Above Photo: Formerly incarcerated people protest sexual misconduct by California correctional officers outside state prison system headquarters, Sacramento, Oct. 30, 2019. Sexual abuse of prisoners by guards happens daily in the U.S. – in jails, prisons and detention centers – but is rarely reported to the public. The Associated Press recently blew the whistle on a pattern of sexual abuse and harassment at the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, California, one of the few federal women’s prisons in the U.S. (AP, Feb. 6) FCI Dublin is known by guards and prisoners as “the rape club,” and prisoners have suffered “rampant” sexual […]
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Black Alliance For Peace Statement On International Women’s Day By the Black Alliance for Peace. March 8, 2022 Black Alliance For Peace Statement On International Women’s Day2022-03-082022-03-08https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/03/haiti-factory-workers-e1646794200948.jpg200px200px Above photo: Factory workers in Haiti are on strike demanding higher wages. Odelyn Joseph/AP Photo. As the world’s eyes are on Ukraine on this International Women’s Day, March 8, 2022, we are reminded of the disproportionate impact that war and militarism have on women. This is a reality that the women of the global South are acutely aware of because of the steady assaults on the humanity of peoples in the South executed by […]
Twin Cities Takes To The Streets For International Women’s Day By Siobhan Moore , Fight Back News. March 8, 2022 Twin Cities Takes To The Streets For International Women’s Day2022-03-082022-03-08https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/03/220308-4.jpg200px200px Above Photo: International Women’s Day march in the Cedar Riverside neighborhood of Minneapolis (Brad Sigal). Minneapolis, MN – Around 60 people gathered in Mayday Plaza on Sunday, March 6, for an International Women’s Day protest organized by the Twin Cities district of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization. Demands for reproductive rights and healthcare for all, justice for missing and murdered indigenous women and two-spirit people, an end to gender-based violence, queer […]
Above Photo: A woman from the Matagalpa’s Rural Women’s Cooperative of the Rural Workers’ Association (ATC) shucks corn. Friends of the ATC. Erika Takeo and Rohan Rice reflect on the advancement of women in Nicaragua since the Sandinista revolution. “Throughout Central America, women are actively mobilizing for their rights; the crucial difference in Nicaragua is that the new government has a commitment to support them. The challenges they face are similar to those faced by each of the neighboring republics – but only in Nicaragua have concrete opportunities for change arisen.” – Helen Collinson et al., ‘Women and Revolution in Nicaragua’ […]
Testimonies From The Gloria Quintanilla Women’s Cooperative Of Nicaragua November 2, 2020 Testimonies From The Gloria Quintanilla Women’s Cooperative Of Nicaragua2020-11-022020-11-02https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/atc-e1604346910726.jpg200px200px Above photo: From July 11–21, 2019, the Friends of the ATC and the ATC hosted their “Solidarity with Nicaragua” delegation. Friends of the ATC. “The Land is Our Mother” When a group of campesinas in the community of Santa Julia, Nicaragua founded the Gloria Quintanilla Cooperative in 2008 with the Rural Workers’ Association (Asociación de Trabajadores del Campo – ATC), one of their basic rules was that men were not allowed to hurt women. With much struggle, they have rid […]
Protesters rally in Washington, D.C., during the latest Women’s March, demonstrations that began just after President Trump’s inauguration. Carol Guzy for NPR hide caption toggle caption Carol Guzy for NPR Protesters rally in Washington, D.C., during the latest Women’s March, demonstrations that began just after President Trump’s inauguration. Carol Guzy for NPR Women’s Marches are underway Saturday in Washington, D.C., and hundreds of cities across the country. The latest iteration of the protest event — first held the day after President Trump’s 2017 inauguration — comes as the Senate is moving toward a confirmation vote on the president’s third Supreme Court […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202010171080800680-belarusian-opposition-holding-womens-march-in-central-minsk—photos-videos/ MINSK (Sputnik) – Several dozen opposition supporters are holding a traditional women’s march in Minsk on Saturday, a Sputnik correspondent reported. A small group of participants first gathered near a shopping mall in the Belarusian capital and then started marching down Independence Avenue. Initially, they marched without slogans and symbols but later unfurled opposition white-red-white flags. Participants of the unsanctioned procession are also carrying flowers, white-and-red umbrellas and banners. As they move, other people join the column, not just women. From time to time, the marching crowd shouts to passers-by: “Join us!” No law […]
Kandice Ortega cleaned the tables and phones in building 503 with a sanitary pad. There were no fresh rags, but she didn’t want to live in filth — cleanliness had taken on a new, pressing importance. Like many, Ortega worried about getting COVID-19. But unlike much of the country, Ortega had few options to limit her exposure. She is incarcerated at the Central California Women’s Facility (CCWF), the largest women’s prison in the world. When CCWF officials began to limit activities and movement to safeguard against the coronavirus, building 503 was turned into a quarantine unit with 100 beds for isolation. […]
Polish teenage tennis prodigy Iga Swiatek didn’t just defeat Sofia Kenin at Roland Garros. She dominated her to capture her first career Grand Slam in remarkable fashion in a one-sided French Open final. Swiatek hammered Kenin with a barrage of stunning passing shots to claim the title 6-4, 6-1 and become Poland’s first Grand Slam champion. The 19-year-old started fast, and raced into a 3-0 lead before Kenin fought back. But the Pole wouldn’t be denied as she found her consistency to claim the first set. Also on rt.com ‘I need to play my best’: Rafael Nadal says he’ll have to […]
