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The health consequences of such violence were considerable; for example, in the United States, it was the leading cause of injuries in women, 22–35% of women who visited emergency rooms did so because of symptoms resulting from partner abuse, and wife beating led 4–5 times more often to the need for psychiatric treatment and 5 times more ...
Article 6 calls for women to enjoy full equality in civil law, particularly around marriage and divorce, and calls for child marriages to be outlawed. Article 7 calls for the elimination of gender discrimination in criminal punishment. Article 8 calls on states to combat all forms of traffic in women and exploitation of prostitution of women.
In R.A.V. v. City of St. Paul, the United States Supreme Court overturns a statute prohibiting speech or symbolic expression that "arouses anger, alarm or resentment in others on the basis of race, color, creed, religion or gender" on the grounds that, even if the specific statute was limited to fighting words, it was unconstitutionally content ...
The gender pay gap has markedly improved in recent decades. Back in 1960, women earned roughly 61 cents on the dollar compared to men, Census Bureau estimates show. At the gap’s widest, women ...
The women fear the war will turn into a frozen conflict, like the yearslong fight against Russian-backed separatists in the east. To stop that from happening, U.S. aid is crucial, they said ...
The United Nations General Assembly has designated November 25 as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (Resolution 54/134). [1] The premise of the day is to raise awareness around the world that women are subjected to rape, domestic violence and other forms of violence; furthermore, one of the aims of the day is to highlight that the scale and true nature of the ...
Palestinian protestor in December 1987. Palestinian women played significant roles in leading and organising the First Intifada, from 1987 to 1991. [1] Xanthe Scharff of Foreign Policy wrote that the First Intifada was a "largely nonviolent Palestinian struggle" that was "a collective social, economic, and political mobilisation led by women."
Around 1 in 4 working women (26 percent) were not contributing to their retirement in 2022 or 2023, as of August 2023. Among working women saving for retirement, nearly 30 percent don’t know how ...