NOW/PAC Organizes to Educate Voters, Re-Elect Obama-Biden

Tomorrow’s election is pivotal. We’re down to the wire, and so much is hanging in the balance for women: economic security, the fate of Roe v. Wade, protection of Medicare and Social Security, and much more. We must stand up to the radical fringe — the last thing the War on Women needs is a commander-in-chief in the White House.

Tutu promotes campaign to end child marriage

Lisa Rein writes for The Washington Post: “Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the South African anti-apartheid activist . . . met with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on the eve of the inaugural International Day of the Girl Child at the United Nations.…

The Taliban’s cowardly act

The editors of The Washington Post write: “On Tuesday, Pakistani Taliban thugs tried to assassinate a 14-year-old girl. You read that correctly: Masked gunmen from the ultra-purist Islamist group stormed a van full of schoolchildren in an effort to kill…

Abortion Around the World – An Overview

Women’s reproductive health advocates believe that — as a fundamental human right — all women everywhere should have access to reproductive health and family planning services, including abortion. Unfortunately, in many parts of the world, women face serious and sometimes insurmountable barriers in obtaining those services. Women’s health and their families’ well-being suffer as a consequence. Tragically, women’s lives are lost unnecessarily because of abortion restrictions and lack of access to medical services.

In Niger, hunger crisis raises fears of more child marriages

Sudarsan Raghavan writes for The Washington Post: “Balki Souley lost her son during childbirth the other day…Married at 12, Balki is now 14 years old. Niger has the world’s highest rate of child marriage, with roughly one out of two girls marrying befo…