Fck Vwls
@vwls.bsky.social
Animal devotee, Twitter refugee, social justice activist, comedy buff, Photoshop savant. Useless banter & shameless commentary, lightly seasoned with unpopular opinion. Delicious! RACISM IS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS. she/her/ella
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40% of all U.S. births are to unmarried women and births to unmarried women aged 30 and up have increased by 140% in the last two decades. The narrative of single motherhood is changing. www.npr.org/2025/11/17/n... #ReproRights #GenderEquality #ReproductiveRights #WomensHealth
How women over 30 are rewriting the single mom narrative in America
Forty percent of babies in the U.S. are born to unmarried mothers. Increasingly, those moms are over 30, at a time when teen pregnancy has fallen off a cliff and births are declining for younger women...
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November 23, 2025 at 2:18 PM
40% of all U.S. births are to unmarried women and births to unmarried women aged 30 and up have increased by 140% in the last two decades. The narrative of single motherhood is changing. www.npr.org/2025/11/17/n... #ReproRights #GenderEquality #ReproductiveRights #WomensHealth
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Why Won’t the U.S. Stop Child Marriage?
A majority of Americans assume #childmarriage is illegal in the U.S. but in fact, it's prevalent here and LEGAL IN 34 STATES. Lack of a strong legal framework to prevent it in the U.S. contributes to its prevalence.
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A majority of Americans assume #childmarriage is illegal in the U.S. but in fact, it's prevalent here and LEGAL IN 34 STATES. Lack of a strong legal framework to prevent it in the U.S. contributes to its prevalence.
msmagazine.com/2025/11/11/u...
November 12, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Why Won’t the U.S. Stop Child Marriage?
A majority of Americans assume #childmarriage is illegal in the U.S. but in fact, it's prevalent here and LEGAL IN 34 STATES. Lack of a strong legal framework to prevent it in the U.S. contributes to its prevalence.
msmagazine.com/2025/11/11/u...
A majority of Americans assume #childmarriage is illegal in the U.S. but in fact, it's prevalent here and LEGAL IN 34 STATES. Lack of a strong legal framework to prevent it in the U.S. contributes to its prevalence.
msmagazine.com/2025/11/11/u...
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"How do you describe something that feels like the slow suffocation of your people?
Perhaps one way is that in Afghanistan, the #Taliban has criminalized womanhood itself. #womensrightsarehumanrights #AfghanWomen
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Perhaps one way is that in Afghanistan, the #Taliban has criminalized womanhood itself. #womensrightsarehumanrights #AfghanWomen
www.amnestyusa.org/blog/after-4...
After 4 Years of Taliban Rule, The U.S. Must Take Steps to Be in Solidarity with the Women of Afghanistan
After four years of Taliban control, the Security Council is meeting on Afghanistan, and there is still no clear U.S. policy.
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September 17, 2025 at 6:46 PM
"How do you describe something that feels like the slow suffocation of your people?
Perhaps one way is that in Afghanistan, the #Taliban has criminalized womanhood itself. #womensrightsarehumanrights #AfghanWomen
www.amnestyusa.org/blog/after-4...
Perhaps one way is that in Afghanistan, the #Taliban has criminalized womanhood itself. #womensrightsarehumanrights #AfghanWomen
www.amnestyusa.org/blog/after-4...
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The data is in. Children of working mothers thrive! A Harvard led study across 24 countries found that daughters of working moms are 29% more likely to hold leadership roles + earn more. #HerRightsareHumanRights #genderequity #WomensRights www.hbs.edu/news/releases/Pages/having-working-mother.aspx
August 29, 2025 at 8:43 PM
The data is in. Children of working mothers thrive! A Harvard led study across 24 countries found that daughters of working moms are 29% more likely to hold leadership roles + earn more. #HerRightsareHumanRights #genderequity #WomensRights www.hbs.edu/news/releases/Pages/having-working-mother.aspx
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Current access to reproductive health resources across the US as of July 2025: nearly 40% of the population is still without access to fundamental health services. The fight is not over.
Sources: Center for Reproductive Rights; Guttmacher Institute; KFF; UCLA Law.
Sources: Center for Reproductive Rights; Guttmacher Institute; KFF; UCLA Law.
August 22, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Current access to reproductive health resources across the US as of July 2025: nearly 40% of the population is still without access to fundamental health services. The fight is not over.
Sources: Center for Reproductive Rights; Guttmacher Institute; KFF; UCLA Law.
Sources: Center for Reproductive Rights; Guttmacher Institute; KFF; UCLA Law.
