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Brittney Griner To Headline Women Grow 2025 Summit, Advocating For Cannabis Reform And Women's Rights
Wednesday, December 4, 2024 - 4:09pm | 453Three-time Olympic gold medalist and six-time WNBA All-Star Brittney Griner will take center stage at the Women Grow 2025 Leadership Summit, scheduled for Feb. 17-18 at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C. Griner's keynote address, "...
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Melinda French Gates Voting For Biden, Not Trump In 2024 Election: 'Cannot Vote For A Man Who Rolls Back Women's Reproductive Rights'
Tuesday, June 18, 2024 - 7:23pm | 734After the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, women's health may become an even bigger key topic for the 2024 election. Billionaire and philanthropist Melinda French Gates wants to ensure voters know how important the issue and female voters are. What Happened: French Gates, who recently...
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Hillary Clinton Praises Imprisoned Iranian Nobel Laureate Narges Mohammadi: 'A Beacon of Light'
Sunday, October 8, 2023 - 8:57pm | 675On Sunday, Hillary Clinton lauded Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi, the recent Nobel Peace Prize laureate, despite her ongoing house arrest in Iran. Clinton’s praise underscores the international recognition of Mohammadi’s relentless fight for women’s rights and...
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Surge In Afghan Female Suicides Reflects Growing Despair Amid Taliban Regime: 'No Choice But To Bear The Violence Or...'
Monday, August 28, 2023 - 9:27pm | 536The Taliban’s severe restrictions have triggered a significant rise in female suicides in Afghanistan, indicating a brewing mental health crisis. The Guardian reported on Sunday, that since the Taliban seized control in 2021, there has been a concerning increase in the...
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Alabama, How Could You? Senate Approves Forcing Women To Take Pregnancy Test To Obtain Medical Marijuana
Friday, April 1, 2022 - 2:41pm | 533The controversial bill approved by the Alabama Senate, introduced recently by State Sen. Larry Stutts (R), requires that all women between the ages of 13 and 50 prove that they are not pregnant and not breastfeeding in order to buy medical cannabis. ...
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Alabama Senator: Women Of Childbearing Age Need To Prove They're Not Pregnant To Buy Medical Marijuana
Friday, March 18, 2022 - 4:43pm | 547Alabama State Sen. Larry Stutts (R) introduced a bill this week that would require women “of childbearing age” to present proof that they’re not pregnant in order to purchase medical cannabis products. Warning To Females: The Following May Cause Your Blood To Boil If...
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This Epic Day In History: 3 Marches, A Murder And An Iconic Speech That Changed A Nation
Sunday, August 27, 2017 - 11:46pm | 901Every day is the anniversary of something significant, because history. But Aug. 28 is particularly poignant in the many ways it marks moments in the American experience, each of which resonates today. Consider what happened on, as they say, this day in history: Emmett Till, Aug. 28, 1955 Emmett...
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5 Companies That Are Empowering Women
Friday, July 11, 2014 - 3:54pm | 1068During an interview with The Atlantic, last week, PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP) CEO Indra Nooyi told a crowd at the Aspen Ideas Festival that women “can't have it all,” meaning that you can't always succeed at both your home life and work life. “We pretend we can have it all,...