Wednesday, Aug 19th
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Human Rights In photos: 100 years of women fighting for equality
This year marks a century since American women were granted the right to vote under the 19th Amendment, which was ratified and formally adopted in August 1920. Since then, women have broken barriers, smashed glass ceilings and paved a path of equality for future generations to follow.
Here's a look at some moments, both big and small, that helped advance women's equality over the past 100 years.
 In Qusra, in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian families have spent August imprisoned inside their own... |
 Life under genocide has its familiar daily rituals. A discerning eye detects latent horrors in the... | ||
 Israeli authorities have formally allowed Jewish prayer for the first time inside Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied... |
 Haitham Rashaidh was among the last to leave his home near Ein al-Auja, a natural spring... |
