Today at Ms. | May 26, 2021

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Katherine Clark Introduces Reproductive Rights Are Human Rights Act: “We Owe It to the Global Community” [[link removed]]

BY CARRIE N. BAKER | Rep. Katherine Clark’s Reproductive Rights Are Human Rights Act would require the State Department include reporting on contraception and abortion access, STD rates and prevention efforts, maternal health, and rates and causes of pregnancy-related injuries and death, including unsafe abortions. "Congress has an important role to ensure that the U.S. is consistently and unbiasedly reporting on the rights violations that impact women around the world, without political interference."

Kristen Clarke Makes History as First Woman *and* First Black Woman to Lead DOJ Civil Rights Division [[link removed]]

BY SOPHIE DORF-KAMIENNY | In a long-awaited move—and on the one year anniversary of the death of George Floyd—the Senate confirmed Kristen Clarke to lead the Justice Department’s Civil Rights division. Clarke will be the first Black woman to serve in the role since the department was established in 1957.

What Does “Likeability” Mean for Women in Politics? [[link removed]]

BY ANNA KEILLY | “Why doesn’t she smile more?” “Could you see yourself getting a beer with her?” “Do people like her enough to win?” With a ranked-choice voting system, women candidates would be able to campaign on their policy agendas, not their “likeability” or personality.

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