List of Women’s Rights articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 A few words about yesterday’s column arguing against women in infantry
Most of you know that I don’t always agree with the guest columns I run here. In fact, many of them are the result of people writing to me in disagreement, and my responding by asking them to write that up for publication.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Women in Ranger School Is Fine, but Women in Infantry Isn’t. Here’s Why.
We were treated last month to a historic event — two females passed Ranger School and were Tabbed.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Documentary About Rape Banned in ‘Rape Capital of the World’
A documentary highlighting the work of a world-renowned Congolese gynecologist has been banned in DRC.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 A few brass tacks: Why gender arguments blind the military to bigger problems
Best Defense columnist Jim Gourley weighs in on gender and combat.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Meet the First Class of Women to Graduate From Army Ranger School
Two women have crossed rivers, scaled walls, and jumped over a gender barrier to make it through the U.S. Army's toughest training program.
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isis Longform’s Picks of the Week
The best stories from around the world.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Ugandan Men Can No Longer Get Their Livestock Back After a Divorce
Uganda's top court outlaws refunds for the so-called "bride price."
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Putin Is Down With Polygamy
In assenting to coerced, teenage marriages in Chechnya, Russia’s Christian warrior has made a devil’s bargain with an Islamist thug.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Once more the Marine Corps screws up when dealing with female Marines
The Marine Corps just cannot seem to get it right when it comes to training women.
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Muslim ethnic Uighur women pass a Chinese paramilatary police on patrol on a street in Urumqi, capital of China's Xinjiang region on July 3, 2010 ahead of the first anniversary of bloody violence that erupted between the region's Muslim ethnic Uighurs and members of China's majority Han ethnicity. The government says nearly 200 people were killed and about 1,700 injured in the unrest, China's worst ethnic violence in decades, with Han making up most of the victims. AFP PHOTO/Peter PARKS (Photo credit should read PETER PARKS/AFP/Getty Images) Longform’s Picks of the Week
The best stories from around the world.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Burma’s Women Are Still Fighting for Their Rights
The country's most famous politician may be a woman, but Burma remains firmly in the grip of patriarchy.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Activists: Women Accused of Witchcraft Are First Females Beheaded by Islamic State
Human rights activists monitoring Syria's war said Tuesday that two women were beheaded by the Islamic State, a first for the extremists controlling territory in Syria and Iraq.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 A Chinese Feminist, Made in America
How four years at Amherst College changed my perception of my home country, and myself.
