National Organization for Women

According to Barker (2008), a major barrier regarding access to health care for gay and lesbian individuals has been a lack of health insurance. The National Transgender Discrimination Survey results indicated that 48% of transgender respondents delayed seeking medical care when they were sick or injured because they were unable to afford it (Grant et al., 2010). While this was true in the past, beginning in 2014, The Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act (Affordable Care Act) was expected…

Palestinian feminism is a global movement through which Palestinian women oppose patriarchal values and the violence of the Israeli occupation, and fight for human rights and equal treatment for all Arabs regardless of gender or sexuality. Palestinian feminism’s story is largely unknown. From the birth of powerful women’s organizations to viral Internet campaigns by young progressive activists during the Arab Spring, the motives and successes of Palestinian and Arab feminists rarely make…

The article, ”Middle-Of-The-Road Activists Carrie Chapman Catt and the National Committee on the Cause and Cure of War” , written by Linda Schott seeks to address the attempts of Carrie Chapman Catt and her role in women’s suffrage and the peace movement. The analysis of the life of Chapman Catt was very interesting in showing the strong and the low points of her crusade for women’s suffrage and her attempts at the peace movement. It is clear by the article that the author neither was for or…

Women in The Workplace Women are faced with a wide number of dilemmas that may be considered as minor setbacks to men. Women are stereotyped as weak, sensitive, submissive, shy, but being a housewife is at the top of the list. When women show that they are not those things, most men may feel like their manhood/authority is being threatened. Scholarly Sources According to Muara Mills (2014), “gender perspective suggests that individuals’ perceptions are largely influenced by cultural meanings…

are victims of violence that lead to the cause of harm or death to a child in utero. They do not, however, agree with separating a woman and her unborn child in “the eye of the law” (American Civil Liberties Union, 2000). They view it as a threat to women 's right to terminate their own pregnancy and to direct their own health care. “It would undermine the principles underlying the right to the reproductive choice” (American Civil Liberties Union, 2000). Even though it is clearly stated in the…

unique problems Haiti relies heavily on aid from foreign governmental agencies including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the U.S. Agency for International Development. Haiti also counts on assistance from non-governmental organizations such as UNICEF. In 2002, the CDC opened an office in Haiti with plans to address the issues concerning HIV/AIDS. Treatment and care for those already infected was one of the main goals in addition to prevention, especially from mother to…

and gave the women of the United States the right to vote. The bill was introduced in the 1870 's to congress by a woman named Susan B. Anthony and Senator Aaron A. Sargent, but it would take years of lobbying by several organizations and activists for it to gain support of both the American public and the federal government. This fight for equality was known as the Woman 's suffrage movement, which was a breakaway from a larger one that concentrated on many goals for American women. It was…

destroys the most vulnerable of humanity while supporting the most vile. The International Labor Organization has released data stating that there are currently between 27.4 and 35.8 million victims of trafficking worldwide and 1/3 of these victims are believed…

Women and LGBT Equality Ever since the 1900s and earlier for women, the women and LGBT communities strived in order to gain social and legal equality in the United States. Following the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment that gave women the right of suffrage, women in the United States fought to stop discrimination based on sex. The first movement for LGBT rights started in 1924. While women have successfully achieved social and legal equality in the US from the 1960s to present time,…

While previous knowledge and initial assumptions are vital in developing an opinion, news articles have the advantage of presenting new information that challenges or encourages these maturing opinions. Examining the titles of both the local and the national news articles, “Minnesota Somalis see chance to lead fight against female genital cutting” and “Female Genital Mutilation on the Rise in the U.S.” respectively, presents the reader with two different analyses on the same issue. Looking at…