Events preceding the Women’s World Cup final soccer match between the United States and the Netherlands in Decines, France, in 2019. FIFA President Gianni Infantino has suggested that the FIFA Women’s World Cup could be held every two years instead of every four years. Francois Mori/AP hide caption toggle caption Francois Mori/AP Events preceding the Women’s World Cup final soccer match between the United States and the Netherlands in Decines, France, in 2019. FIFA President Gianni Infantino has suggested that the FIFA Women’s World Cup could be held every two years instead of every four years. Francois Mori/AP After a record-breaking […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/0c/1080441108_0:0:3108:1749_1200x675_80_0_0_8d13f40fdfdbe61c3bc1e04172587908.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/europe/202009121080441143-belarusian-riot-police-detain-participants-of-womens-march-in-minsk/ MINSK (Sputnik) – The Belarusian riot police have started to detain people during a so-called women’s march that is underway in downtown Minsk, a Sputnik correspondent reported on Saturday. Several hundred women gathered on the Independence Square of the Belarusian capital, ignoring calls to disperse. In a comment to Sputnik, police have confirmed the detentions but refrained from specifying the number. Belarus has been rocked by large-scale protests since the August 9 election, which saw President Alexander Lukashenko re-elected for a sixth term. The opposition rejected the outcome, claiming that Svetlana Tikhanovskaya won the […]
Last weekend, up to 1,000 protesters, most of whom were women, gathered in the centre of the Belarusian capital to protest against police violence during the initial days of anti-government rallies across the country. Up to 4,000 women have reportedly gathered on Saturday in Minsk, the capital of Belarus, to hold a protest against police brutality called the “Women’s Peace March”. The activists are carrying red and white flags, the same as the official state flag in 1991-1995, as well as the banners of other states to show their appreciation for all the support for Belarus. Many of the women have […]
Thousands of pro-opposition women marched and tried to breach a police cordon in central Minsk on Saturday while ‘motor rallies’ were held in support of President Alexander Lukashenko, as political turmoil continues in Belarus. The women were carrying flowers, white-red-white flags and white-red-white umbrellas, and chanting slogans such as “Shame!”, “We will not forget, we will not forgive!” and “Long live Belarus!” The protesters had planned to march along Independence Avenue, but minibuses blocked their way. Police warned the marchers that their action was unauthorized and called on the crowd not to disturb public order and to break up the gathering. […]
Eighteen months after seeming to pull their sponsorship of the Women’s March due to allegations of anti-Semistim among the group’s leadership, it appears the Democratic National Committee has welcomed two of the organization’s controversial former leaders back into the fold. Tamika Mallory, the former co-president of the Women’s March, spoke briefly during Monday’s meeting of the Black Caucus about the importance of securing justice for Breonna Taylor, an EMT who was shot by police as they executed a no-knock warrant at her home in May. In January 2019, Mallory appeared on The View to address criticism and allegations of her team’s […]
18 Aug, 2020 13:39 Follow RT on US President Donald Trump has announced he will issue a full pardon for women’s suffrage leader Susan B. Anthony in honor of the hundredth anniversary of women getting the vote. Anthony was convicted of voting in 1873. Follow RT on Source link
Alice Paul, a leader of the National Woman’s Party, unfurls the ratification banner with its new 36th star after Tennessee ratified the 19th Amendment on Aug. 18, 1920. The amendment prohibits denying the right to vote based on sex. Harris & Ewing/Library of Congress The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified 100 years ago this week, and it comprises just 39 words: The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by […]
The Supreme Court has struck down a Louisiana abortion law that opponents say would have closed all but one abortion clinic in the state and had lasting repercussions for reproductive rights across the country. The Louisiana law, known as Act 620, would have required abortion providers to have the ability to admit patients at local hospitals. Supporters said the legislation promoted safety and continuity of care; abortion-rights advocates say it was a medically unnecessary restriction would force abortion clinics to shutter because many abortion providers have been denied such privileges. In a 5-4 decision issued Monday, Justice Stephen Breyer wrote the […]
Doctors should start screening all women and girls for anxiety, according a prominent women’s health group. Maskot/Getty Images/Maskot hide caption toggle caption Maskot/Getty Images/Maskot Doctors should start screening all women and girls for anxiety, according a prominent women’s health group. Maskot/Getty Images/Maskot All adult and adolescent women and girls should be screened for anxiety, according to a new recommendation from a coalition of women’s health groups. The guidelines, issued by the Women’s Preventive Services Initiative, advise primary care doctors and other health providers to screen all female patients for anxiety disorders beginning at age 13. The panel of medical experts noted […]
If mixed martial arts has a few too many rules for your tastes, perhaps it is time to cast a glance towards the new Polish fight league Wotore – a bizarre, violent hybrid of MMA, bareknuckle boxing and, yes, sumo wrestling. Wotore bouts couldn’t be much more different when compared to its MMA cousin. For one, there are no time limits. There aren’t even any rounds. There are no weight classes. Fights will proceed until there is a winner. Fortunately, given the arsenal that each fighter is allowed to use within the sport’s ruleset the fights don’t often proceed for very […]
There’s something so satisfying about a matching pajama set. It’s like wearing a suit, except you won’t look silly lounging in bed wearing it. A matching set makes me think of early ‘90s rom-coms and sleepovers, where girls gossiped and put on face masks. My typical pajama choice is an old, baggy t-shirt and some comfy underwear, but seeing all of these matching sets has me thinking I’m missing out on something. This matching set is made from a cotton-jersey blend and features tiny polka dots and contrast piping. It’s as classic as you can get. Women’s Beautifully Soft Notch Collar […]