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The attempt through an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to grant equal rights to women. The Equality4women website, the EqualRightsAmendment website are two resources of many to reference in learning about the ERA.
The ERA: A Brief Introduction
Section 1. Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.
Section 2. The Congress shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.
Section 3. This amendment shall take effect two years after the date of ratification.
Uploaded on Oct 27, 2011
Goal 3: Empower women
In developing countries one girl out of seven gets married before the age of 15.
To continue the "7 billion Others" project, new films about the Millennium Development Goals were realized in 16 countries.
More information on: http://www.development-matters.org -
MC Human Rights Hall of Fame honored Dr. Bernice Sandler and in this interview she talks about her work through the years on behalf of women. She played a major role in the development and passage of Title IX and other laws prohibiting sex discrimination in education, and has been associated with Title IX longer than any other person. The New York Times has referred to her as the “godmother of Title IX.”
Chilly climate, not addressed by Title IX are the subtle ways women and minorities are often treated, not just women - less contact, less praise, less....
Published on Oct 2, 2013
Tennis legend, Billie Jean King, congratulates Dr. Bernice Sandler, "godmother of Title IX," for receiving the Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, presented by Drexel University President John A. Fry during the Institute for Women's Health and Leadership 20th Anniversary celebration (home of Vision 2020).
Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972 states:
"No person in the U.S. shall, on the basis of sex be excluded from participation in, or denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any educational program or activity receiving federal aid."
In this lecture, author and professor Robert Jensen explores the realities of pornography. His analysis is rooted in a framework of sexual violence rather than seeing it pornography as an issue of expression or "fantasy." Consequently, his insights place pornography in its appropriate context within patriarchy.
It's a similar analysis to the one presented in his book "Getting Off: Pornography and the End of Masculinity".
To purchase his book from Amazon click on the image, or visit your local bookstore. Thank you.
Published on Feb 2, 2013
Ted Turner and daughter Laura Turner Seydel share why they are rising on February 14, 2013
www.onebillionrising.org
Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council, is RISING with V-Day on 14 February 2013. He talks about non-discrimination and gender equality in a union of values. Published on Feb 5, 2013
Adrian Dix (born 26 April 1964) is a Canadian politician, serving as the MLA for Vancouver-Kingsway in British Columbia and as leader of the British Columbia New Democratic Party. He's rising up to stop violence against women and references the missing and murdered women report issues in December 2012 in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Three more resources include: Missing Women Blog, Wikipedia entry, and missing indigenous women Website, missing justice.
Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky asks you join in on February 14, 2013 in One Billion Rising event in Chicago and she addresses her experience in Africa and understanding "rape as the low cost weapon of war."
Noon at Daly Plaza, February 14, 2013.
Eve Ensler extends her gratitude to the ONE BILLION of you who are practicing and preparing, organizing, singing, dancing, and writing for an end to violence against women.One week until we rise!
Visit One Billion Website. Order from Amazon a copy of her latest book, I Am an Emotional Creature: The Secret Life of Girls Around the World by clicking on image or visit your local bookstore.
Published on Feb 6, 2013
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