women's rights

Latin Americans support UN in condemning violence against women

December 2, 2011 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

Every year governments and human rights groups are supposed to be campaigning for increasing resources and public awareness aimed at ending violence against women.

Big win for women in Mississippi, but downsides too

November 9, 2011 By Ryan C. Ebersole

The ambiguously worded and short-sighted proposal, if passed, could have had terrible consequences for Mississippi women and their families.

400 union women at confab demand equality and union rights

September 16, 2011 By Beatrice Lumpkin

Over 400 union women came to the Coalition of Labor Union Women's 16th Biennial Convention in Orlando, September 7-10, to demand equality and to defend union rights. The women came from many different unions to speak...

The Strauss-Kahn dismissal: Blaming the victim, again

August 24, 2011 By PW Editorial Board

For a while, it looked like the victim might have her day in court, and win justice.

Fight to end sex trafficking

August 5, 2011 By Brian McAfee

One of the most significant scourges worldwide is the ongoing exploitation and sexual abuse of over 2 million girls, and sometimes boys, through sex trafficking.