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Mothers Giving Health Decision Makers a Wake Up Call: Mothers Matter Campaign Launches on Mother’s Day.

Human Rights Day News Conference at National Press Club on December 10 from 12 to 3 PM, addressing rights issues in China, Sudan, U.S., SE Asia, women and children. Documentary "Free China: The Courage to Believe" regarding oppression of Falun Gong.

On April 28, 2012 UniteWomen.org will hold rallies in capital cities across the United States in unified protest of the war on women's rights. Unite Women Virginia joins with a Rally for Women's Rights in downtown Richmond from 2:00 to 4:00 pm.

Isle at Watercrest–Bryan, Bryan/College Station’s newest in assisted living and skilled nursing, recently made a generous donation to the Philanthropic Education Organization.

Mothers Giving Health Decision Makers a Wake Up Call: Mothers Matter Campaign Launches on Mother’s Day.

“Creator II – Human Behavior Explored” adds a new dimension to original “Creator” story. Guardians of Universes summon historian Jeffrey Lerner to important meeting. He will study puzzling human behavior leading to wars and other violence.

International Women’s Initiative has launched a new monthly column on the Survivors' Blog. At the start of each month IWI Executive Director, Aubrey Shayler will share what she has learnt in the past month.

Human Rights Day News Conference at National Press Club on December 10 from 12 to 3 PM, addressing rights issues in China, Sudan, U.S., SE Asia, women and children. Documentary "Free China: The Courage to Believe" regarding oppression of Falun Gong.

The Justice and Healing Project conducted a stakeholders forum and the last of its 15 barangay forums last June 14 and June 26, respectively. The activities convened officials and women’s advocates for this initiative on gender-based violence.

Diverse workforce and commitment to inclusive diversity lands Allstate on top-25 list for last nine years

On April 28, 2012 UniteWomen.org will hold rallies in capital cities across the United States in unified protest of the war on women's rights. Unite Women Virginia joins with a Rally for Women's Rights in downtown Richmond from 2:00 to 4:00 pm.

Isle at Watercrest–Bryan, Bryan/College Station’s newest in assisted living and skilled nursing, recently made a generous donation to the Philanthropic Education Organization.

"Walk in My Shoes, Hear Our Voice" drew over 500 people to the Georgia State Capitol for Women's Rights

Walk in My Shoes, Hear Our Voice is a peaceful, non-permitted single file walk by hundreds of concerned Georgians on the sidewalk around the Gold Dome with “body-sized” signs to ensure clear ingress and egress.

This classic novel touches on family relationships and cultural history, all set in exotic locales.

Global Slavery Remembrance Day will host a Human Trafficking Awareness Conference in Frisco, TX, featuring a screening of producer/director Chelo Alvarez-Stehle's SANDS OF SILENCE documentary rough cut and SOS_SLAVES social impact game prototype.

Campaign group’s training helps people to shape agenda for change

ASSIST Director for Research and Knowledge Management Sheena Carmel Opulencia, was chosen for the e-Tutor training of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) through the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).

Seasoned documentarian PanteA Bahrami will have on view her most recent documentary, And in Love I Live, about the political activities and experiences of three generations of female political prisoners in Iran during the past five decades.

Adelphi University is pleased to welcome United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Margot Wallström.

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Michigan’s next lecture in its Legacy Lecture series will be held in Grand Rapids on Thursday. Sept. 16, 2010 with featured speaker, Eleanor Clift, contributing editor for Newsweek.

For more than 90 years, Planned Parenthood of New York City (PPNYC) has been a beacon of hope for women, and today, I am committed to the next generation of women.

Every 10 minutes, a child or an adult somewhere in the world is recruited, kidnapped or smuggled in to the U.S. to work as an indentured or forced laborer in domestic servitude, sweatshop, agriculture, brothels, prostitution rings and pornography.

International human rights organization Equality Now welcomes the decision to overturn a forced divorce ruling in the case of Fatima and Mansour, in Saudi Arabia. After 4 years of separation, the family was finally reunited on Feb 17, 2010.

The Montréal Massacre of December 6, 1989, in which 14 women students at the École Polytechnique were systematically killed. The "Bells' tune is being sent out in hopes of remembering the 14 woman.Proceeds to go to Women's help centers in Canada.

New Non-Partisan Group Formed To Promote Women's Agenda

An Incredible True Story of Hope, Courage, and Perseverance

Fifteen months following the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, Dr. Kenneth C. Edelin was facing manslaughter charges in a Boston courtroom.

Pro-choice doc speaks out for women’s rights

A business owner, student, and mom is helping other women achieve their goals for careers, business, and education.