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Proud to share that our Founder and Board
Chair has been selected as a 2025 @takeleadwomen Power Tool Champion (Power Tool #6 - The Truth Seeker), an acknowledgment of her hard work developing and supporting programs that elevate women and girls. #genderequity #Leadership
Chair has been selected as a 2025 @takeleadwomen Power Tool Champion (Power Tool #6 - The Truth Seeker), an acknowledgment of her hard work developing and supporting programs that elevate women and girls. #genderequity #Leadership
August 4, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Proud to share that our Founder and Board
Chair has been selected as a 2025 @takeleadwomen Power Tool Champion (Power Tool #6 - The Truth Seeker), an acknowledgment of her hard work developing and supporting programs that elevate women and girls. #genderequity #Leadership
Chair has been selected as a 2025 @takeleadwomen Power Tool Champion (Power Tool #6 - The Truth Seeker), an acknowledgment of her hard work developing and supporting programs that elevate women and girls. #genderequity #Leadership
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Great day yesterday at the TLI Booth at SCC's Spirit of Hope Summer Community Event. We were so excited to socialize The LeaderHerShip Initiative through @HerRightsglobal, meet new partners, and collect applications from future TLI grads! #leadership #girlsarethefuture
July 20, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Great day yesterday at the TLI Booth at SCC's Spirit of Hope Summer Community Event. We were so excited to socialize The LeaderHerShip Initiative through @HerRightsglobal, meet new partners, and collect applications from future TLI grads! #leadership #girlsarethefuture
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More than 500 Black feminists will convene in New Orleans from June 5 through 7 for what organizers are calling the largest Black feminist gathering in the U.S.
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#womensrightsarehumanrights #genderequality #bipocvoices #intersectionalfeminism
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#womensrightsarehumanrights #genderequality #bipocvoices #intersectionalfeminism
June 2, 2025 at 7:20 PM
More than 500 Black feminists will convene in New Orleans from June 5 through 7 for what organizers are calling the largest Black feminist gathering in the U.S.
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#womensrightsarehumanrights #genderequality #bipocvoices #intersectionalfeminism
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#womensrightsarehumanrights #genderequality #bipocvoices #intersectionalfeminism
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Article from HerRights founder, Dr. Tanushree (Tanu) Ghosh, @thoughtsrightsnimages) encapsulating the state of the union under the current Administration, and explaining why those in other nations should take note.
thewire.in/world/the-un... #FarewelltoDemocracy #world #democracy
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The United States, Autocracy and the World
Where do we go from here – as a race?
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May 23, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Article from HerRights founder, Dr. Tanushree (Tanu) Ghosh, @thoughtsrightsnimages) encapsulating the state of the union under the current Administration, and explaining why those in other nations should take note.
thewire.in/world/the-un... #FarewelltoDemocracy #world #democracy
thewire.in/world/the-un... #FarewelltoDemocracy #world #democracy
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This month, HerRights held a workshopping & networking event focused on strategic solutions for gender equality. If you’d like to weigh in on the topics we explored, read this UN Report: t2m.io/AZ487bgk - find us at www.herrights.org
#GenderEquality #WomansRightsareHumanRights #GiveGirlsaChance
#GenderEquality #WomansRightsareHumanRights #GiveGirlsaChance
May 13, 2025 at 7:05 PM
This month, HerRights held a workshopping & networking event focused on strategic solutions for gender equality. If you’d like to weigh in on the topics we explored, read this UN Report: t2m.io/AZ487bgk - find us at www.herrights.org
#GenderEquality #WomansRightsareHumanRights #GiveGirlsaChance
#GenderEquality #WomansRightsareHumanRights #GiveGirlsaChance
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Islamist org rallies in Bangladesh to protest govt reforms that support gender equality and women’s rights. The protesters claim that “men and women can never be equal." www.hrw.org/news/2025/05... #womensrightsarehumanrights #globalfightforgenderequality #genderequality
Bangladeshi Women’s Rights Opposed by Hardline Religious Groups
On Saturday, nearly 20,000 supporters of the Islamist organization Hefazat-e-Islam rallied in the streets of Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka, to protest, among other issues, proposed government reforms to...
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May 6, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Islamist org rallies in Bangladesh to protest govt reforms that support gender equality and women’s rights. The protesters claim that “men and women can never be equal." www.hrw.org/news/2025/05... #womensrightsarehumanrights #globalfightforgenderequality #genderequality
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HerRights in conversation on the risk of teenage pregnancy with Sophia Yen, MD, Co-Founder & Chief Medical Officer of Pandia Health, and specialist reproductive health. youtu.be/iOPCzidn0J4?...
