Tag: Womens
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Malala Yousafzai-produced documentary emphasizes Afghan women’s fight for freedom
Twelve years after being shot in the face and almost killed by the Taliban for daring to champion girls’ eduction in her home country of Pakistan, Malala Yousafzai is warning of the dangers that the group’s extreme version of Islam poses to women. The Nobel Peace Prize winner is among the producers of “Bread &…
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Women’s volleyball dispute touches on a broader question: How to define ‘fair’
They play on the same team, but they couldn’t be further apart. One member of the women’s volleyball team at San Jose State University has signed on to being part of a federal lawsuit against the NCAA challenging the presence of transgender athletes in women’s college sports. The specific person she cites? One of her own teammates.…
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Michelle Obama hits the trail, warning what a Trump presidency would mean for women’s health
In her first stop on 2024 campaign trail, former first lady Michelle Obama delivered an urgent message to men, arguing that the election could have life or death consequences for the women they love. “I am asking y’all from the core of my being to take our lives seriously,” she said at a rally for…
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Lilly Ledbetter, equal pay and women’s rights activist, dies at 86
Women’s rights activist Lilly Ledbetter has died, according to a family representative. She was 86. Ledbetter, best known for advocating for equal pay for women, died as a result of respiratory failure on Saturday night. She was in Alabama, where she was born and raised. “She was surrounded by her family and loved ones,” her…
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Pro-Harris sticky notes pop up in women’s restrooms and gyms and on tampon boxes
In the weeks before Election Day, a loose-knit group of women are organizing online to blanket their communities with pro-Kamala Harris messages — not on yard signs or fliers, but on sticky notes. The idea is simple: Take a pad of sticky notes, write messages and post them wherever women may see them — bathroom…
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For the first time, White House welcomes National Women’s Soccer League champions
President Joe Biden welcomed Gotham Football Club to the White House on Monday, making it the first National Women’s Soccer League championship team to have the distinction. Biden reflected on the underdog story the team, which represents New York and New Jersey, carried through its 2023 season. Gotham’s squad went from last in the league…