Feminist News Digest | Week of November 1-November 5

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AFGHANISTAN | GLOBAL
Starving Afghan Families Forced to Sell Their Daughters for Food [[link removed]]
A recent CNN video features Afghan families who are unable to afford food at the displacement camps selling their daughters to old men in order to survive. The video shows a nine-year-old, Parwana, who was sold to a man as old as 70, for 200,000 Afghanis, approximately $2,200 on October 22.


ABORTION | REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS
Ohio Lawmakers Introduce Total Abortion Ban [[link removed]]
On Wednesday, lawmakers in Ohio introduced a bill banning all abortions in the state.
The bill has a similar structure as Texas’s SB8, deputizing private citizens to sue abortion providers and anyone who helps someone access abortion care. Those lawsuits can reach $10,000 or more.


ELECTION | POLITICS
Michelle Wu and Other Mayoral Candidates of Color Make History This Election Day [[link removed]]
Michelle Wu made history by winning Boston’s mayoral election on Tuesday– Wu is the first woman and person of color to be elected to the position in Boston’s history.
Wu is the daughter of Taiwanese immigrants, and a Boston Public Schools mother– with two young children, she is the first mother elected to lead the city. And, at 36, she’s the youngest mayor in almost 100 years.


ABORTION | COURTS
Supreme Court Hears Challenges to Texas Abortion Ban [[link removed]]
On Monday, the Supreme Court heard two procedural challenges to SB8, Texas’s six-week abortion ban that was enacted on September 1. The Court heard both United States v. Texas and Whole Woman’s Health v. Jackson , both challenging the law.



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