#reprorights #womenshealth #genderrights #womensrights #genderequity
#reprorights #womenshealth #genderrights #womensrights #genderequity
Dr. Sophia Yen on Teenage Pregnancy
YouTube video by HerRights Global
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April 21, 2025 at 3:04 AM
HerRights in conversation on the risk of teenage pregnancy with Sophia Yen, MD, Co-Founder & Chief Medical Officer of Pandia Health, and specialist reproductive health. youtu.be/iOPCzidn0J4?...
#reprorights #womenshealth #genderrights #womensrights #genderequity
#reprorights #womenshealth #genderrights #womensrights #genderequity
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While other countries sound the alarm on femicide, the U.S. continues to ignore its own deadly epidemic of gender-based violence.
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#genderequality #genderviolence #femicide #womensrightsarehumanrights
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#genderequality #genderviolence #femicide #womensrightsarehumanrights
Thousands of U.S. Women Are Killed Each Year. Where’s the Outrage?
A spate of 11 femicides in Italy so far this year is making global headlines and prompting calls for “cultural rebellion.” Yet femicide is far worse in the U.S., claiming thousands of lives a year, a...
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April 17, 2025 at 5:55 PM
While other countries sound the alarm on femicide, the U.S. continues to ignore its own deadly epidemic of gender-based violence.
msmagazine.com/2025/04/17/u...
#genderequality #genderviolence #femicide #womensrightsarehumanrights
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#genderequality #genderviolence #femicide #womensrightsarehumanrights
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The Trump administration has threatened to block Harvard University from enrolling international students unless the school hands over detailed information about the student body, in yet another escalation of the government’s fight against higher education.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/u...
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Trump Threatens to Block International Students Unless Harvard Shares Student Data
The demand from the Department of Homeland Security is an escalation in President Trump’s fight against Harvard, the country’s oldest and richest university.
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April 17, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The Trump administration has threatened to block Harvard University from enrolling international students unless the school hands over detailed information about the student body, in yet another escalation of the government’s fight against higher education.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/u...
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Child marriage is a profound manifestation of inequality & gender-based violence. Did you know only 13 U.S. states have banned child marriage? Around the world, millions of girls are impacted. Join us in calling for global action to end this human rights violation. www.herrights.org/projects#:~:...
January 29, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Child marriage is a profound manifestation of inequality & gender-based violence. Did you know only 13 U.S. states have banned child marriage? Around the world, millions of girls are impacted. Join us in calling for global action to end this human rights violation. www.herrights.org/projects#:~:...
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Women Leaders of Excellence
It's #WomensHistoryMonth and we are sharing posts that highlight women who have changed the world.
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#womensrights #genderequity #womensrightsarehumanrights #womenleaders
It's #WomensHistoryMonth and we are sharing posts that highlight women who have changed the world.
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#womensrights #genderequity #womensrightsarehumanrights #womenleaders
Celebrating 12 U.S. and Montenegrin Women Leaders Who Demonstrated Excellence
March is Women’s History Month in the USA, a time to recognize the significant contributions of women who have left a lasting impact on society. In honor
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March 16, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Women Leaders of Excellence
It's #WomensHistoryMonth and we are sharing posts that highlight women who have changed the world.
t2m.io/T9qOqKVt
#womensrights #genderequity #womensrightsarehumanrights #womenleaders
It's #WomensHistoryMonth and we are sharing posts that highlight women who have changed the world.
t2m.io/T9qOqKVt
#womensrights #genderequity #womensrightsarehumanrights #womenleaders
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Thousands attend women’s rights march in Brussels this month
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#womensrights #genderequity #womensrightsarehumanrights #womenshealth #resist
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#womensrights #genderequity #womensrightsarehumanrights #womenshealth #resist
Thousands attend women's rights march in Brussels
YouTube video by AP Archive
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March 15, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Thousands attend women’s rights march in Brussels this month
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#womensrights #genderequity #womensrightsarehumanrights #womenshealth #resist
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#womensrights #genderequity #womensrightsarehumanrights #womenshealth #resist
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Blocked: 15-week abortion ban; #AbortionRights permanently enshrined into Arizona's state constitution. reproductiverights.org/arizona-15-w...
#womenshealth #womensrights #womensrightsarehumanrights
#womenshealth #womensrights #womensrightsarehumanrights
Arizona Judge Permanently Blocks State’s 15-Week Abortion Ban, Declaring it Unconstitutional | Center for Reproductive Rights
Ban violates 2024 voter-approved amendment protecting abortion rights. Ban violates 2024 voter-approved amendment protecting abortion rights.
