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Womens Equality Day

The Unfinished Agenda on Women's Equality Day

Carol Peasley | Posted 09.26.2009 | World

Read More: Women's Equality Day, India, Women's Rights, US Ratification of CEDAW, Afghanistan Election 2009, Women's Vote, Afghanistan, Cedaw, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Cedpa, World News
Carol Peasley

Ws we think back on August 26, 1920, we should also look forward. We've come a long way towards achieving equality for women, but we are not yet there.

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Women's Rights and Human Rights

Judi Jennings | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Globalization, Women's Rights, US History, Social Justice, Feminism, Women's Equality Day, Politics News
Judi Jennings

By understanding the history behind Women's Equality Day, we can clarify the interconnectedness of the forces that maintain global systems of oppression by denying human rights, and we can shape new strategies effective in countering those global forces.

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The Battlefield to the Domestic Front: A Note on Women's Equality Day

Marie Wilson | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Women in Military, Leadership, Women, Women's Equality Day, Women at War, 19th Amendment, Women's Suffrage, Female Executive Pay, Working Women, Female Soldiers, Politics News
Marie Wilson

Today, women stand ready to serve, and in Iraq and Afghanistan, leaders placed their trust in women to lead. It is time we do the same at home.

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Women's Equality Day: Some Things You Should Know

Luis R. Burgos, Jr. | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Equality, Women, Women's Rights, Women's Suffrage, Women's Issues, Income Inequality, Women's Equality Day, Politics News
Luis R. Burgos, Jr.

While the 19th Amendment to the Constitution that granted women's suffrage seems like ancient history (it became law in 1920), we actually still have a long way to go.

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Never Done and Under Paid

Elizabeth Gregory | Posted 10.01.2008 | Living

Read More: Women's Equality Day, Fmla, Family Friendly Policy, Birth Control, Gdp, Women's Work, Labor Day, Lilly Ledbetter, Infertility Insurance, Economy, Breaking News, Living News
Elizabeth Gregory

This year Labor Day and Women's Equality Day bookend the week: a timely conjunction, since tension over what properly constitutes women's work is the crux of much of our current public discourse.

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