Record number of Black women are running for U.S. Congress
Source: Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Joyce Elliott, an Arkansas state senator who is seeking a U.S. congressional seat in November, was the second Black student to attend her local public high school; the first was her older sister. If elected in November, she will be the first Black lawmaker in Congress from Arkansas, ever. On […]
Celebrating 100 Years of Women Voting
Wednesday, August 26, 2020 – 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm The year 2020 marks the 100th Anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment, guaranteeing and protecting women’s constitutional right to vote. Women throughout New Mexico and around the country will convene in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on our virtual stage on August 26, 2020 from […]
Supreme Court Upholds Trump Administration Regulation Letting Employers Opt Out of Birth Control Coverage
Source: The New York Times The regulation was the latest attempt to undermine the “contraception mandate,” a signature initiative of the Obama administration. The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a Trump administration regulation that lets employers with religious or moral objections limit women’s access to birth control coverage under the Affordable Care Act and could […]
‘Not My Fault’: Women in Mexico Fight Back Against Violence
Source: The New York Times ECATEPEC, Mexico — Itan Flores was a young teenager when her first boyfriend imprisoned her for six weeks in a room furnished with just a mattress and a radio. He returned only to rape her, she said, often withholding food and water. She escaped when he forgot to lock the […]
US Stance at UN a Backward Step on Women’s Rights
Source: Human Rights Watch Trump administration threatens to veto Security Council Resolution on sexual violence. (New York) – The United States’ threat to veto a United Nations Security Council resolution on sexual violence in conflict because it mentioned women’s reproductive health services is another deeply cynical and cruel step in its assault on women’s rights in US foreign policy, […]