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Undated:
Women's rights are the
rights and
entitlements claimed for
women and girls
worldwide, and formed the basis for the women's rights movement in the
nineteenth century and
feminist movement during the 20th century. In some countries, these rights
are institutionalized or supported by law, local custom, and behavior, whereas
in others they are ignored and suppressed. They differ from broader notions of
human
rights through claims of an inherent historical and traditional bias against
the exercise of rights by women and girls, in favor of men and boys.[1]
Issues commonly associated with notions of women's rights include the right: to
bodily integrity and
autonomy;
to be free from
sexual violence; to
vote; to hold public office; to enter into legal contracts; to have equal
rights in
family law;
to
work; to fair wages or
equal pay; to have
reproductive rights; to
own property;
to education.[2]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women's_rights
Undated: Despite great strides made by the
international women’s rights movement over many years, women and girls around
the world are still married as children or trafficked into forced labor and sex
slavery. They are refused access to education and political participation, and
some are trapped in conflicts where rape is perpetrated as a weapon of war.
Around the world, deaths related to pregnancy and childbirth are needlessly
high, and women are prevented from making deeply personal choices in their
private lives. Human Rights Watch is working toward the realization of women’s
empowerment and gender equality—protecting the rights and improving the lives of
women and girls on the ground.
https://www.hrw.org/topic/womens-rights?ea.client.id=1908&ea.campaign.id=40786&ea.tracking.id=ED2018EVSCgg&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI8vbWvc-34gIVW7jACh0Wcgs5EAAYASAAEgKooPD_BwE#
Undated: Women's suffrage is the
right of women to
vote in
elections. Beginning in the late 1800s, women worked for broad-based
economic and political equality and for social reforms, and sought to change
voting laws in order to allow them to vote.[1]
National and international organizations formed to coordinate efforts to gain
voting rights, especially the
International Woman Suffrage Alliance (founded in 1904, Berlin, Germany),
and also worked for equal civil rights for women.[2]
Women who owned property gained the right to vote in the
Isle of
Man in 1881, and in 1893, the British
colony of New Zealand granted all women the right to vote.[3]
Most independent countries enacted women's suffrage in the interwar era,
including Canada in 1917; Britain, Germany, Poland in 1918; Austria and the
Netherlands in 1919; and the United States in 1920.
Leslie Hume argues that the First World War changed the popular mood:
The women's contribution to the war effort challenged the notion of women's
physical and mental inferiority and made it more difficult to maintain that
women were, both by constitution and temperament, unfit to vote. If women could
work in munitions factories, it seemed both ungrateful and illogical to deny
them a place in the polling booth. But the vote was much more than simply a
reward for war work; the point was that women's participation in the war helped
to dispel the fears that surrounded women's entry into the public arena.[4]
Extended political campaigns by women and their supporters have generally been
necessary to gain legislation or constitutional amendments for women's suffrage.
In many countries, limited suffrage for women was granted before
universal suffrage for men; for instance, literate women or property owners
were granted suffrage before all men received it. The
United Nations encouraged women's suffrage in the years following World War
II, and the
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
(1979) identifies it as a basic right with 189 countries currently being parties
to this Convention.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women's_suffrage
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Undated:
The Trump Administration Wants to Take Away Women's Rights
Healthcare for women, our rights, and our communities are facing unprecedented
attacks.
Despite the fact that birth control is essential health care and the key to
women’s economic and social advancement, the Trump administration is hell-bent
on getting rid of access to it.
Not on our watch.
Planned Parenthood and supporters are fighting back to ensure that everyone,
regardless of income or zip code, has access to birth control. The Trump
administration continues to attack access to this basic health care — whether
through employer-provided health insurance, federal programs like
Title X, or Planned Parenthood health centers — and threaten the decades of
progress we’ve made.
https://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/fight-for-birth-control/about
April 25: 100 Days, 100 Ways the Trump
Administration Is Harming Women and Families
https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/women/reports/2017/04/25/430969/100-days-100-ways-trump-administration-harming-women-families/
-- 2018 --
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Undated:
World Report 2018: United States | Human Rights Watch
The strong civil society and democratic institutions of the United States were
tested in the first year of the administration of President Donald Trump. Across
a range of issues in 2017, the US moved backward on human rights at home and
abroad.
