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
  • Many women's rights activists say that sets the bar too high.
    Amanda Erickson, Washington Post, 29 Apr. 2018
  • Thank you so much for joining me in this fight for women's rights.
    Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour, 1 Nov. 2022
  • King did not want to set back women's sports and women's rights.
    USA Today, 13 Aug. 2020
  • The outcome was hailed across around the world as a victory for women's rights.
    refinery29.com, 11 July 2018
  • For me, this is an issue of women's health and women's rights.
    Emma Hinchliffe and paige McGlauflin, Fortune, 25 May 2022
  • Confused about what the hell is going on with women's rights?
    Cady Drell, Marie Claire, 15 May 2019
  • There are three women up here that have fought pretty hard for a woman's right to choose.
    Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, 27 June 2019
  • Will the gains made for Afghan women's rights disappear?
    Jeremy Herb, CNN, 27 Apr. 2021
  • The lawyers were looking for a plaintiff to fight for women's right to safe and legal abortions.
    Petula Dvorak, Anchorage Daily News, 20 May 2020
  • Police say the fall broke several bones in the woman's right hand and caused more injuries to her face.
    Scott Berson, charlotteobserver, 4 May 2018
  • 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
  • The changes are important to Saudi women's rights in the kingdom.
    Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2019
  • 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
  • She's expected to make women's rights a key part of her platform.
    Cady Drell, Marie Claire, 18 Jan. 2019
  • 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
  • What black suffragists achieved greatly shaped the fight for women's rights.
    USA Today, 26 Feb. 2020
  • The changes are a potential game-changer for Saudi women's rights in the kingdom.
    NBC News, 2 Aug. 2019
  • Many Hebron women were involved in the push for women's rights long before the adoption of the 19th amendment.
    Courant Community, 17 Apr. 2018
  • The City of Long Beach has a track record of supporting women's rights and reproductive health.
    Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al.com, 17 June 2019
  • Today, Lahti remains dedicated to women's rights and is thrilled by the progress of the #metoo and Time's Up movements.
    Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 6 May 2018
  • 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
  • Her words focused on gender equality, and touched on the importance of young men in the fight for women's rights.
    Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 7 Mar. 2020
  • 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
  • Even if the government does not adhere to the protesters' demands, the experts said the domestic pressure has already made an impact on the conversation around women's rights.
    N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY, 24 Sep. 2022

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