Tag: Women’s Rights
Ela Bhatt, Advocate for Women Workers in India, Dies at 89
NEW DELHI — Ela Bhatt, a champion of gender justice and equality who secured protections for millions of…
States With Abortion Bans Risk Losing Their Economic Edge
As a group of conservative states enacted severe abortion restrictions last year, Gov. J.B. Pritzker of Illinois sent…
China Offers Women Perks for Having Babies, if They’re Married
When Chan Zhang heard about the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, she was baffled…
The Far Right and Far Left Agree on One Thing: Women Don’t Count
Perhaps it makes sense that women — those supposedly compliant and agreeable, self-sacrificing and everything-nice creatures — were…
The Radical Reign of Clarence Thomas
WASHINGTON — “What is happening here?” a distraught Nancy Pelosi said on Friday.It’s a good question and I…
The Day the Supreme Court Crashed the Title IX Party
But Friday hummed with sadness. By taking an ax to Roe v. Wade, the landmark ruling that nearly…
Attack on Women in China Stirs Outrage, and Competing Narratives
BEIJING — The man walked into a barbecue restaurant in northern China and approached a table of three…
Poland Shows the Risks for Women When Abortion Is Banned
PSZCZYNA, Poland — It was shortly before 11 p.m. when Izabela Sajbor realized the doctors were prepared to…
What Sheryl Sandberg’s ‘Lean In’ Has Meant to Women
When Amy Bailey, a communications strategist, read “Lean In” by Sheryl Sandberg, the year was 2013. The #MeToo…
Amber Heard and the Death of #MeToo
This doesn’t mean that the case is entirely straightforward. Heard has admitted hitting Depp, and has been recorded…
Harris Emerges as the Voice of Abortion Rights in the Biden Administration
WASHINGTON — With three words last week, Vice President Kamala Harris inserted herself forcefully into the roiling debate…
How Roe Shaped the World of Work for Women
When Barbara Schwartz looks back at her younger days working as a Broadway stagehand, she remembers the electricity…