Women In Politics

Clinton backs Saudi women driver protest
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is lending her support to women in Saudi Arabia protesting the kingdom’s ban on female drivers.

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Clinton tries ‘quiet diplomacy’ on Saudi female drivers’ protest
To those fighting for the right of Saudi women to drive, the issue seems to highlight the kind of discrimination against women that would be the perfect cause to elicit comment, and perhaps criticism, from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

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New Syria protest center sees unrelenting attacks
Electricity, phone lines and then the water supply were cut off in a restive area of Syria that is a new center for protests against President Bashar Assad, and activists said 15 people died in the sixth day of sustained…

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GetEqual Protest at Capitol Rotunda
About 20 LGBT activists staged a sit-in in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol during a tour of the building in order to pressure Speaker Nancy Pelosi to take a vote on ENDA.

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San Rafael protest targets Arizona law
Several hundred people marched across San Rafael Saturday from the Pickleweed Park Community Center to Albert Park to protest Arizona’s tough new bill on illegal immigration and to call for broad national immigration reform.

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Students plan silent protest to fix immigration system
Students at three San Mateo high schools may be extra quiet today, even silent. Latino students at Aragon, San Mateo and Hillsdale high schools are joining together for Dia de Silencio, or Day of Silence, in support of immigration reform by Congress.

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Buses to carry 1,000 to protest Arizona law
Immigration advocates expect roughly 1,000 Coachella Valley residents to caravan to Los Angeles on Saturday for a march protesting a new Arizona immigration law.

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One Story, Two Sides: Rep. Frank questions the purpose of Get Equal’s ENDA protest in House committee, but group’s co …
News:”What a stupid thing to do.” Those were the first words an agitated Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) spit out when commenting on the Get Equal protest that happened Wednesday morning, April 21, at a meeting of the House Education and Labor Committee. On Sunday, the openly gay Frank said the committee would be marking up and voting on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) ”this week or …

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