Abortion is a difficult topic to talk about. Now more than ever it is important to be able to speak about abortion in clear, medically accurate, non-stigmatizing ways. WA Pro Choice has given us a guide on talking about abortion in an open, nonjudgmental way, … read more.
The Supreme Court has just walked back the rights of over half the people in our country and now women’s bodily autonomy is controlled by politicians. Women will now have to compromise their health, undergo great financial stress, live months if not years with the … read more.
Problem. Period. Part 2 of 2
Written by: Vicki Roberts-Gassler | Advocates for Women, News Group
In emerging economies, where poverty is even deeper and more widespread than in wealthier countries, the problems associated with periods are compounded. The instances of girls staying home from school while … read more.
Problem. Period. Part 1 of 2
Written by: Vicki Roberts-Gassler | Advocates for Women, News Group
Menstruation – It affects half the world: How can it be a problem? And yet – even in liberal countries of the developed world menstruation is a taboo subject. The taboo … read more.
Sex trafficking, alas, is alive and well in the US, a century and a half after the Civil War ended slavery, or at least legal slavery. In Seattle, the underground economy in sex generates more revenue than for drugs or guns! In their article … read more.
The recent mass shootings in Atlanta, have focused attention on the misogynist motivations involved in many mass and individual acts of violence against women. Violence against women is a systemic worldwide crisis that is perpetuated through an underlying message: Male sexual violence is to be … read more.
As we observe Women’s History Month, with International Women’s Day celebrated on March 8, today’s Unitarian Universalist women are involved in promoting gender equity in U*U communities around the world. Here is a look at the International Women’s Convocation.
The International Convocation of Unitarian and Universalist … read more.
Written by: Jinwon Kim
The term Obstetric fistula is unfamiliar to many in the USA. During a prolonged, obstructed labor an opening can develop in the birth canal, between the vagina and the rectum, urethra or bladder. In developed countries with good medical care, fistula is … read more.
Written by: Ingrid Naumann
Some 248,000 children as young as 12 were married in the U.S. between 2000 and 2010.
Actual data from 38 states showed more than 167,000 children wed in that decade. The other 12 states and Washington, D.C., could not provide the data. … read more.
Please join Advocates for Women for a Book Discussion –
Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth, by Sarah Smarsh.
Date and Time: Thursday, February 11th at 3pm
“Sarah Smarsh was born a fifth generation Kansas wheat … read more.
