that "all women are entitled to the benefit of safe and legal abortion." On the subject of pregnancies resulting from marital rape, the Court ruled that women can seek an abortion in the term of 20 to 24 weeks under the ambit of "survivors of sexual assault or rape". United States, Nevada: Nevada voters voted yes to the ballot question, "Shall the Nevada Constitution be amended by adding a specific guarantee that equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by this State or any of its cities, counties, or other political subdivisions on account of race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, ancestry, or national origin". United States, New Mexico, Hobbs: In the city of Hobbs, New Mexico, a local ordinance was passed in November 2022 to prevent abortion clinics from operating. Afghanistan: Women were banned from gyms, public baths, public parks, and amusement parks. Afghanistan: Women were banned from university education. Afghanistan: Women were banned from working in non-government organizations (NGOs), and all such organizations were ordered to cease employment of female employees. United States, Massachusetts, Nantucket: It became legal for women to be topless at beaches on Nantucket; previously, women could be fined $300 and receive a penalty of up to three years in prison if they did so. 2023 United States, Rhode Island: On January 1 a law went into effect in Rhode Island mandating equal pay for "comparable work" (with comparable work defined as work requiring substantially similar skill, effort and responsibility and performed under "similar working conditions") regardless of gender, race, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, age or disability. Sierra Leone: In January 2023 the Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment Act (GEWE) was signed into law in Sierra Leone. It mandates 30% of public and private positions be reserved for women (including in parliament), provides for increased workplace training opportunities for women, allows women fourteen weeks of maternity leave, punishes discrimination against women who seek access to financial services or resources, requires equal pay for women and men working in the same job, and requires yearly reviews of the GEWE's implementation in public and private institutions. See also Legal rights of women in history List of women's rights conventions in the United States Timeline of reproductive rights legislation Timeline of women's legal rights in the United States (other than voting) References External links Some of the