How to Use women's rights in a Sentence

women's rights

plural noun
  • 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
  • What must not be lost here, is this is not about women's rights, this is about human rights.
    Hilary Weaver, Vanities, 16 June 2017
  • Confused about what the hell is going on with women's rights?
    Cady Drell, Marie Claire, 15 May 2019
  • For me, this is an issue of women's health and women's rights.
    Emma Hinchliffe and paige McGlauflin, Fortune, 25 May 2022
  • There are three women up here that have fought pretty hard for a woman's right to choose.
    Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, 27 June 2019
  • So, where do women's rights in the United States go from here?
    Jeevan Ravindran, CNN, 3 Sep. 2021
  • The outcome was hailed across around the world as a victory for women's rights.
    refinery29.com, 11 July 2018
  • She's expected to make women's rights a key part of her platform.
    Cady Drell, Marie Claire, 18 Jan. 2019
  • Bush spoke about advances in women's rights to justify the war.
    Jenny Singer, Glamour, 19 Aug. 2021
  • What black suffragists achieved greatly shaped the fight for women's rights.
    USA Today, 26 Feb. 2020
  • The attack on women's rights to not be forced to remain pregnant is scary and urgent.
    Jenny Singer, Glamour, 5 Apr. 2022
  • 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 bold idea would be to mandate women's rights in large corporations.
    Angela Chan, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2022
  • 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
  • Why are women's rights not where they were committed to a quarter of a century ago?
    Pamela Falk, CBS News, 1 Oct. 2020
  • 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
  • Markle talked about her ideas for the foundation and her interests in women's rights and mental health.
    Tamara Fuentes, Harper's BAZAAR, 19 Apr. 2018
  • And others argue Bernie is not a staunch advocate for women's rights.
    The Tylt, AL.com, 17 Oct. 2017
  • The changes are important to Saudi women's rights in the kingdom.
    Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2019
  • People who are devoted to the church without wanting to deny a woman's right to choose what to do with her body.
    Melanie Hamlett, Glamour, 26 Aug. 2019
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • The changes are a potential game-changer for Saudi women's rights in the kingdom.
    NBC News, 2 Aug. 2019
  • Demonstrators at women's rights protests routinely don the red cloaks and bonnets of the show's handmaids.
    cleveland.com, 11 Sep. 2019
  • 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
  • Lien was also a strong advocate for women's rights and gender equality.
    Adam Harrington, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025

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