Cross-posted from On The Issues Magazine . By Ann Rossiter,  On the Issues Special Correspondent in Dublin, Ireland. A 17-weeks pregnant woman with severe back pain is admitted to a hospital in the west of Ireland. After an examination, she is told that her cervix is fully dilated; her amniotic fluid leaking. Her immature fetus will not survive. This is made [...]

By Sahar Muradi, cross-posted from On The Issues Magazine . In eastern Afghanistan under the glow of an April sun and the sweet scent of orange blossoms, a small revolution begins. Six young women, ranging in age from 13 to 19, huddle in the basement office of a local civil society organization and brainstorm ideas for a play [...]

By Susan Yanow, cross-posted from On The Issues Magazine . Every four years, reproductive justice advocates mobilize to support the presidential candidate who we hope will protect and advance our rights. Election after election, we are unable to hold those we elect accountable for promises made, and fail to achieve the gains that we need for women to exercise [...]

By Ariel Dougherty, cross-posted from On The Issues Magazine . “This is what feminism looks like,” shout young women in a contemporary street demonstration in the “She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry” video clip on the Kickstarter crowdfunding website. Film directors/producers Mary Dore and Nancy Kennedy are in the middle of a campaign, which started October 24th and ends November 28th, to [...]

By Juhu Thukral, cross-posted from On The Issues Magazine . What will the next president mean for the way we live and pursue safety in our daily lives? For most women, fear and apprehension of assault or domestic violence is pervasive. We all know someone who has been raped or battered, or maybe it’s happened to us: living [...]

By Jennifer Baumgardner, cross-posted from On The Issues Magazine . Almost 15 years ago, I picked up my ringing phone and the voice on the other end identified herself as Shulamith Firestone. I almost dropped the receiver. Second wave feminism had many iterations and reverberations. As readers of On The Issues Magazine no doubt know, some women, like Betty [...]

By Chris Lombardi, cross-posted from On The Issues Magazine . http://youtu.be/xIIkBYIHWE8 This weekend, Egyptian voters went to the polls despite what many were calling a ‘constitutional coup.’ On June 14, the Supreme Constitutional Court ordered the Parliament dissolved, three days before the scheduled presidential runoff between Mohammed Shafiq, an associate of deposed leader Hosni Mubarak, and Ahmed Morsi [...]

By Martha Burk, cross-posted from On The Issues Magazine Title IX has been a part of our body of law for 40 years, and it has been contested legally and politically almost continuously since it was enacted. Although it applies to all educational programs receiving federal financial assistance, sports programs have drawn the bulk of the political [...]

By Ann Rose, cross-posted at On The Issues Magazine Since 1976 when the Hyde Amendment passed, I’ve been hopelessly annoyed with the pro-choice movement for always being on the defensive. We are always fighting insane bills cooked up by the anti-abortion movement and never advancing our own agenda. Thankfully, in retaliation for the states passing more anti-abortion [...]

By Sarah Morison, cross-posted at On The Issues Magazine In August 2009, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made an unprecedented visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (“DRC) to meet with victims of war rape. She pledged $17 million in aid, reflecting a new level of U.S. commitment and concern for girls and women targeted by [...]

By Rev. Debra W. Haffner, cross-posted at On The Issues Magazine I have been an advocate for safe and legal abortion for more than 35 years. The Supreme Court decided Roe v. Wade during my first year of college, and I remember thinking, “thank goodness, this fight is over.” By now, we surely know that this fight is not [...]

By Merle Hoffman, cross-posted at On The Issues Magazine before Roe v. Wade decriminalized abortion across the country. New York State had acted to decriminalize abortion in 1970, so we were already a step ahead. Doctors could now treat patients in a respectful environment, away from the back-alley secrecy and lethal dangers. I started working on building the [...]

By Merle Hoffman , cross-posted at On The Issues Magazine It’s been over 40 years since I founded Choices Women’s Medical Center , one of the first and currently the largest and most comprehensive women’s health care centers in the country. Two years before the Supreme Court decision of Roe v. Wade, I opened the doors of Choices to provide women with [...]

By Lindsey Hennawi, cross-posted at On The Issues Magazine The church was African Methodist Episcopal (AME), which we began attending after my mother had a falling out with the priest at our Catholic church over what color skin Jesus had, how it differed from his depiction in the church’s paintings, and whether the congregation was “comfortable with” [...]

By Stephanie Gilmore, cross-posted at On The Issues Magazine In Cuernavaca, Mexico and Tegucigalpa, Honduras, it was called Marcha de las Putas . In New Delhi, it was Besharmi Morcha . Morocco was host to a Marche les salopes under the name Woman-Shoufouch. In London, it was Slut Means Speak Up . In Helsinki, Philadelphia, Atlanta, New York, Melbourne and the place of origin — [...]

By Keely Swan, cross-posted at On The Issues Magazine The Center for Women’s Global Leadership’s 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence is an international campaign that began in 1991. Participants of the Center’s first Women’s Global Leadership Institute chose the dates November 25, International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, and December 10, International Human [...]

By Jean Stevens, cross-posted at On The Issues Magazine Rachel Gehringer-Wiar liked the sound of Nebraskans for Peace. Before arriving on campus of the University of Nebraska at Lincoln nearly two years ago, she’d seen its bumper stickers, she’d heard about its rallies. Peace work made sense to her, she said, as she believed in fighting for [...]

By Lauren Wolfe, cross-posted from On The Issues Magazine “I’ve never told anyone this before,” the email said. It was one of several that landed on my desk at the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) after the news broke that CBS correspondent Lara Logan was sexually assaulted in Egypt in February. The letters were from foreign correspondents [...]

by Marjorie Signer, cross-posted at On The Issues Magazine Jessica Kenyon was one of more than 400,000 women who serve in the Armed Forces at any given time. It can be a brutal life. Women in the military are twice as likely to be sexually assaulted as women in civilian life, according to a pending ACLU lawsuit. [...]

Cross-posted at On The Issues Magazine Barbara Seaman was an author who persistently challenged the “givens” of the medical establishment. In the 1970s, she became a pioneer in a bustling new feminist health movement that focused on patient knowledge and decision-making. The New York Times wrote that she had “triggered a revolution, fostering a willingness among women [...]