Women’s Issues

President Obama Signs The Violence Against Women Act (VIDEO & TRANSCRIPT)

By Samuel Warde on Videos, Women's Issues

President Obama Signs The Violence Against Women Act (VIDEO & TRANSCRIPT)

President Obama and Vice President Biden deliver remarks before the signing of the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization. March 7, 2013. THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary _________________________________________________________________ For Immediate Release March 7, 2013 REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT AT SIGNING CEREMONY FOR THE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT REAUTHORIZATION Interior Department […]

Martha Plimpton On The Arkansas Abortion Ban (VIDEO)

By Kimberley Johnson on Politics, States Issues, Videos, Women's Issues

Martha Plimpton On The Arkansas Abortion Ban (VIDEO)

Martha Plimpton, co-founder of the women’s rights organization A Is For, and Irin Carmon, staff writer for Salon.com, appeared on The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell to talk about the Arkansas Human Heartbeat Protection Act. “The Arkansas state legislature wants the state to have the most restrictive abortion ban in the country…” O’Donnell reports. The […]

UPDATED: Turkish Woman Kills And Decapitates Rapist, Delivers His Head To Town Square – VIDEO

By Kimberley Johnson on Videos, Women's Issues, World News

UPDATED: Turkish Woman Kills And Decapitates Rapist, Delivers His Head To Town Square – VIDEO

In September 2012 Nevin Yildirim, a 26-year-old Turkish mother of two was blackmailed, threatened and raped repeatedly by Nurettin Gider. Gider started the attacks shortly after Yildirim’s husband left town for a seasonal job in January of 2012. Yildirim says that Gider raped her, impregnated her and then, snuck into her home while she was […]

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