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  "publishedAt": "2026-03-17T18:15:55.000Z",
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  "tags": [
    "Global",
    "Justice & Law",
    "National",
    "Violence & Harassment",
    "Abortion Access",
    "Africa",
    "Antiabortion Laws",
    "Child Abuse",
    "Child Marriage",
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    "The Erosion of Women’s Rights Is a Warning Sign for Democracies Everywhere",
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  "textContent": "Over 30 years ago, world leaders came together in Beijing and made a promise: Gender equality would be a global standard, not a distant aspiration. This March, as the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women convenes for CSW70 under the theme of strengthening access to justice and eliminating discriminatory laws, that promise remains not only unfinished, but increasingly under coordinated assault.\n\nSince 1999, Equality Now’s Words & Deeds reports have tracked laws and policies that discriminate against women and girls, documenting progress when legal reform has been achieved and holding governments accountable when words fail to translate into action.\n\nOur new Words & Deeds update, Progress and Backlash: Accountability for the Rights of Women and Girls, shows that we are at a perilous moment of global regression in women’s rights. Across regions, protections once considered settled are being diluted, defunded and, in some cases, deliberately dismantled.\n\nThe post The Erosion of Women’s Rights Is a Warning Sign for Democracies Everywhere appeared first on Ms. Magazine.",
  "title": "The Erosion of Women’s Rights Is a Warning Sign for Democracies Everywhere"
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