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March 6, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Blocked: 15-week abortion ban; #AbortionRights permanently enshrined into Arizona's state constitution. reproductiverights.org/arizona-15-w...
#womenshealth #womensrights #womensrightsarehumanrights
#womenshealth #womensrights #womensrightsarehumanrights
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“Loss of a giant in the fight for reproductive freedom”
#ReproRights #WomensHealth
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Cecile Richards, former Planned Parenthood president, has died | CNN
Cecile Richards, a women’s rights crusader who served as president of Planned Parenthood as the nation approached a critical inflection point over reproductive freedom, has died, her family said Monda...
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January 23, 2025 at 7:02 PM
“Loss of a giant in the fight for reproductive freedom”
#ReproRights #WomensHealth
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#ReproRights #WomensHealth
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The current administration pulled the plug on reproductiverights.gov, removing info on access to care, insurance, birth control, abortion care, breast & cervical cancer screenings, prenatal care, and HIV screenings.
#WomensHealth #GenderRights #ReproductiveHealthcare
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#WomensHealth #GenderRights #ReproductiveHealthcare
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US government website offering resources on abortion, reproductive rights goes offline
Reproductiverights.gov, which was launched by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in 2022, was offline Tuesday morning.
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January 22, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The current administration pulled the plug on reproductiverights.gov, removing info on access to care, insurance, birth control, abortion care, breast & cervical cancer screenings, prenatal care, and HIV screenings.
#WomensHealth #GenderRights #ReproductiveHealthcare
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#WomensHealth #GenderRights #ReproductiveHealthcare
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Are Women’s Rights the Canary in the Coal Mine of a Democracy in Decline?
POV: U.S. democracy has been failing women, as it has been designed to, since the nation’s founding.
msmagazine.com/2023/05/15/d...
#womensrightsarehumanrights #womenandgirls #GenderEquity #TheFightContinues
POV: U.S. democracy has been failing women, as it has been designed to, since the nation’s founding.
msmagazine.com/2023/05/15/d...
#womensrightsarehumanrights #womenandgirls #GenderEquity #TheFightContinues
Are Women's Rights the Canary in the Coal Mine of a Democracy in Decline? - Ms. Magazine
Reproductive rights, women's rights, voting rights and abortion access are on the decline—but the are essential to a healthy U.S. democracy.
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January 20, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Are Women’s Rights the Canary in the Coal Mine of a Democracy in Decline?
POV: U.S. democracy has been failing women, as it has been designed to, since the nation’s founding.
msmagazine.com/2023/05/15/d...
#womensrightsarehumanrights #womenandgirls #GenderEquity #TheFightContinues
POV: U.S. democracy has been failing women, as it has been designed to, since the nation’s founding.
msmagazine.com/2023/05/15/d...
#womensrightsarehumanrights #womenandgirls #GenderEquity #TheFightContinues
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Unpaid care and domestic work should be a shared responsibility.
Yet globally, women spend over 2.5 times more hours per day on unpaid care work than men.
Let’s #sharethecare at home.
From @UN_Women
Learn more: unwo.men/Lhyo50UJxJF
Yet globally, women spend over 2.5 times more hours per day on unpaid care work than men.
Let’s #sharethecare at home.
From @UN_Women
Learn more: unwo.men/Lhyo50UJxJF
January 20, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Unpaid care and domestic work should be a shared responsibility.
Yet globally, women spend over 2.5 times more hours per day on unpaid care work than men.
Let’s #sharethecare at home.
From @UN_Women
Learn more: unwo.men/Lhyo50UJxJF
Yet globally, women spend over 2.5 times more hours per day on unpaid care work than men.
Let’s #sharethecare at home.
From @UN_Women
Learn more: unwo.men/Lhyo50UJxJF
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Trends of de-democratization are eroding gender equality & threats to previous policy achievements. This paper discusses backsliding on gender policies, and the emerging political space for response. Where are we and what can we do to help? #genderequity
www.unwomen.org/en/digital-l...
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January 18, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Trends of de-democratization are eroding gender equality & threats to previous policy achievements. This paper discusses backsliding on gender policies, and the emerging political space for response. Where are we and what can we do to help? #genderequity
www.unwomen.org/en/digital-l...
www.unwomen.org/en/digital-l...
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HerRights is ramping up to focus on BlueSky more heavily pending the closure of TikTok. Stay tuned and tell a friend!
January 17, 2025 at 6:19 PM
HerRights is ramping up to focus on BlueSky more heavily pending the closure of TikTok. Stay tuned and tell a friend!