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Trump administration insists UN resolution opposing rape in war cannot offer ‘sexual and reproductive health’ assistance to victims

by Lee Rossi | Apr 23, 2019 | International News of Relevance, Sexual Harassment / Assault / Abuse

Article by Andrew Buncombe (Seattle) ‘It’s incomprehensible the Security Council is incapable of acknowledging women who suffer sexual violence should have right to terminate a pregnancy’ The United States has been roundly criticised for insisting...

The ‘alt-right’ is fueled by toxic masculinity — and vice versa

by Lee Rossi | Apr 6, 2019 | Gender Inequality, International News of Relevance

Article by David Futrelle, editor, WeHuntedTheMammoth.com. The rising alt-right took many of the men’s rights activists’ most backward notions about women and worked them into their own hateful rhetoric. What is often overlooked in discussions of the paranoid...

WOMEN-LED PROTESTS ARE SHAKING UP SUDAN

by Lee Rossi | Apr 6, 2019 | Gender Inequality, International News of Relevance

Article by Zainab Mohammed Salih and Tom Wilson Jode Tariq, a slight 23-year-old with red hair extensions on her shorn head, has been arrested three times since street protests against Sudan’s strongman leader, Omar al-Bashir, started in December. On one occasion, her...

Joe Biden in new video: I will be more mindful about respecting personal space in the future

by Lee Rossi | Apr 3, 2019 | International News of Relevance

Article by Arlette Saenz and Jeff Zeleny Click here to watch video (CNN)Former Vice President Joe Biden released a video on Twitter Wednesday and said he will be “more mindful about respecting personal space in the future.” The video comes in the wake of...

The NRA Comes Out Against The Violence Against Women Act

by Lee Rossi | Mar 28, 2019 | International News of Relevance, Sexual Harassment / Assault / Abuse

Article by Sanjana Karanth and Melissa Jeltsen The bill would tighten gun laws for domestic abusers, but the NRA calls it a “poison pill.” The National Rifle Association is opposing the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act over provisions designed to keep...

Half of white women continue to vote Republican. What’s wrong with them?

by Lee Rossi | Nov 14, 2018 | Gender Inequality, International News of Relevance

Article by Moira Donegan Some 53% of white women voted for Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election – the real story of white women voters is both more grim and more complex than the figure reveals For the past two years, the American left has been haunted by a...

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