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The right to abortion was won in the United States in 1973 through a mass struggle in the streets that culminated in the Supreme Court Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion....

"To me, it is now a question of sovereignty." President of the Oglala Sioux Tribe on the Pine Ridge Reservation, Cecilia Fire Thunder, says "I will personally establish a Planned Parenthood clinic on my own land which is within the boundaries of the Pine Ridge Reservation where the State of South Dakota has absolutely no jurisdiction."...

Abstract: This article will focus on the role of women in three red power events: the occupation of Alcatraz Island, the Fish-in movement, and the occupation at Wounded Knee. Men held most public roles at Alcatraz and Wounded Knee, even though women were the numerical majority at Wounded Knee. Female elders played a significant role at Wounded Knee, where the occupation was originally their idea. In contrast to these two occupations, the public leaders of the Fish-in movement were women—not a...

Not much cause for celebration As millions of women around the world celebrate International Women’s Day on the 8th of March, some women have little to celebrate. This is certainly the case for Iraqi women, whose daily lives have been reduced to the sheer struggle for survival. When a woman leaves her house in today’s Iraq, she embraces her loved ones as if she might never return. And many won’t. Iraqi women face missiles and random shootings by the U.S. and British forces, terrori...

In conjunction with our Women Say No To War campaign, CODEPINK brought five women from Iraq to the US for International Women's Day. These courageous women are now on a tour across the country, and one of them will be coming to YOUR area this week to share her personal story and speak out against the occupation of Iraq....

GiRL FeST Bay Area is a multimedia art festival and conference that will take place March 24-26, 2006 at venues in Berkeley and in San Francisco, California. GiRL FeST's mission is to prevent violence against women and girls through education and art....

The March 21 press conference will include a major announcement by women's organizations in response to the ban, which is expected to be used by anti-choice activists to force the U.S. Supreme Court to reconsider Roe v Wade....

Is this a "Big Pharma" issue?...

Malalai Joya Speaks Out, a talk by the 27 year old Afghan Parliamentarian who has survived assassination attempts and continues to speak out against abuses by warlords and drug lords...

The new Palestinian legislative council includes 17 women, six of whom were elected on the slate of Hamas, the Islamic Resistance Movement. Kate Raphael interviewed one of them, Jamila al-Shanty, about her priorities for women and whether Hamas plans to make laws that restrict women's freedom....