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End Homelessness
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Eliminate Violence Against Women
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Violence against women isn't something that should be considered for one day a year. Read about the successes of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and pledge to take action all throughout the year to end violence against women. Unifem has suggestions for action you can take. Leave suggestions for actions, or act...
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Tell the Health Dept: Contraception is NOT Abortion!
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The Department of Health and Human Services is quietly trying to redefine "abortion" to include birth control. This would effectively end health insurance coverage for the pill and potentially block emergency contraception for victims of rape. Newspapers are reporting that dozens of state laws protecting reproductive rights will be threat...
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Tell Congress to End "Abstinence-Only" Sex Education
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In March, the CDC released a national study revealing that one in four girls and young women in this country are infected with a sexually transmitted disease. Nearly HALF of all African-American teenagers ages 14 to 19 are infected. This is after 10 YEARS and $1.5 BILLION of "abstinence-only" sex education. Experts in every relevant f...
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Write your legislators and public officials
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Change won't happen unless we raise our voices to those who are in charge. Use a service like congress.org to find your senators and representatives, and write your local officials too! Every letter counts, especially when they're written from the heart. Hand-written letters receive special attention.
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Doula Support for Every Birth
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We, the undersigned, believe Birth/ Labor Doula Services are a means to lower-cost, better-outcome Birth/ Maternity Care for women, infants, families and the United States of America. We believe a Birth Doula should be available and affordable to all birthing families who would choose this service. We believe the cost of hiring ...
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Urge Congress to Help Women Prevent HIV/AIDS
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Women who cannot convince their partners to wear condoms are helpless victims of the spreading AIDS pandemic. In the United States, AIDS is the number one cause of death among African-American women aged 25-34. But breakthroughs in microbicide development offer women the chance to protect themselves against the virus. Scientists around th...
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women's rights advocate
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I pledge to be a women's rights advocate for the rest of my life.
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USE YOUR WORDS WISELY!
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I have been thinking a lot lately about "hateful speech" and how people use certain words so casually. Words DO wound. This is what bothers me the MOST~ The word "retard" or "retarded" has gone "mainstream." It's on TV. In movies. On the radio. In books. In music. It was a title of a Black Eyed Pea...
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Buy organic
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Buying organic products supports organic farming.
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Stop Rape against Women and Girls in the DRC
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Pledge to Send Letter http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/672201139 War has ravaged the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) for more than two decades. Almost 5.5 million people are dead, and the wounds of the conflict are deep and enduring. Women in the DRC are victims of one of the most appalling assaults the world has witnessed. Rape...
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The Case Foundation, a partner of Change.org, is running a campaign called "Change Begins With Me," which
calls on citizens across the country to get involved by answering the question: how will YOU commit to
bringing about change in your neighborhood, your community or your nation?