MetaFilter posts tagged with womensrights and women

"Women hold up half the sky"

homunculus — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:10:52 -0800

The Women’s Crusade: Why Women's Rights Are the Cause of Our Time.

Suffrage Scrapbooks Salvaged

Rykey — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 14:44:42 -0800

In 1897, Elizabeth Smith Miller and her daughter Anne Fitzhugh Miller founded the Geneva Political Equality Club, an organization dedicated to fighting for women's suffrage in the United States. Between them, the two women kept several scrapbooks documenting their efforts through 1911. Via.

Next they'll want to drive

klangklangston — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 16:03:47 -0800

Who can count the ills visited upon modern society by women's suffrage? Dr. John Lott would include government spending, taxation and social programs. Lawrence Auster thinks that it's worth considering an end to the experiment of women's suffrage. (And is mocked and responds). Perhaps he'll find an ally in former senator Kay O'Connor.

On some level, it's heartening to see conservatives conserving 100-year-old arguments.

Women In Iran

hoder — Tue, 21 Sep 2004 20:41:30 -0800

Women In Iran With the slogan of "Women's Right Is Human Right", the website tries to tell the story of struggles, issues and successes of Iranian women, and in this way we would like to extend our hands to and welcome all those who believe in the social and intellectual equality of women and men.

So What are you doing on April 25th?

kristin — Tue, 30 Mar 2004 11:51:24 -0800

March For Women - because America is not a great place to be a woman. The time is right for a public demonstration of historic size in support of reproductive freedom and justice for all women. Threats to these rights have never been so systematic and coordinated, and the lives and health of women have never faced such peril. See ya there! I will be the woman in the embroidered denim jacket - the one my mom wore when she marched for the exact same rights, 40-odd years ago. sigh.

The Safety Net

dhoyt — Sat, 10 Jan 2004 17:13:25 -0800

TheSafetyNet.Org • A collective of men who are working to stop date-rape and sexual abuse. "When a person is raped, it’s trust that’s used as the weapon...We’ve decided that it’s time to reclaim that trust, reclaim that responsibility. Men Rape. Men abuse. And men can stop it."

donkeyschlong — Mon, 23 Sep 2002 04:46:00 -0800

"'The best thing is being able to write my name,' says Siddiqa, 18...." Simple and powerful lessons are being taught in Afghanistan.

nofundy — Fri, 16 Aug 2002 12:21:33 -0800

The Axis of Medieval. Claims of support for women and women's rights in the current regime are nothing more than hot air according to Mr. Kristof. He says their record and the facts tell a different story. The details are shocking. Kowtowing to religious fundamentalists in the US causes devastating results abroad. Would programs like these qualify for using some of the wealthiest persons dollars instead of a tax cut?