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Anti-feminists invade Iraq.


"The Feminist Majority Foundation The Feminist Majority Foundation (FMF) is a feminist non-profit organization dedicated to “women’s equality, reproductive health and non-violence[1].  has objected to the U.S. Department of State's decision to award part of a $10 million grant to an anti-feminist group, the Independent Women's Forum The Independent Women's Forum (IWF) is a non-profit, non-partisan research and educational institution focused on domestic and foreign policy issues of concern to women.

The group promotes an equity feminist view—called antifeminist by critics[6]
, for 'leadership training, democracy education, and coalition building assistance to women in Iraq,'" reports PR Watch. "The Independent Women's Forum, which was created initially to defend Clarence Thomas Clarence Thomas (born June 23, 1948) is an American jurist and has been an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States since 1991. He is the second African American to serve on the nation's highest court, after Justice Thurgood Marshall.  against charges of sexual harassment sexual harassment, in law, verbal or physical behavior of a sexual nature, aimed at a particular person or group of people, especially in the workplace or in academic or other institutional settings, that is actionable, as in tort or under equal-opportunity statutes.  during his U.S. Supreme Court nomination hearings, says that its mission is to counter 'the dangerous influence of radical feminism.' "
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