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Facebook’s hate speech problem
salon.com
7 mentions — 18 hours ago
Topics:Facebook,Internet Culture,Violence Against Women, Technology News, Business News, Life News When three Chicago area teens were charged over the weekend with raping a 12-year-old girl — and then posting a video of the assault on their Facebook pages – it was a tale that was as revolting as ...
Susan B.Anthony List's Anti-Choice Machine
NARAL Pro-Choice America
2 mentions — 1 hour ago
Susan B. Anthony List has spent millions of dollars to elect candidates who share their extreme anti-choice, anti-woman ideology.Now they plan to expand their work in 2014 – funneling dollars to candidates in the states so that they can keep taking away women’s rights.SBA List says this year’s ...
Is abortion about to doom Republicans again?
salon.com
5 mentions — 18 hours ago
Recently, I asked Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, one of the most fiercely pro-choice members of Congress, why she thought the House of Representatives had been so muted this year in its introduction of anti-abortion and anti–Planned Parenthood bills. “It pays to fight,” she said. The implication was ...
An Open Letter to Facebook
huffingtonpost.com
9 mentions — 23 hours ago
We, the undersigned, are writing to demand swift, comprehensive and effective action addressing the representation of rape and domestic violence on Facebook. Specifically, we call on you, Facebook, to take three actions:To this end, we are calling on Facebook users to contact advertisers whose ads on Facebook appear ...
Take Action To End Gender-Based Hate Speech on Facebook
WAM!
13 mentions — 1 day ago
Facebook has long allowed content endorsing violence against women. They claim that these pages fall under the “humor” part of their guidelines, or are expressions of “free speech.” But Facebook has proven willing to crack down on other forms of hate speech, including anti-Semitic, Islamophobic and homophobic speech,
First Saudi Woman Climbs Everest, Is Generally a Badass
bust.com
3 mentions — 19 hours ago
Raha Moharrak, a 27-year-old Saudi graphic designer, reached the summit of Mount Everest over the weekend. Her amazing feat was part of an expedition called "Arabs with Attitude," which includes Qatari Sheikh Mohammed Al Thani, Palestinian Raed Zidan and Iranian Masoud Mohammad. All members are aiming to the ...
Open Letter to Facebook
WAM!
9 mentions — 1 day ago
We, the undersigned, are writing to demand swift, comprehensive and effective action addressing the representation of rape and domestic violence on Facebook. Specifically, we call on you, Facebook, to take three actions:To this end, we are calling on Facebook users to contact advertisers whose ads on Facebook appear next to content that targets women for violence, to ask these companies to withdraw from advertising on Facebook until you take the above actions to ban gender-based hate speech on your site. (We will be raising awareness and contacting advertisers on Twitter ...
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Choice USA
org.salsalabs.com
2 mentions — 19 hours ago
Join us on July 19, 2013 for the Generation 2 Generation Celebration & Awards! This is the event to attend if you want to be inspired by young reproductive justice advocates and their mentors. The last year has seen a lot of attacks on reproductive freedom, but it's ...
Taking Facebook to Task
msmagazine.com
2 mentions — 16 hours ago
Have you ever posted a photograph of a nude on Facebook, say one taken by a famous artist such as Imogen Cunningham or Hannah Wilke? It will soon be taken down.But what about FB pages, groups and images that condone or encourage rape or domestic violence, such as ...
Safe & Well
safeandwell.communityos.org
7 mentions — 2 days ago
After a disaster, letting your family and friends know that you are safe and well can bring your loved ones great peace of mind. This website is designed to help make that communication easier.Register Yourself as “Safe and Well”Click on the “List Myself as Safe and Well” button ...
Budget Cuts Endanger Agency That Saved Countless Lives in Oklahoma | The Nation
The Nation
2 mentions — 18 hours ago
A woman carries her child through a field near the collapsed Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Oklahoma. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)Many heroes asserted themselves in Oklahoma yesterday, from the first responders digging through the rubble for survivors, to the teachers who shielded children from the massive tornado that ...
RN's Pay is Fine, But Her 'Back is Killing Her'
Womens eNews
3 mentions — 1 day ago
HUNTINGTON, W.V (WOMENSENEWS)--Tabitha Waugh, a registered nurse at St. Mary's Medical Center here, sometimes finds that her 12-hour shifts don't quite end after she comes home."I will wake up in the middle of the night to answer a phone," she said at her home after a Saturday shift.
