The figures were the first since the group's huge fundraising rights issue in October.
The Democratic women are a critical bloc for Silver, and women's rights are a major issue for the Democratic conference.
But even in the European Union probably the best place on the planet from the point of view of women's rights the issue is a hot one.
Women's rights are an emotive issue, with both Zahra Rahnavard and the wife of his rival Mehdi Karroubi taking an active role on the campaign trail.
In particularly pointed references, the president made a forceful call for gay rights that equated the issue with the struggle for women's rights in the 19th century and civil rights in the 1960s.
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It's aware how negative its image is in some quarters, particularly over the issue of human rights, and it's trying to address that.
"The foetal versus mother's rights are always going to be an issue, " says David LaBahn, president and chief executive of the Association of Prosecuting Attorneys.
Solicitor General Ted Olson spoke with CNN on the issue of citizen's rights, as well as the loss of his wife, Barbara Olson, who was killed in the plane that struck the Pentagon.
When Iraqi women's rights activist Zainab Salbi noted that the key issue for women in the Muslim world is changing the family law that governs their societies, Amanpour didn't ask her what she meant.
The digital rights management (DRM) issue has also worked to Amazon's benefit.
There is probably no issue that angers militants more than women's rights.
At issue is whether Macy's has the exclusive rights to sell some Martha Stewart branded products such as cookware, bedding and bath products.
There are rumours that Asia's large sovereign-wealth funds might take part in the rights issue.
In the coming months the U.S. Supreme Court will issue two critical rulings on property rights, which are the bedrock of a vibrant, free-enterprise economy.
Washington (CNN) -- A custody battle involving the "best interests" of a 3-year-old Cherokee girl was taken up by the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, an issue spanning the rights of adoptive parents and the desire to preserve Native American families within tribes.
The jailing of four prominent dissidents in March brought warnings from Cuba's closest trading partners in Canada and Europe that the issue of human rights would prevent closer economic co-operation.
Although he is not a political figure, Mr Sombath was a prominent campaigner who promoted fair land rights for small farmers, which is a sensitive issue in Laos, the BBC's Nga Pham reports from Bangkok.
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The use of Palestinian "human shields" became a particular issue during Israel's sweeping military operations in April, when human rights organisations - including B'Tselem - petitioned the supreme court to order a stop to the practice.
At issue is whether Perez -- who heads the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division -- improperly intervened with St.
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Mr Obama's failure to repeal the military ban is not the only issue that has frustrated gay rights campaigners.
But Tuesday's unveiling of the "Women's Equality Act" which also includes nine other elements of Mr. Cuomo's women's rights agenda will set up a philosophical fight in the state Senate over a divisive issue that has defined the nation's culture wars for four decades.
An emergency rights issue by HBOS was a flop: only 8.3% of the British bank's shares were taken up by investors.
But on the main issue that divides them Cuba's communist system and its suppression of human rights they remain as far apart as ever.
Both sides are aware that gun-owners' rights are taking shape as a campaign issue that could shift the balance of power in the U.S. Senate.
UN's legal counsel told the Security Council that Morocco had no right to issue oil-exploration rights in Western Sahara without the consent of Western Saharans.
The critics framed the issue as one of religious liberty, while Democrats responded that critics were attacking women's rights involving heath care choices.
NATO's decision not to take the Kosovo issue to the council early on as a cynical ploy to claim rights of intervention for the West at the expense of the rest.
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