Tag: Women

‘Why Family/CPS Courts Target ‘Fit’ Parents & Why the General Public is Unaware of this National Crisis’ (short version) | HuffPost

“Rich, poor, middle-class — no child in America is safe.” These words of award-winning investigative journalist Keith Harmon Snow (author of The Worst In… I am crying , rejoicing.. #WeGotThis
— Read on www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/why-familycps-courts-target-fit-parents-why-the_us_59cf1dc2e4b034ae778d4ab1

Red River snow sculptures honour murdered, missing Indigenous women and girls | CBC News

If you’re out skating the river trail this weekend you may notice snowy figures stretched out across the ice.
— Read on www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/red-river-snow-sculptures-mmiwg-1.4967005

Paralysed by violent partner, woman found ‘partly responsible’ by French court | Euronews

Horrific judgment !

A woman has been found “partly responsible” and denied full compensation by a French court after she was paralysed from the waist down by her violent partner.
— Read on www.euronews.com/2019/01/04/paralysed-by-violent-partner-woman-found-partly-responsible-by-french-court

What It Looks Like To Have A Record Number Of Women In The House Of Representatives : NPR

It’s a beginning , balance in all things . Especially in those abled in

all ways to represent ” we”; not me .

The 116th Congress has 127 female members — 102 of them in the House. That’s far more than the previous record, but it also is far from gender parity.
— Read on www.npr.org/2019/01/04/678227272/what-it-looks-like-to-have-a-record-number-of-women-in-the-house-of-representati

Domestic Violence Shelters Scramble To Keep Doors Open Amid Shutdown | HuffPost

Federal funds are key for these critical programs, which often operate paycheck to paycheck.
— Read on www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/government-shutdown-domestic-violence-shelters_us_5c2e7ee7e4b08aaf7a97a9fe

Police officers in the US were charged with more than 400 rapes over a 9-year period – CNN

According to a university survey, police officers in the US were charged with forcible rape 405 times between 2005 and 2013. But many sexual assaults went unreported, experts say.
— Read on edition.cnn.com/2018/10/19/us/police-sexual-assaults-maryland-scope/index.html

How India celebrated Jan 1, 2019

This is what 5 million women standing up to the patriarchy look like. Today in Kerala, India, women came together to make a 620 kilometer long wall crossing all 14 districts of the state. They are demanding gender equality and justice in what is being described as the start of a new wave of feminist politics in India.

Why Don’t We Believe Women When They Tell Us They’re Sick? | Cognoscenti

To move the needle so that women are viewed as the experts of their own conditions, writes Amy Carleton, we need to trust the value of their reports.
— Read on www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/2018/08/15/why-dont-we-take-womens-pain-seriously-amy-carleton

Brazilians make New Year’s offerings to sea goddess – Trending & Viral News – 13 WTHR Indianapolis

Worshippers of a sea goddess gathered on Copacabana Beach Saturday to honor the so-called queen of the sea.
— Read on www.wthr.com/article/brazilians-make-new-years-offerings-sea-goddess