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**Today at Ms. | September 20, 2024**

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From Schools to Silence: Three Years of Taliban’s Systematic Erasure of Education for Afghan Girls

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ZULEIMA NORIEGA | This week marks three years since the Taliban banned secondary education for girls in Afghanistan.

The international community holds power, and the past three years have proven that mere condemnation is not enough. Real action is essential to help Afghan girls return to school—because every child deserves that right.

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Tiffany Shlain’s Feminist Art Answers the ‘Urgent’ Call to Fight for Democracy and Women’s Place in History

(Tiffany Shlain / via Instagram)

BONNIE STABILE | Artist Tiffany Shlain’s Dendrofemonology: Feminist History Tree Ring is on the move, soon to take up temporary residence in New York City’s Madison Square Park as a focal point for her “Mobilization for Women’s Rights and the Planet” on Saturday, Sept. 21. Coinciding with the start of climate week and anticipating a historic election, Shlain’s daylong, public activation and rally address a convergence of critical concerns in this “age of urgency.”

“I’m hoping that the next tree ring moment will be having the Equal Rights Amendment added into our Constitution and sex equality guaranteed across this country,” said Shlain. “And who knows? Maybe there’ll be something else new to burn” into the timeline “in January.”

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Weekend Reading on Women’s Representation: N.Y. Sen. Jessica Ramos Challenges Eric Adams for Mayor; Nikki Haley Says Trump, Vance ‘Need to Change the Way They Speak About Women’

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CYNTHIA RICHIE TERRELL | Weekend Reading for Women’s Representation is a compilation of stories about women’s representation.

In this week’s Weekend Reading—with just 45 days until Election Day—we’ll cover organizations supporting women running for office at the local level, the introduction of the Ranked-Choice Voting Act, Nikki Haley’s thoughts on Donald Trump and JD Vance's discussions of women, and state Sen. Jessica Ramos’ campaign announcement.

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Tune in for a new episode of Ms. magazine's podcast, On the Issues with Michele Goodwin on

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In this episode, we’re joined by two co-hosts of the Webby Award-winning #SistersInLaw podcast to discuss where our nation stands as we approach the 2024 elections—from the ongoing trials faced by former president Donald Trump, to Nikki Haley, to the Supreme Court’s recent opinions and so much more.

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