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Weekly Feminist News Digest - 11/11/2013 - 11/15/2013
The Weekly Feminist News Digest is a service of the Feminist Majority Foundation, made possible through the support of individuals like you. Your contribution is vital to the continued success of our empowering work. Donate Today!Top Feminist News - 11/11/2013 - 11/15/2013 Nov 15 2013 Report Shows Strong Global Commitment to Family Planning A report released Wednesday by Family Planning 2020 (FP2020), "a global partnership that supports the rights of women and girls to decide, freely, and for themselves, whether, when, and how many children they want to have," details successes and progress made in international commitments to improving family planning since the 2012 London Summit on Family Planning...http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=14715 Nov 14 2013 Hawaii Governor Signs Marriage Equality Bill Hawaii became the fifteenth state to legalize same-sex marriage yesterday after Governor Neil Abercrombie signed a marriage equality bill into law. The bill "recognizes marriages between individuals of the same sex and extends to same-sex couples the same rights, benefits, protections, and responsibilities of marriage that opposite-sex couples receive," according to a press release from Governor Abercrombie...http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=14712 Nov 13 2013 Military Sexual Assault Victims Barred from Essential Disability Benefits A new report by the ACLU, the Service Women's Action Network, and the Veterans Legal Service Clinic at Yale Law School alleges that the US Department of Veteran's Affairs (VA) discriminates against thousands of Military Sexual Trauma (MST) survivors seeking mental health disability benefits...http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=14709 Nov 12 2013 Circuit Court Blocks Obamacare Contraception Mandate Two for-profit companies won a ruling by the Seventh Circuit Court to protect them from the mandate to cover birth control benefits as part of their employee's insurance, as required by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act... http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=14705 Nov 11 2013 Obama Administration Issues Mental Health Parity Rule The Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and Treasury jointly issued a final rule last Friday to increase parity between mental health and substance use disorder benefits and other medical benefits...http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=14702 Other Feminist News This Week Nov 15 2013 Man Charged in Renisha McBride's Deathhttp://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=14714 Nov 14 2013 Senators Introduce Pro-Choice Bill to Combat TRAP Lawshttp://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=14713 Nov 13 2013 Anti-Abortion Extremists Urge Volunteers to Kidnap Women http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=14710 Nov 13 2013 US Supreme Court Rejects Case to Reinstate Required Ultrasounds for Abortions http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=14711
Nov 12 2013
International Conference on Family Planning Starts Todayhttp://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=14704
Nov 12 2013
Bangladesh Garment Workers Met With Violence During Protest for Higher Wageshttp://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=14708
Nov 11 2013
UN Reports: Women's Access to and Control of Land Protects Human Rightshttp://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=14701
Nov 11 2013
Employees Conduct Largest Strike in Walmart Historyhttp://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=14703 |
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