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The article goes over women's rights to choose. Pro choice and how society does not have the right to tell a woman what to do with her body.

Since 1972 the ACLU has been working to secure gender equality and ensure that all women and girls are able to lead lives of dignity, free from violence and discrimination, including discrimination based on gender stereotypes.

The fact that women and other people in our country and other countries have to even fight to be equal is disgusting. We are all the same and deserve to be treated the same. The fight must continue.

It is crazy to think that in 2017 that we as humans can't treat one another the same as you would want to be treated yourself. I am not a woman but I do have a wife and daughter that I would hate/despise if they were treated any less than myself for any reason.

This article questions whether women's rights have come full circle. The author focuses on pregnancy in the work-place.

The effort to secure equal rights for women and to remove gender discrimination from laws, institutions, and behavioral patterns. The women's rights movement began in the nineteenth century with the demand by some women reformers for the right to vote, known as suffrage, and for the same legal rights as men.

This document identifies the struggles of women in the middle east and north Africa as well as the struggles they go through everyday. You'd think we'd be more worried about this as a country seeing how "equal rights" driven we are.

It is sad to see that in some countries women still do not have rights, or that their rights are very limited.

This is very interesting to be honest I had no idea that women were not being given equal rights in other places.

This website gives a great snapshot of the history of Women's Rights. All the way from 1848-1998.

I enjoyed reading this article and learning more about how women had to fight so hard to be treated with the same respected, or to get paid the same as man do. It's crazy to think how far they have gotten.

An article about how Sharia law different interpretations and applications is affecting women's rights, in all parts of the globe.

As much as our women's rights laws have changed in the past years,other countries have not come as far. Some countries,however,are moving small strides towards better days for women. Lebanon's parliament has repealed their "rape law" which allows rapists to escape imprisonment if they marry their victim. Passing the law is just the first step though,applying the law is going to take time and effort.

This article was quite informative and tragic to read, seeing as women are still being treated as less in other countries. While the United States harbors its own cases of gender inequality, women in other countries are faced with injustices they cannot fight on behalf of misogynistic views. While feminism has grown largely within the United States, it seems to lack intersectionalism, which excludes the rights of women in countries ran by a patriarch. I think that this article displays the wrong in the world that can be acknowledged by men women, feminists and non-feminists.

Pro's and Con's for the debate on Abortion. Gives more factual information versus personal opinion. Followed by an article questioning "Should abortion be legal?"

Why are Black women over 3 times more likely to obtain an abortion than White women? Even though African Americans are only 12.6% of the population, they received 30% of the 1.2 million abortions in 2008 (latest available statistics), killing 360,000 Black babies at a rate of nearly 1,000 per day.

This article goes over why black women are 3 times more likely to have an abortion. In addition to that, it goes over why Planned Parenthood's are strategically place in black poverty neighborhoods.

A brief description of women's role in the Islamic Culture The women's rights in education, marriage, financial responsibilities.

Muhammad was a pedophile. Sharia Law does not respect women's rights and is very vengeful. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irLy7cJz_mY

A shooting made on Planned Parent hood. The article shows how women's rights and gun violence have a long history together.

Explains the socialist's side of why women should have the right to abort. It needs to be given to any women who feels like they need it, poor or not.

Group of women's right supports come to protest a neomasculine group meeting to "legalize rape."

There are many social justice issues when it comes to females being discriminated against solely due to gender. Unfortunately, it seems more common than not for a woman to experience violence. This website points out some of the different gender-based violence taken against females.

Its unfortunate that we still have a problem with gender rights and making awareness of this topic definitely helps fight it!

The role of women in the Islamic Culture, an overview from the historical point of view. How the historical and political changes along the years influenced the view on women's rights.

This article takes a modern spin on Women Inequalities. The author presents recent Face Book examples and then explains how the fight for equality is still present.

This is a website that explains birth control. Also, there is explanations as to why women should have the right to use birth control. Although the website takes a biased approach, included are reasons as to why many believe women should not be allowed to take birth control.

Missouri reintroduced a bill stating that a woman had to have written consent from the father before she could have an abortion. Rick Brattin, a supporter of the bill, said that since he has to get written consent from his wife to have a vasectomy, women should have written consent to have an abortion. Pro choice groups are extremely mad at the idea.

Discusses New York governor signing bills to initiate steps to giving women fair rights in the workplace. Some of the bills include laws put into place such as pay equality and sexual harassment in the workplace.