In the past six years, at least four pregnant women and 34 newborns have died after mothers were delayed at Israeli military checkpoints in the West Bank and Gaza. Volunteers and aid groups are working to ease access restrictions.
An Obama-era Congress will have at least two chances to act against wage discrimination next year. That raises the hopes of some New York activists, but they say they"ll continue to lobby for similar state legislation, just in case.
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U.S. women mark their 87th year of suffrage under the 19th Amendment on Aug. 26. But millions of women remain stubbornly disenfranchised by factors such as under-representation, social instability and culture gaps.