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Today at Ms. | December 15, 2023
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Reps. Cori Bush and Ayanna Pressley Lead Fight for ERA—100 Years After Its Introduction [[link removed]]
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Reps. Pressley and Bush, co-chairs of the House ERA Caucus. (Courtesy of the Office of Congresswoman Cori Bush)
BY BONNIE STABILE | ERA advocates in the U.S. have waged a 100-year fight just to get gender equality enshrined in the Constitution.
“The women of this country are exhausted, so we are leveraging every tool available,” said Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), co-chair of the ERA Caucus.
“We won’t stop until the ERA is officially part of the Constitution,” said fellow co-chair Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.). “We owe it to our daughters, to the next generation, to those who fought before us.”
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Center for Reproductive Rights attorney Molly Duane at the Texas Supreme Court in Austin, Texas, on Nov. 28, 2023, arguing a case that seeks to determine when and whether doctors can terminate a pregnancy. (Suzanne Cordeiro / AFP via Getty Images)
BY MICHELE GOODWIN | The Supreme Court of Texas notched itself into a troubling tapestry of U.S. legal history when it overturned a district court ruling that allowed Kate Cox, a 31-year-old Texas woman, to end her nonviable pregnancy. The state is committed to forcing Cox to remain pregnant, against her will and medical recommendations.
Women in Texas are living in a new Jane Crow.
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Holiday Reading on Women's Representation: The First Black Woman on Albuquerque's City Council; The 50 Most Powerful Women in Philanthropy [[link removed]]
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BY CYNTHIA RICHIE TERRELL | Weekend Reading for Women’s Representation is a compilation of stories about women’s representation.
This week: how the 14 countries of the Oceania region are doing on women’s representation; Nikki Haley is getting way less attention than her male counterparts; the need for a feminist perspective in discussions around climate change; is Alaska the secret to saving U.S. democracy?; Nicole Rogers is the winner of the Albuquerque City Council District 6 runoff election; and more.
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As various wars and conflicts continue to mount around the world, from Ukraine to Gaza, to Sudan and beyond, we’re wondering: where are the women at the negotiating table? The number of women and girls living in conflict-affected countries continues to mount, reaching 614 million people in 2022—a 50-percent increase from 2017. What do governments and NGOs need to do to make sure that women’s needs do not fall through the cracks?
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