Abortions are up in the US. It's a complicated picture as women turn to pills, travel
Abortion has become slightly more common despite bans or deep restrictions in most Republican-controlled states, and the ...
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Women are leading a surge in gun ownership — here’s why
There’s a quiet revolution happening in the world of gun ownership in America — and it’s being led by women. For years, firearms ownership was seen as a predominantly male activity, but recent trends ...
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British Transport Police sued over new guidance allowing trans officers to strip-search woman
The British Transport Police (BTP) are being sued by women’s rights campaigners over new guidance that allows trans officers ...
Discrimination based on source of income still widespread despite new Illinois law, housing advocates say; recent lawsuits may change that
Attorneys have filed some of the first lawsuits alleging source-of-income discrimination under an Illinois law enacted in ...
The US says it pushed retraction of a famine warning for north Gaza. Aid groups express concern
A lead organization monitoring for food crises around the world withdrew a new report this week warning of imminent famine in ...
Fact Check: Woman speaking about pandemic preparedness ‘soft coup’ is not a WHO official
A woman in a video shared in social media posts saying that human rights laws will be ignored to create a new set of laws ...
Exclusive: Human Rights Campaign President Kelley Robinson and wife pregnant with second child
Kelley Robinson, president of the Human Rights Campaign, and her wife, Becky George, are pregnant with their second child, ...
Kenya announces plan to combat rising gender-based violence as 100 women are killed in four months
Since September 2023, a staggering 7,107 cases of sexual and gender-based violence have been reported in Kenya, said Prime ...
El Salvador violated woman's rights in high-stakes abortion case, court rules
El Salvador violated a woman's rights after denying her an abortion in 2013 despite doctors' calls to terminate her high-risk pregnancy, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR)said on Friday.
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Top Human Rights News from 2024
Throughout the year, HRW covered many human rights topics and crises around the world. From investigations into crimes ...
National Archivist Rejects Bid to Certify the Equal Rights Amendment
With President Biden under pressure to add an amendment explicitly guaranteeing sex equality to the Constitution, Colleen ...
How Much Progress Have Women Made at Work?
At the DealBook Summit, nine prominent female leaders set out to answer the question, “Why aren’t there more women at the top ...