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MAKERS Women Who Make America – The Documentary

wyskFebruary 25, 2013

MAKERS Women Who Make America documentary showcases the women who have transformed America over the last 50 years. The film has its debut broadcast on Tuesday, February 26 at 8PM (ET) on PBS....

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Free The Girls: Bras Giving Women A Lift Up In Life

wyskFebruary 18, 2013

Free The Girls, an organization dedicated to providing a better future for women with an entrepreneurial solution. We know that bras offer women "support", but Free The Girls takes it to a whole new level....

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V-Day And One Billion Rising

wyskFebruary 14, 2013

Today is the 15th anniversary of V-Day, the global movement founded by activist Eve Ensler to end violence against women and girls. When one billion bodies rise and dance today, we will join in solidarity to shake the world into a new way of thinking, and demand an end to the epidemic of gender-based violence....

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Funny Lady Lizz Winstead on 40th Anniversary of Roe vs. Wade

wyskJanuary 29, 2013

This year marks the 40th anniversary of Roe vs. Wade. Lizz Winstead, co-creator and former head writer of "The Daily Show", teamed up with UltraViolet, the women's rights group, to create this video about what's at stake....

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Downton Abbey: Guilty Pleasure With A Spot Of Women’s History

Beth RosenbergJanuary 18, 2013

Americans are having a love affair with the British period drama series Downton Abbey. It's a guilty pleasure that also provides a lesson in women's history....

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Girl Rising: When We Educate Girls, We Can Change The World [VIDEO]

wyskJanuary 17, 2013

Girl Rising is a feature-length film at the center of a global action campaign for girls' education. Around the world, millions of girls face barriers to education that boys do not. And, yet, when you educate a girl, you can break cycles of poverty in just one generation. ...

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Our Demand For A Public Apology From Joe Biden

wyskJanuary 4, 2013

Women You Should Know launches Change.org petition demanding public apology from Joe Biden following his overt objectification of women during yesterday's swearing in ceremony of U.S. Senate members....

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Extra, Extra… News For & About Women From All Over

wyskDecember 20, 2012

News for and about women from all over ...

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Women & Advertising 2012: A Recap By Miss Representation

wyskDecember 14, 2012

Miss Representation has put together this new, incredibly impactful video, giving us a closer look at how women have been portrayed in advertisements in 2012. ...

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