Trump has targeted refugees and immigrants, calling them criminals and security
threats; emboldened racist politics by equivocating on white nationalism; and
consistently championed anti-Muslim ideas and policies. His administration has
embraced policies that will roll back access to reproductive health care for
women; championed health insurance changes that would leave many more Americans
without access to affordable health care; and undermined police accountability
for abuse. Trump has also expressed disdain for independent media and for
federal courts that have blocked some of his actions. And he has repeatedly
coddled autocratic leaders and showed little interest or leadership in pressing
for the respect of human rights abroad.
https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2018/country-chapters/united-states
Undated: When women are economically
empowered, they re-invest in their families and communities, producing a
multiplier effect that spurs economic growth and contributes to global peace and
stability. In February 2019, President Trump, established the Women’s Global
Development and Prosperity (W-GDP) Initiative, the first whole-of-government
effort to advance global women’s economic empowerment.
W-GDP seeks to reach 50 million women in the developing world by 2025 through
U.S. government activities, private-public partnerships, and a new, innovative
fund.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/wgdp/
January: If you care about women's rights,
you care about our Federal courts
Every year, federal courts decide cases that impact critical rights and freedoms
for women and girls across America. Federal judges issue rulings that ensure
women's access to reproductive healthcare, equal rights in education and the
workplace, and protection against sexual assault and violence. Judges play a
crutical role in interpreting how statues and constitutional protections affect
hundreds of milions of people in our country; girls, women, their children and
families, the communities they live and work in, and the opportunities of future
generations.
https://afj.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Trump-Nominees_Bad-for-Women.pdf
August 27:
Fact Check On Ivanka Trump’s Women’s Equality Day Post
On Sunday, the nation celebrated (sort of) the anniversary of the 19th
Amendment, when (white) women were granted the right to vote. Marked on the
calendar as “Women’s Equality Day,” the
half-baked holiday has been proclaimed by presidents and celebrated on
August 26 ever since the 1920 day that the amendment was signed.
Over the weekend, first daughter and White House advisor Ivanka Trump tweeted a
message and an image commemorating the day. She wrote, “On #WomensEqualityDay,
98 years ago today, American women were given the right to vote. When women
around the globe are empowered to fully and freely participate in all aspects of
society, the world will be more safe, just and prosperous for all!”
The trouble is that women weren’t “given” the right to vote. They demanded it.
They fought for it. They won it, and they only won it for some of them.
https://forward.com/schmooze/409040/fact-check-on-ivanka-trumps-womens-equality-day-post/
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December 11:
Middle Eastern Women’s Coalition Endorses President Donald Trump
MUSLIM, JEWISH & CHRISTIAN MIDDLE EASTERN WOMEN AND CHILD BRIDE WANT TO EXPLAIN
WHY THEY WILL ENDORSE PRESIDENT TRUMP
An international coalition of Women’s Rights activists will host a
high profile Speakers’ Forum and News Conference at the National Press
Club in Washington, DC, on December 11 to raise awareness about
barbaric abuse of women and child brides under Sharia Law, and to express their
unwavering support for President Donald Trump, who champions their cause.
“We are bringing women from all across the country and all over the world to
raise our unified voices in support of President Donald Trump,”
said coalition president Rabia Kazan. “President Obama created
ISIS and encouraged Sharia Law throughout the
Middle East, and for eight years he turned a deaf ear to our cries. Finally,
there is hope for us because of President Trump. He is changing the game. He is
the only one fighting for us, and for our human rights.”
The Middle Eastern Women’s Coalition wants to reform the barbaric practices of
child marriages, genital mutilations, honor killings and dress code restrictions
by initiating a cultural and religious revolution throughout the Middle East and
North Africa (MENA) region. They believe that only President Trump has both the
will and the international stature to do that.
