Vienna Drugstores Offer Free Period Products for Women in Need
Vienna rolled out a program to combat "period poverty" with drugstores offering free sanitary products to disadvantaged women.
Tag: women’s rights
Israeli Women Protest Gender Segregation on Public Transport
Hundreds of women holding Israeli flags protested in Tel Aviv against what they said was rising gender-based segregation.
Thousands of Afghan Salons Close as Taliban Deadline Bites
Thousands of beauty parlours across Afghanistan closed permanently following an order by Taliban authorities.
First No-Prescription Birth Control Pill Approved in US
US health authorities approve the first over-the-counter birth control pill in the country.
US Panel Recommends Nonprescription Use of Contraception Pill
A US panel of health experts voted in favor of making birth control pills available without a prescription.
Spain Passes Law for Europe’s First ‘Menstrual Leave’
Spain approved a law granting paid medical leave to women suffering severe period pain, becoming the first European country to advance such legislation.
French Left Under Pressure Over Violence Against Women
Two key parties in France's left-wing alliance face crises after senior figures were accused of violence against women, with a ...
Forced Hysterectomies in 2020: How Did We Get Here?
Stories of women in immigration centers being forced to undergo mass hysterectomies are chilling but nothing extraordinary. As a matter ...
With Liberty and Injustice: America’s Policy of Regulating Bodies and Borders
The US has witnessed racism, xenophobia, and misogyny. With reports of appalling treatment of immigrant women at ICE detention centers ...
Want More Women in Leadership Roles? Focus on Their Strategy and Not Their Smile
While it must be every woman’s goal to unapologetically toss aside the archaic rulebook that shapes the idea of the ...
Pakistan Won’t Progress Until It Empowers Women
To be self-reliant and competitive in a globalized world, Pakistan must invest in women’s education and assist in their financial ...
Mexican Women Aren’t Just Fighting for Equality – But Survival
In Mexico, the feminist cause has been galvanized by a fundamental right: the right to live.
Maternal Health and Rights: When Basic Needs Are Not So Basic
Many of the complications following pregnancy and childbirth are largely preventable and often treatable. Only by taking firm action can ...
Mexico’s Everyday Crisis: Spectacular Violence, Invisible Women
The spectacular nature of some of the violence against women in Mexico, and sensationalist reporting on it, has contributed to ...
Two Billion Women Won’t See Gender Equality by 2030 at Current Pace: Report
More than two billion women and girls won’t see gender equality by 2030, as more than a third of countries ...
Hundreds of Moroccan Women Say They are Sex, Abortion ‘Outlaws’
Last year, Morocco tried thousands of people for sex out of wedlock, 170 people for being gay, and 73 for ...
Amid Migration Crisis, Central American Development Must Center Women: NGO
“When a woman is able to sustain herself and have an income, she then becomes a human being. Not only ...
Male-Dominant Approaches to Migration Policy Leave Women Behind
Nearly half of the world’s one billion migrants are women, yet government responses continue to favor a male-dominant approach to ...
Has the Taliban Actually Become More Progressive on Women’s Rights?
The Taliban came to the negotiating table with 10 women last week, raising the question of whether they have become ...
Are Women ‘Exploited’ by Abortion?
With an utter lack of compassion for women who have become pregnant after rape or incest, and with an extremist ...
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