How to Use women's rights in a Sentence

women's rights

plural noun
  • So, where do women's rights in the United States go from here?
    Jeevan Ravindran, CNN, 3 Sep. 2021
  • Thank you so much for joining me in this fight for women's rights.
    Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour, 1 Nov. 2022
  • For me, this is an issue of women's health and women's rights.
    Emma Hinchliffe and paige McGlauflin, Fortune, 25 May 2022
  • Will the gains made for Afghan women's rights disappear?
    Jeremy Herb, CNN, 27 Apr. 2021
  • The attack on women's rights to not be forced to remain pregnant is scary and urgent.
    Jenny Singer, Glamour, 5 Apr. 2022
  • Over two decades, the United States spent more than $780 million to promote women's rights in Afghanistan.
    Thomas Gibbons-Neff, Star Tribune, 18 Apr. 2021
  • Bush spoke about advances in women's rights to justify the war.
    Jenny Singer, Glamour, 19 Aug. 2021
  • And, this isn’t the first time Owens has been openly transphobic and tried to mask it as standing up for women's rights.
    Asia Ewart, refinery29.com, 1 Mar. 2021
  • But the court declined to do so, leaving the law in effect in what Democrats decried as a major blow to women's rights.
    Tyler Olson, Fox News, 3 Sep. 2021
  • The scenes stood in stark contrast to the violent suppression last week of protests for women's rights.
    Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 12 Sep. 2021
  • The coolest thing is the evolution of women's rights and women's hand in the community.
    Alice Holtham, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Sep. 2021
  • She's served as a leading spokesperson for women's rights in her home country and now fears for their future.
    Adisa Hargett-Robinson, ABC News, 27 Aug. 2021
  • The bold idea would be to mandate women's rights in large corporations.
    Angela Chan, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2022
  • Already there are reports of fighters cracking down on protests and on women's rights, though some girls have been able to return to school.
    Naledi Ushe, PEOPLE.com, 20 Aug. 2021
  • Why are women's rights not where they were committed to a quarter of a century ago?
    Pamela Falk, CBS News, 1 Oct. 2020
  • Now as the country goes to the ballot box, the conversation on women's rights should never be about numbers.
    Carmen Geha, CNN, 14 May 2022
  • That push has been led by women's rights activists in the country, who have openly defied the law in public and on social media as a form of protest.
    Michael Lee, Fox News, 4 Dec. 2022
  • Today’s Supreme Court opinion will live in infamy as a step backward for women's rights and human rights.
    Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 June 2022
  • An advocate for women's rights, Curtis proposed the very first version of the Equal Rights Amendment.
    CBS News, 17 Jan. 2021
  • Even when the city had a female chief executive, Carrie Lam, few saw her tenure as a win for women's rights.
    Jessie Lau For Cnn, CNN, 5 May 2022
  • Feminist icon Gloria Steinem shares her experiences on the road while fighting for women's rights in the '70s and '80s.
    Ysolt Usigan, Woman's Day, 9 May 2022
  • The fight has only just begun, both in Texas and in many states across this country where women's rights are currently under attack.
    Katie Campione, PEOPLE.com, 6 Oct. 2021
  • And many people in Afghanistan do not share our values, especially on women's rights.
    W. James Antle Iii, The Week, 17 Aug. 2021
  • Talk about why women's rights and girls' rights are important, why climate change is important.
    Brooke Lefferts, Star Tribune, 8 Mar. 2021
  • In fact, Cuomo tried Tuesday to explain his commitment to women's rights.
    Frida Ghitis, CNN, 10 Aug. 2021
  • In both statements, Sinema affirmed her belief that the filibuster has been used to protect women's rights.
    Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 1 July 2022
  • Meghan, 39, spoke of how she's always been an advocate for women's rights, and how ironic that felt as she was stifled by the institution.
    Alexia Fernández, PEOPLE.com, 8 Mar. 2021
  • From giving people the right to carry guns to taking away women's rights of autonomy over their own bodies.
    Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY, 24 June 2022
  • That ruling has triggered huge nationwide protests, with young people heeding a call by women's rights activists to come to the streets to defend their freedoms.
    NBC News, 29 Oct. 2020
  • Taliban leaders met with some women's rights and human rights activists on Sunday, but there was no official word about those talks.
    David Keyton, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Jan. 2022

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