susan B. Anthony Amendment, gave women the right to vote. Is this amendment still relevant to women today, or is it a part of history that has no impact on us today?

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.

Discrimination based on gender is a persuasive and shameful component of American history.

Lucy Stone was the first woman in Massachusetts to obtain a college degree and she was an abolitionist and suffragist. She was also the first American woman in recorded history to use her maiden name even after marriage.

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

A paper that discusses Chinese women's role in the 21st century. It is written from a culturally relevant point of view.

An overview of the changes in Women's Rights before, during, and after the First World War.

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?

Salman Rushdie's novel "Shame" creates complex with his form against his message toward women's equality in Pakistan.

Nellie Blye made history with her daring exploits.

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?

Women's eNews is changing their face for the future.

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.

A short look at the progress of women in reaching equal pay, equal rights, etc, and the current challenges they face around the globe.

The laws on the books are not necessarily put into practice in the homes, on the streets or in the work places.

President Obama has overturned the global gag rule, allowing health clinics to talk about abortion as an option

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.