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No Liberation Without Community: In One of Her Final Interviews, Gloria Steinem on Her New Memoir, Chosen Family and the Future of Feminism
Herstory National Politics From her mother’s resilience to Wilma Mankiller’s wit, Steinem reflects on the people who shaped her life and the optimism she carried through it. Gloria Steinem walks past demonstrators in an undated photograph. (Jenny Warburg) “The written word has always been magic to me,” Gloria Steinem—celebrated writer, feminist activist and cofounder of this magazine—observes in her charming new memoir, An Unexpected Life.
Dreams Deferred: The Oppression of Women Judges Under Taliban Rule
On a cold Sunday morning in January 2021, Qadria Yasini, a judge on the Supreme Court of Afghanistan in Kabul, set out for work with her colleague, Zakia Herawi. As they rode in the back seat of a government-provided car, they were gunned down in broad daylight by three assassins, who then fled on foot and by motorcycle. When Yasini’s possessions were returned to her family, a Mother’s Day greeting from her two teenage sons was found in her handbag, riddled by bullets.
'Grace Under Pressure': A Look Back on the Late Cecile Richards
This article appears in the Spring 2025 issue of Ms. Join the Ms. community today and you’ll get issues delivered straight to your mailbox. In fall 2015, Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards was called to appear before the Oversight and Government Reform Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives. For months, antiabortion activists had circulated deceptively edited videos with the bogus claim that Planned Parenthood was unlawfully profiting from the sale of fetal tissue.
Roe Is Gone, Abortion Isn’t: Authors Carole Joffe and David Cohen on the Resilience of Reproductive Freedom
Three years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and denied women the right to abortion that had existed for nearly half a century. Fourteen states have since banned the procedure completely, with almost no exceptions. Four more have passed time limitations so onerous that the services are effectively unavailable. And yet abortions continue to take place across the country, in numbers equal to or greater than before. How has this been possible?
‘The Pill That Changes Everything’: The Ms. Q&A With Carrie N. Baker, Author of ‘Abortion Pills: U.S. History and Politics’
In recent years, the use of abortion pills has skyrocketed and now accounts for an estimated 63 percent of all abortions performed in medical settings, including through both brick-and-mortar clinics and telehealth providers. In addition, many abortion seekers obtain these medications through alternative avenues, including websites selling pills and community networks mailing them for free to people living in states banning abortion.
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Virtual Reality Players are Suffering Real Broken Bones, Other Injuries For Healthy Aging, Light Exercise or Sleep Beats Being Sedentary Sleep patterns, disorders differ between women and men More than one alcoholic drink a day raises heart disease risk for women Sharp rise in ER visits by kids ingesting melatonin products, CDC says Depression risks of menopause have been overstated, study finds After child's suicide, parents can be engulfed in self-blame and guilt AI's New Frontier:...
Beijing, 25 Years Later: Are Women Better Off?
Prime Minister Sanna Marin of Finland, June 15, 2020, in Helsinki. One major gain for women since the 1995 Beijing conference on gender equality has been a rise in female representation in national legislatures. Only 21 countries, however, have female national executives, the author notes. LAURI HEIKKINEN/GOVERNMENT OF FINLAND Twenty-five years ago, the United Nations hosted the largest gathering of women (and more than a few good men) in its 50-year history.
Celebrating the Accomplishments of the Beijing Conference on Women's Rights 25 Years Later
This article originally appeared in the Fall 2020 issue of Ms. Become a member today to read more reporting like this in print and through our app. Adopted in 1995, the U.N.’s Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action shaped aspirations for women’s equality in the 21st century—and no amount of resistance or repression since has been able to reverse its momentum. Twenty-five years ago, the United Nations hosted the largest gathering of women (and more than a few good men) in its 50-year history.
The Unifil Peacekeeping Mandate: Kicking the Southern Lebanon Can Down the Road
Finnish peacekeepers with the UN mission in Lebanon on patrol with the Lebanese Armed Forces along the Blue Line, June 23, 2020. The author writes that the recent renewal of the UN mission’s mandate was marked by rising tensions between the United States and other Security Council members, to little avail. PASQUAL GORRIZ/UN PHOTO On Aug. 28, the United Nations Security Council unanimously voted to renew its peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon, called Unifil, for another year.
The US Envoy for Iran Leaves Just as the US Pushes for a UN Vote on Its Weapons Ban
Brian Hook, the US envoy for Iran, with Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah, Kuwait City, July 27, 2020. Hook has left his job just as the US wants the UN Security Council to vote on a resolution extending the arms ban embedded in the Iran nuclear deal. Elliott Abrams, US envoy for Venezuela, is to replace Hook.
E-Learning Is Nothing New for UN Peacekeepers, but Demand Is Up
Michael Edeh, a peacekeeping officer enhancing his skills working for the UN-African Union mission in Darfur, Sudan, through an e-learning program. Demand for virtual training has become suddenly more critical as Covid-19 keeps spreading and national training centers are being shut down. Covid-19 has forced educators from preschools to universities to create digital classrooms overnight. But at least one global community has been using e-learning for more than a decade.
How Long We Did Wait
What if, in the years after the Civil War, the United States Congress had heeded the advice of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony and guaranteed universal suffrage as a basic condition of citizenship—for men and women—black and white? Had the democratic franchise been vastly expanded and administered by the federal government, might modern U.S. history have taken a different turn? Would the rights of all citizens have been safer, and the integrity of elections more secure?
Women Sighted at #UNGA. Plus: Iran's Warnings to the US and Russians Denied Visas
A historic first at the UN General Assembly high-level debate: an all-female bench from Norway. From left front row: Prime Minister Erna Solberg; Foreign Minister Ine Marie Eriksen Soreide; Ambassador Mona Juul; and parliamentarians in the back row. NORWAY MISSION TO THE UN How women’s issues could be more prominent at the United Nations General Assembly’s annual opening session remains an enigma.
Women Leaders to Watch at the UN's Big Meet
Kersti Kaljulaid, the president of Estonia, after her country’s election to the UN Security Council, June 7, 2019. She is scheduled to speak at the UN General Assembly on Sept. 25. Eastern Europe appears to dominate now with the most female government leaders globally.
A Radical Transformation " CUNY TV " City University Television
Latest edition: Judith Clark: A Radical TransformationTweetEpisode DetailsOriginal tape date: March 29, 2016.First aired: April 6, 2016.Investigative reporter Tom Robbins and Ronnie Eldridge discuss the purposes of imprisonment, the role of prison programming and rehabilitation versus retribution.
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