The #Women of #ScienceFiction
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From inside a womenâs prison, a domestic violence survivor began collecting other prisonersâ stories of abuse.
Their accounts helped shape a new Oklahoma law intended to reduce their sentences â but will it work?
https://www.propublica.org/article/oklahoma-survivors-act-survey-domestic-violence?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Oklahoma #Women #Prison #Abuse #DomesticViolence #Law
New York Attorney General is Investigating Columbia for Allowing Predatory Doctor to See Patients Despite Warnings
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In 2023, ProPublica revealed that Columbia University had ignored women who accused OB-GYN Robert Hadden of sexual assault, enabling the doctor's abuse for decades. Survivors say they hope school officials will now be held accountable.
https://www.propublica.org/article/columbia-university-new-york-ag-investigation-robert-hadden-assault?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #NewYork #NYC #Columbia #University #Doctor #SexualAssault #Women #Law
âïž #Women & #Feminism accounts to follow for #InternationalWomensDay:
@CarveHerName - Prominent women & history of women's rights
@animefeminist - Covering anime from feminist viewpoint
@hermathsstory - Highlighting women of mathematics
@vagina_museum - First museum of gynae anatomy
@lunastation - Speculative fiction magazine by female writers
@firestorm - Queer feminist collective in North Carolina USA
@Pkbwood - Director of Gender, Feminist & Women's Studies at York Univ. in Toronto
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To us and for us! 
An ongoing multi media thread to celebrate us strong diverse beautiful sensible fierce hard working caring crafting tinkering introverted extroverted empowering creative quiet loud forward struggling coding dancing fighting wonderful #women
#Equality #Liberation #FemalePower #Feminism #WomensRights #WomensHealth #WomensChoices
đïž Be A Lady They Said
Produced by Claire Rothstein
for Girls. Girls. Girls. Magazine
Directed by Paul McLean
Words by Camille Rainville
Narrated by Cynthia Nixon
Post by mini CONTENT
Music by Louis Souyave
#IWD #InternationalWomensDay #InternationalWomensWeek #égalité #libération #PouvoirFéminin #Féminisme #DroitsDesFemmes #SantéDesFemmes #ChoixDesFemmes #JournéeInternationaleDesFemmes #SemaineInternationaleDesFemmes
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Maps shouldnât be ruled by the patriarchyâso letâs take them back.
From colonial borders to corporate-controlled GPS, #maps have always been tools of power. #OpenStreerMap is different: open, feminist, and built by the people.
This #IWD2026, #women it's your streets, your stories, your map.
Add whatâs missing. Reclaim the map. Join OpenStreetMap.
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Decades after patients first warned Columbia University that one of its doctors sexually abused them, the school is acknowledging a culture of silence that allowed the abuse to continue and some school administrators are finally facing consequences.
#News #Columbia #University #Doctors #Health #Women #Medicine #SexualAbuse #Education #HigherEd
They Didnât Want to Have C-Sections. A Judge Would Decide How They Gave Birth.
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Two Florida women had to attend virtual court hearings while in labor to argue for their right to choose their own medical care. As their state pushes to expand some types of medical freedom, it has also constricted the rights of pregnant women.
https://www.propublica.org/article/florida-court-ordered-c-sections?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Women #Health #Florida #Law #Pregnancy #Medicine #Doctors #Courts #Legal
"The connections between and among women are the most feared, the most problematic, and the most potentially transforming force on the planet." ~ Adrienne Rich
Cherise Doyley never expected to see a judge while in labor.
Yet she found herself fighting a court for the right to make medical decisions about her own body â from her hospital bed. Hereâs how her case unfolded.
https://www.propublica.org/article/florida-court-hearing-c-section?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Women #Health #Florida #Pregnancy #Law #Courts #Medicine
Four female patients complained to the state medical commission about alleged sexual misconduct by Dr. Mark Mulholland from 2022 to 2024.
The board waited until April 2025 to file a formal statement of charges.
https://www.propublica.org/article/mark-mulholland-washington-sexual-misconduct-allegations?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Washington #Health #Women #SexualAssault #Medicine #Seattle
I was invited to attend the City of #Bostonâs 2026 EXTRAordinary Women Awards, hosted by the Mayor's Office of Women's Advancement (MOWA) at the Institute of Contemporary #Art. This event, in its fourth year, honors #women whose work uplifts women & girls in support of the four program- and policy-making pillars of MOWA:
âą economic equity
âą health
âą representation
âą safety
The individuals recognized are field leaders whose dedication & vision shape Boston into a diverse, world-class city. đ§”
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To protect the public from women's awful #music , the benevolent Islamic Republic requires permits for concerts. And to protect them from #shame for their ugliness, #women in #Iran must cover their heads.
Parastoo Ahmadi violated both laws by filming a #concert ! For this "obscene and immoral content", Ahmadi & crew have been sentenced to flogging plus a work & travel ban.
Please share the concert, so that all know how #obscene and #immoral #Ahmadi really is.
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NEW on our âPaper Trailâ podcast:
From behind bars, April Wilkens successfully advocated for a new law offering domestic violence survivors like herself a chance at freedom if they could prove abuse contributed to their crimes. But that wasnât the end of the story.
Listen to the full episode: https://www.propublica.org/podcast/oklahoma-domestic-violence-survivors-april-wilkens?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#Podcast #News #DomesticViolence #Abuse #Women #Prison #Crime #Law #Oklahoma #CriminalJustice
NEW: Missouri's Amendment 3 would restore an abortion ban with limited exceptions, but its advertising is focused on a different provision: banning gender transition care for minors.
Campaign messaging never explicitly states the amendment would repeal the constitutional right to abortion voters approved only two years ago.
https://www.propublica.org/article/missouri-abortion-gender-transition-minors-amendment-3?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Missouri #GOP #Republican #LGBTQ #Abortion #Women #Health #USPolitics
NEW: Following reporting by WBUR and ProPublica, Gov. Maura Healey has pledged to sign a bill into law ensuring that Massachusetts will no longer have one of the strictest rape prosecution deadlines in the country.
#News #Massachusetts #SexualAssault #Rape #Law #Crime #Women #DNA
His Research on Pregnant Opioid Users Was Widely Celebrated. Auditors and Experts Found Major Flaws.
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Dr. Craig Towers was hailed as a hero for his research on detoxing pregnant opioid users. After he published a study that found naltrexone could help patients stay off drugs, addiction specialists started asking if his work was too good to be true.
https://www.propublica.org/article/craig-towers-knoxville-tennessee-newborn-withdrawal-study?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Pregnancy #Women #Drugs #Health #Medicine #Research #Science
NEW: Our analysis found that from 2020 to 2025, the rate of deaths involving ectopic pregnancies nearly doubled compared with the previous six-year period.
The uptick was steeper in states with abortion bans.
https://www.propublica.org/article/ectopic-pregnancy-deaths-doubled-analysis?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Women #Health #Pregnancy #Abortion #Data #Research #Texas