Astronaut Sally Ride Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom
jezebel.com
3 mentions — 22 hours ago
To coincide with the tribute to U.S. Astronaut Sally Ride's life that occured at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in D.C. last night, President Obama has awarded Ride — the first American woman to ever make the voyage into space — with the Presidential ...
NHS help in repairing genital mutilation
BBC News
2 mentions — 5 hours ago
Female genital mutilation, the cutting of sexual organs, is thought to affect 66,000 women in the UK. Sometimes it happens when young girls are sent back to relatives in north or east Africa, but it is also thought that cutting occurs here in the UK too. There have ...
NBC News Just Got a New President and She Is a She
jezebel.com
2 mentions — 19 hours ago
As you may recall, when writing about the Today kerfuffle surrounding Ann Curry's departure, Brian Stelter noted that though the show targets women, it is mainly managed by men. But yesterday, NBC News got a new president. Her name is Deborah Turness. The LA Times reports that Turness,
Appeals court: Arizona abortion restriction unconstitutional
azstarnet.com
5 mentions — 20 hours ago
Appeals court: Arizona abortion restriction unconstitutional2013-05-21T10:27:00Z Appeals court: Arizona abortion restriction unconstitutionalBy Howard Fischer Capitol Media Services Arizona Daily Star PHOENIX — Calling a woman's rights “unalterably clear” a federal appeals court today struck down Arizona's nearly year-old ban on abortions at 20 weeks and beyond.In a unanimous ...
Airbnb Stay Illegal In New York, Rules Judge
Business + Innovation
3 mentions — 1 day ago
Officials in New York have determined that Airbnb is illegal, despite efforts by the online firm to persuade the city otherwise. The law violated is the illegal hotel law, which prevents residents from renting out their property for less than 29 days. According to CNET, the law originally ...
Women Deliver 2013
pathfinder.org
3 mentions — 2 days ago
Where: Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre Jalan Ampang, 50088 Kuala LumpurFederal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Pathfinder International is gearing up for Women Deliver 2013, which will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from May 28 - 30, 2013. Pathfinder is proud to be one of the conference's Bronze ...
Women in Community Colleges: Access to Success
AAUW: Empowering Women Since 1881
4 mentions — 20 hours ago
More than ever before, women are relying on community colleges for higher education and workforce preparation. This report recommends policies and practices to help women succeed in community colleges. In particular, we find that child care is a critical issue for student mothers. Women also need more support ...
Virginia GOP Nominee For Attorney General Would Force Women To Report Their Miscarriages To Police
ThinkProgress
11 mentions — 2 days ago
And yet, the Virginia Republican Party wants to make Obenshain into the state’s top prosecutor. This weekend, Virginia Republicans selected Obenshain as their nominee to replace tea party stalwart Ken Cuccinelli (R) as the state’s attorney general.When a fetal death occurs without medical attendance upon the mother at ...
Campaign Wins & Updates
WAM!
5 mentions — 18 hours ago
ZipCar UK has responded! Now tweet them to tell them you appreciate it and are urgently looking forward to their response!FinnAir says they’re not OK with where their ads appear: Tell them the only way to control it is to not advertise on Facebook until Facebook takes action.
New campaign to stop violence against female students - Daily News Egypt
Daily News Egypt
2 mentions — 20 hours ago
Women’s rights group Fouada Watch launched on Tuesday a new campaign entitled “Stop violence against female students”.(Photo from Fouada Watch Facebook Page)Women’s rights group Fouada Watch launched on Tuesday a new campaign entitled “Stop violence against female students”.The campaign was launched during a press conference about the situation ...
Coalition asks Facebook to take action about gender-based hate speech
The Sin City Siren on WordPress.com
2 mentions — 1 day ago
Starting on May 21, a coalition of more than two dozen organizations — including Led by Women, Action & the Media, The Everyday Sexism Project, and author Soraya Chemaly — are calling on Facebook to end its complicit approval of memes and pages that promote violence against women ...
An Open Letter to Facebook
huffingtonpost.com
7 mentions — 1 day ago
We, the undersigned, are writing to demand swift, comprehensive and effective action addressing the representation of rape and domestic violence on Facebook. Specifically, we call on you, Facebook, to take three actions:To this end, we are calling on Facebook users to contact advertisers whose ads on Facebook appear ...
