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Rosalynn Carter speaks on the ERA in Houston in November 1977 during the National Women’s Conference, where 2,000 elected delegates and over 32,000 observers participated in the first and only federally funded national conference for women in U.S. history. (HUM Images / Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

BY KATHY BONK | In the many tributes written since Rosalynn Carter’s death on Nov. 19, one word often is used to describe her: trailblazer. Indeed, Rosalynn Carter was like no other first lady. Rosalynn Carter testified before Congress on mental health issues; made policy proposals on caregiving and established the Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregivers in 1987; worked to advance women’s rights; and helped in the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment.

Rosalynn Carter’s own words are the most powerful about her belief and commitment to equality. “Although there has been progress, women still struggle to take their full, rightful places in politics, the media, business and athletics. … I would like for people to think that I took advantage of the opportunities I had and did the best I could.”

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Police officer in the doorway at Washington Surgi-Center during the clinic blockade on Oct. 22, 2020. (Courtesy of We Engage)

BY CAMILLE HAHN | “On Oct. 22, 2020, a group of anti-abortion extremists forced their way into the Washington Surgi-Clinic, a facility that provides abortion care in Washington, D.C.” So begins investigative reporter Amanda Robb’s alarming account of a violent attack on an abortion clinic in the nation’s capital.

Here’s some of what else you’ll find within the pages of the upcoming Winter 2024 issue of Ms. magazine: how online abuse is used to intimidate, discredit and silence people; women activists in Afghanistan and Iran are calling on the international community to stop gender apartheid; and the top 10 most disappointing TV series cancellations of 2023.

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Parwaneh Ebrahim Khel—an Afghan woman who was arrested by the Taliban in Kabul from Jan. 19 to Feb 11, 2022 and was held captive by the Taliban for about a month—demonstrates outside the Foreign Ministry against the Taliban on Aug. 15, 2023 in Berlin, Germany. Women in Afghanistan have experienced a steady erosion of their rights and freedoms. (Aref Karimi / Getty Images)

BY ANSELMA ELLINGWOOD | Feridun Sinirlioğlu, the United Nations’ special coordinator for Afghan affairs, said last week that “good progress had been made in Afghanistan, and there is a “misunderstanding” between the international community and the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.

If gender apartheid is a misunderstanding, then it should be immediately recognized by the United Nations so the Taliban can be held accountable for their actions against Afghan women and girls.

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