Feminist News Digest | Week of May 10-May 14

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AFGHANISTAN
Voices from Kabul, Afghanistan: “You Can Take Our Lives, But Not Our Education” [[link removed]]
Monday morning, I received more than 40 pictures and six video clips from the horrific mass killing of innocent Hazara girls in Kabul on Saturday. I cannot stop screaming. They were too young and full of dreams to have their lives cut so tragically short. I am speechless, my mind is numb, my eyes unfocused. I don’t have the words to express my anger—but I must write, because you must hear this story.


HEALTH | LGBTQ
Biden Administration Reverses Trump-era Limits on Transgender Health Protections [[link removed]]
On Monday, the Biden administration announced that it will provide protections against discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in health care.


ON THE HILL | HEALTH
Congresswoman Maloney, Congressional Maternity Care Caucus, and Black Maternal Health Caucus Co-Chairs Introduce Bill to Protect Breastfeeding Rights to Working Moms [[link removed]]
On Tuesday, Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney, with Congressional Maternity Care Caucus co-chairs Congresswomen Jaime Herrera Beutler and Lucille Roybal-Allard and co-chairs of the Black Maternal Health Caucus Alma Adams and Lauren Underwood, introduced the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections (PUMP) for Nursing Mothers Act.



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