KnoWorthy

Wandering the web for anything and everything on/by/for women. A collection of news and inspiration for fellow advocates, restless souls, and curious minds.

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She is not a criminal. Tell Ireland to change its abortion law now!

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Petition to Save Two Sisters From Rape Gathers Momentum

A village council ordered that they also be paraded naked with blackened faces.

Sign the petition

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Happy Women’s Equality Day!

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via USAID

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Senior ministers and U.N. officials joined hundreds of women in a beachfront, candlelit protest in Sierra Leone's capital as the killing of a 17-year-old girl highlighted a rise in violent crime in a

“It is extremely sad for me therefore to hear of the recent incident where a woman named Hannah was raped and killed on a public beach and pictures widely circulated in social media with no respect for her dignity.” 

U.N. Under-Secretary-General for Sexual Violence in Conflict, Zainab Bangura

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Why don't we remember Dirty Dancing as the feminist, sex-positive film it is?

Dirty Dancing is the most important mainstream film of the 1980s. That may not be saying much, considering the decade doesn't stand up to the unapologetically sexy and violent studio films of the 1970s and the dialogue-heavy indie movies of the '80s.

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3 Ways The Fight For Women's Rights Continues 95 Years After Suffrage

Let's not forget there's still work to be done.

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No Woman Can Call Herself Free Who Does Not Own And Control Her Body.

Margaret Sanger

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Remember That Time Your Favorite Shows Got Feminism So Wrong?

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First Saudi women register to vote

Dozens of women are expected to contest Saudi Arabia's municipal elections for the first time in the country's history.

Safinaz Abu al-Shamat and Jamal al-Saadi made history last Sunday by becoming the first Saudi women to register to vote.

For the first time in the kingdom's history, women will be able to vote, register as candidates and run for office in the municipal elections to be held on December 12. These will be the first polls since the 2011 decision by late Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud to grant women the right to vote and run for office.

Yes, yes, yes!

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via Mic

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A South-South Learning Tour Explores How to Put an End to Sexual and Gender Based Violence

" I was amazed to see that many different sectors are providing support to survivors […] the police, doctors, psychologists all provide support in a coordinated fashion to prevent violence against women." 

- Yemendra Upadhyay, Government representative from Nepal

via World Bank

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Emma Watson calls the fashion industry to action on gender equality

In a video created with British 'Vogue,' Watson starts the conversation among fashion tastemakers.

Emma Watson has told the fashion world they're not doing enough for gender equality.

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6 Reasons It Was So Frustrating To Watch The GOP Debate As A Woman

Oh, what a time to be alive and a lady.

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Pretty is a standard very few people can live up to because it's perfection, it's Photoshop, it's Instagram, it's filters. I know I love the saying 'I woke up like this,' but I promise you, I don't wake up like that. Very few of us do.

Jen Welter, NFL’s first female coach

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Elizabeth Warren Schools GOP on Women’s Rights

“Let’s be clear about something: The Republican scheme to defund Planned Parenthood is not some sort of surprised response to a highly edited video,” she said. “Nope. The Republican vote to defund Planned Parenthood is just one more piece of a deliberate, methodical, orchestrated, right-wing attack on women’s rights. And I’m sick and tired of it.”

I wish she was running for President.