Court Strikes Down Arizona 20-Week Abortion Ban
ABC News
2 mentions — 19 hours ago
A federal court Tuesday struck down Arizona's ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy absent a medical emergency. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the law violated a woman's constitutionally protected right to terminate a pregnancy before a fetus is able to survive outside the ...
Improving Health for Mothers of Color in Brooklyn
Eventbrite
5 mentions — 2 weeks ago
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Pollution Risks Worse for Developing World Women
Womens eNews
3 mentions — 2 days ago
(WOMENSENEWS)-- Standing ankle deep in black oil in a green field in Nigeria, Donna Vorhees was startled not by the pollutant inching up her boots, but by the two barefoot women inching past her."They were harvesting cassava root even though they were surrounded by oil puddles," says Vorhees,
Resources and Information for Those Affected by Oklahoma Tornadoes
The White House
6 mentions — 1 day ago
Ed. Note: You can help people affected by the recent tornadoes through American Red Cross Disaster Relief. If you are in the affected areas, you can also register as "Safe and Well" to let your friends and family know you are okay.President Barack Obama talks on the phone ...
Cuccinelli/Jackson/Obenshain fully focused on turning back the clock on women's rights
VA
2 mentions — 2 days ago
ALEC, Bill Bolling, Bob McDonnell, Budget, Campaign Finance, Civil Rights, Congress, Drug Testing, E.W. Jackson, Economy, Education, Elections, Energy, Environment, Equality, Federal Budget, George Allen, Gun Violence Prevention, Health Care, Housing, Jobs, Ken Cuccinelli, Labor, Lobbying, Mark Obenshain, Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan, Power Sharing, President Barack Obama, Public ...
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The F-Word
3 mentions — 2 days ago
When Catherine Redfern, founder of The F-Word, called me up more than six years ago to ask to meet in a South London pub for a chat, I didn't know what she was going to ask. I was nervous about meeting one of my feminist heroines for the ...
Twitter / ZipcarUK: @EverydaySexism Thanks for ...
twitter.com
2 mentions — 1 day ago
.@ZipcarUK Thanks so much for responding. Please be aware unless Facebook takes action on this content it could happen again&again.@JeSuisSkeleton @ZipcarUK Nor do we - see our FAQs... http://www.womenactionmedia.org/facebookaction/faq/ …@EverydaySexism We'll be investigating this to ensure our ads only appear on appropriate pages. We do not support this behaviour in any way.@ZipcarUK @EverydaySexism hang on; there's a page that actively promotes violence against women? (Or anyone, for that matter) #disgrace@mavistlady It's unbelievable and unacceptable, we are in no way connected to this page and we're doing all we can to ...
Six nominees for UN Women
globalmemo.org
3 mentions — 2 days ago
Yesterday was the deadline for nominations for Executive Director of UN Women. The candidates will succeed the organization’s first head, Michele Bachelet, who resigned suddenly in March to return home and stand for election to Chile’s presidency. Rebeca Grynspan is considered a strong contender and possibly the front ...
Afghan Lawmakers Say This Awesome Women's Right's Law is "Un-Islamic"
policymic.com
3 mentions — 2 days ago
On Saturday, Afghanistan’s Elimination of Violence Against Women Act — a mandate issued in 2009 by President Hamid Karzai — was debated to gain Parliamentary approval. However, conservative MPs and mullahs quickly claimed that the decree was “un-Islamic,” objecting to at least eight of the secular provisions of ...
Congressmembers Work To Prevent Anti-Choice ‘Crisis Pregnancy Centers’ From Misleading Women
ThinkProgress
6 mentions — 2 days ago
At the end of last week, three Democratic legislators renewed their efforts to protect women from right-wing crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs), anti-abortion front groups that often use misleading advertising to market themselves as women’s health clinics. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), and Rep. Carolyn Maloney ...
Preventive Services, Including Contraceptive Coverage, Under the Health Care Law
National Women's Law Center
7 mentions — 1 week ago
The health care law requires new health plans to cover certain preventive services. This means that, as an increasing number of health plans come under the law’s reach over the next few years, more and more people will have access to a wide range of preventive services without ...
Collateral damage: Women and girls in Syria
Collateral damage: Women and girls in Syria
6 mentions — 3 weeks ago
Why we care: Women and girls make up 75% of the 1.4 million people fleeing war in Syria and are increasingly at risk of sexual assault and trafficking without a platform to demand change and expose threats.How we’re solving this: For change to happen in any country—especially one ...