• A fight for the future of women’s rights

    I landed at Sydney airport last week at the exact time that Sall Grover was being cross examined in the…What to read next: Tasmania: where women’s rights never arrived | Pride, prisons, and women’s rights | Women need protection | Swiss grannies upstage Greta as court rules on climate ‘rights’

  • Saudi Arabia´s influence on women´s rights

    The UN´s upcoming Status of Women Commission will be chaired by Saudi Arabia; will this threaten or benefit gender politics across the world? This March, Saudi Arabia was elected to chair the UN‘s forum to promote women’s rights and reduce gender discrimination. None of the UN member states protested; Saudi Arabia UN´s ambassador, Abdulaziz Alswasil, […]

  • Colbert, Goodwin Fret Voting and Women's Rights 'Are Now Being Denied'

    Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin traveled to CBS and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Wednesday to promote her new book, which is part history, part memoir about her and her late husband’s experiences in the 1960s. For Goodwin and Colbert, the main takeaway was that the achievements of the 60s, such as civil rights, are currently under threat. Goodwin’s husband Dick was an adviser to Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson as well as Sen. Robert Kennedy, and she recalled to Colbert an...

  • Colbert, Goodwin Fret Voting and Women's Rights 'Are Now Being Denied'

    Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin traveled to CBS and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Wednesday to promote her new book, which is part history, part memoir about her and her late husband’s experiences in the 1960s. For Goodwin and Colbert, the main takeaway was that the achievements of the 60s, such as civil rights, are currently under threat. Goodwin’s husband Dick was an adviser to Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson as well as Sen. Robert Kennedy, and she recalled to Colbert an...

  • National March for Life will rally Canadians in defense of the right to life for all

    The 27th National March for Life will gather Canadians from across the country to stand up for the rights of the unborn and other vulnerable human beings.

  • ‘This is a violent attack against women’: Florida Senate candidate seeks to channel abortion outrage

    Democrat Debbie Mucarsel-Powell is challenging incumbent Rick Scott and highlighting his ‘unapologetic and proud’ support for the state’s six-week banA round table on abortion rights, hosted by Florida’s Democratic Senate candidate Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, has only just begun, and already she finds herself comforting a woman in tears with a very personal story to tell.The woman is from Colombia, and speaks softly in Spanish as she tells the intimate gathering of the Miami-Dade Hispanic Democratic...

  • Brazil: Búzios deepwater field produces 1 billion barrels of oil in March

    The Búzios Field in the Santos Basin, the largest ultra-deepwater facility of that kind worldwide, produced 1 billion barrels of oil in March, the state-owned company Petrobras announced this week, Agencia Brasil reported. Petrobras operates the field in a consortium with Pré-Sal Petróleo (PPSA) and the Chinese companies CNOOC and CNODC.

  • Civil rights lawyer, Clark Kent lookalike turns accidental superhero in Brazil

    Leonardo Muylaert was just another mild-mannered professional on vacation with his girlfriend when the 36-year-old Brazilian went viral on social media thanks to an unexpected superpower that has changed his life: his uncanny resemblance to Superman.

  • Former UMaine women’s hockey players seek medal in World Championships

    Tereza Vanisova and Vendula Pribylova and their Czechia teammates can win a medal during the International Ice Hockey Federation World Championships this weekend.

  • The pro-Putin far right is on the march across Europe – and it could spell tragedy for Ukraine

    With Slovakia the latest member to elect a Russia-leaning leader, the EU is increasingly open to hostile interferenceThe victory for Peter Pellegrini in Slovakia’s presidential election is just the latest triumph for the far right in Europe. Even though the role of president is largely symbolic, his win over his pro-European rival, Ivan Korčok, by a comfortable six-point margin, consolidates the power of the prime minister, Robert Fico. The result is one of a growing number of victories for...

  • Liberia: WONGOSOL Slams Lawmaker’s Remarks Against Women Human Rights Defenders

    MONROVIA – In a sharp rebuttal to recent comments made by Representative Yekeh Kolubah, the Women NGOs Secretariat of Liberia (WONGOSOL) has vehemently criticized the lawmaker for his disparaging remarks against Women Human Rights Defenders. The statement comes in response to Rep. Kolubah’s derogatory characterization of women rights defenders as “less busy individuals” during a []

  • Rights group PUCL seeks disqualification of PM Narendra Modi for hate speech in Rajasthan

    Members of the People’s Union for Civil Liberties also urged the police to register an FIR against the prime minister.