The Press Club gathering will feature female anti-abuse crusaders from America
as well as Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Pakistan, Libya and Kurdistan –
all countries that allow or endorse Sharia Law. The stellar panel of prominent
women speakers, [includes many] whom at one time risked their lives to escape
from oppressive conditions in their own native countries ...
https://www.press.org/events/middle-eastern-women%E2%80%99s-coalition-endorses-president-donald-trump
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Undated:
The Trump Administration Wants to Take Away Women's Rights
Healthcare for women, our rights, and our communities are facing unprecedented
attacks.
Despite the fact that birth control is essential health care and the key to
women’s economic and social advancement, the Trump administration is hell-bent
on getting rid of access to it.
Not on our watch.
Planned Parenthood and supporters are fighting back to ensure that everyone,
regardless of income or zip code, has access to birth control. The Trump
administration continues to attack access to this basic health care — whether
through employer-provided health insurance, federal programs like
Title X, or Planned Parenthood health centers — and threaten the decades of
progress we’ve made.
https://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/fight-for-birth-control/about
April 15:
Trump's anti-abortion agenda emboldened an all-out war
on women's rights in dozens of states
Pro-lifers think they now have the Supreme Court votes to overturn Roe v. Wade.
And they're setting up the legal fights to get there.
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/trump-s-anti-abortion-agenda-emboldened-all-out-war-women-ncna994661
April 29:
Three Rulings Block Trump’s Latest Anti-Woman Attacks
Much time, energy, and money has been spent fighting the Trump Administration’s
efforts to undermine gender equity. But women aren’t just playing defense.
https://progressive.org/dispatches/three-rulings-block-trumps-latest-anti-woman-attacks-pettway-190429/
May 14:
What's behind the absurd gamble on women's rights and
health
Last week,
Georgia joined the ranks of states in a sudden rush to ban abortions after a
fetal heartbeat is detected, as early as six weeks after conception -- before a
woman may even know that she is pregnant. Kentucky, Mississippi, and Ohio passed
similar laws this year. Alabama is taking its fight against choice even
further,
with a bill that not only bans abortions but makes it a crime for a doctor
to perform an abortion.
Why the rush to pass legislation that will face an
inevitable challenge from civil liberties, civil rights, and womens' rights
organizations? Because anti-choice legislators believe they will
face a friendly bench in the [conservative-leaning] Supreme Court.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/13/opinions/georgia-alabama-abortion-bills-carliss-chatman/index.html
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May 20:
How the Trump Administration’s Contraception Rules
Trample Women’s Constitutional Rights
Three years have passed since access to birth control was
before
the Supreme Court. But now the issue has returned in force to the
circuit courts of appeals as 15 states challenge extreme contraception rollback
rules created by the Trump administration. The new rules, if upheld, could
eliminate contraception insurance coverage for millions of women nationwide.
Oral argument will be held tomorrow in the Third Circuit and on June 6 in the
Ninth Circuit.
Already, medical groups, business groups, and more are weighing in with their
own arguments in more than a dozen amicus briefs, making their case against
these rules that trample women’s constitutional rights and the ideals of
religious pluralism.
https://www.acslaw.org/expertforum/how-the-trump-administrations-contraception-rules-trample-womens-constitutional-rights/
May 24:
Black Trans Women Are Being Murdered in the Streets.
Now the Trump Administration Wants to Turn Us Away From Shelters and Health
Care.
It has been a horrific week for transgender and non-binary people. Muhlaysia
Booker, Claire Legato, and Michelle Simone are Black trans women who have been
murdered in the past week. At least
five
Black trans women have been killed so far in 2019.
On Wednesday, the Department of Housing and Urban
Development wants to give federally funded shelters a license to discriminate
and
turn away transgender people. The policy move is seen by many transgender
and non-binary people as an act of violence on our community and our lives.
https://www.aclu.org/blog/lgbt-rights/transgender-rights/black-trans-women-are-being-murdered-streets-now-trump
Ongoing: Trump Administration Civil and
Human Rights Rollbacks
https://civilrights.org/trump-rollbacks/
May 25: Pelosi Statement on Trump
Administration Assault on Women & Transgender Americans
https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/52419-2/
May 25:
Protesters demand end to killings of transgender women, Trump rollbacks
At least 26 transgender women were reported killed in
2018 and 29 in 2017, according to an LGBT advocacy group
http://news.trust.org//item/20190525004714-zykv8/
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