By forcing women to carry to term sick or malformed fetuses, the Polish government is de facto sentencing women to death. Unsafe abortions are one of the leading causes of maternal mortality; over 7 million women suffer complications each year. ...
"All this talk, for and against babies, is by men. One would think the men bore the babies, reared the babies. The women bear and rear the children. The men kill them. Then they say: ‘We are running short of children—make some more." — Charlotte ...
Poland's top court has ruled that abortions in cases of foetal defects are unconstitutional. Almost all legal abortions in Poland are performed on the grounds of foetal defects, so this ruling effectively bans pregnancy terminations. #WyrokNaKobiety ...
"Recent changes, including the right to drive and travel without male guardian permission, might be significant, but do not hide the fact that some of the women who campaigned for these changes still languish behind bars." #SexNotGender ...
RT @LicoriceMedusa: “ The Brazilian Forum on Public Security said 66,123 rapes were reported last year – one every eight minutes. Nearly 86% of victims were female and 60% under-14.” https://t.co/2oPMJG...
"Just as there may finally be a reckoning about racial injustice, I hope there may one day soon be a reckoning about male violence, oppression and woman-hatred; including a reckoning about this moment in history when men tried to run off with women’s ...
80 - 90% of garment workers (ie, sweatshop workers) are women and girls. They are mostly Asian women, making clothing for Western companies owned by incredibly wealthy men, sexually abused in factories, in some cases starving to death to feed their ...
A debate over sexual violence has erupted in Brazil after one of its leading football clubs tried to recruit a convicted rapist. “I’m laughing because I couldn’t care less, the woman was completely drunk, she has no idea what happened.” #SexNotGender ...
"We’ve seen the abuse women politicians are getting, but they’ve kept on going despite that. To then have a biological man rock up and say, ‘I’m a woman and I’m going to represent you’, well, the answer is, ‘No. You can’t possibly.’" #SexNotGender ...
Women in rural Kenya are disproportionally affected by climate change as they struggle to find food for their families. The BOMA Project offers grants to the most vulnerable in society, allowing women to generate their own income. ...
The 350 cases include those where the victims had no access to a fair trial because Okinawa was under U.S. military control. They also include assaults not pursued as criminal cases and attacks where victims came forward years later. #SexNotGender ...
There were interesting replies to my thread so I decided to run a poll! Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: When men wear make-up and high heels, even as a hobby, they are perpetuating and normalizing modes of women's oppression. ...
Exactly. The objectification of women, and male entitlement to our lives, is at the root of it all. #SexNotGender https://t.co/fyNmNT...
"After discovering his sister’s body, Mr Quinn found a photo of Arthurell wearing Ms Mulhall’s dress and a wig. Arthurell plans to undergo a sex change as soon as possible, and the court heard Arthurell identified as transgender." #SexNotGender ...
Pornography is sexual terrorism against women. This will get worse. It's time to bring back anti-porn feminism and declare once and for all that filmed rape is never 'free speech,' and that our dignity is worth more than the sex industry. ...
Pornhub is accused of contributing to the collapse of the investigation after failing to co-operate with requests for information. Pornhub claims it did not receive the emails. The case was closed due to a lack of evidence. #TraffickingHub ...
A study of 620 Australian women living with the painful and often debilitating condition endometriosis found women have to wait an average of 6 years before being diagnosed and often undergo surgeries that fail to improve their chronic pain. ...
He's married. I bet we can guess who scrubs the toilets. It would be far more helpful for men to perform the thankless unpaid work women are expected to do, but then, that isn't nearly so easy. https://t.co/7QnZbm...