For many of us, the school year has begun, providing a whole host of opportunities for bringing in new members through first-year orientations, student activities/group fairs, and tabling on campus. FeministCampus.org has tips for finding feminists on campus, a recruitment timetable, and tips for recruitment strategies, http://www.feministcampus.org/recruitment.asp. Feminist activists at the UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA AT […]
In their current work to increase pro-choice awareness, the Pro-Choice Public Education Project (PEP) has enhanced their website, http://www.protectchoice.org, and added several new resources for leadership and volunteer/internship opportunities in the pro-choice movement. PEP invites Feminist Majority Leadership Alliances and allies to nominate a prominent pro-choice activist and have them featured on the PEP site. […]
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) will be holding a National Legislative Mobilization Conference on September 8-10, 2002 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Washington DC. Members and leaders from across the country will gather to become active participants in the legislative process, gain insight into the issues that affect our […]
In another landmark vote for California’s legislature, the state Senate passed a bill yesterday that will allow women and men who are victims of gender-based crimes such as domestic violence and sexual assault to bring civil action against their attackers for “actual, compensatory, and punitive damages, attorneys’ fees, and costs,” according to the author of […]
As Israel-Palestinian tensions increasingly filter into US politics, US Representative Cynthia McKinney (D-GA) was defeated by a virtual unknown in Georgia’s primary election Tuesday – primarily because of her criticism of pro-Israel policies. McKinney, who has been a champion of women’s issues since her election in 1992, was defeated by former state judge Denise Majette […]
Despite worldwide focus on the notorious child sexual abuse scandal, the Catholic Church is continuing its routine of secrecy, denial, and feigned alacrity in regards to the little-publicized issue of nun sexual abuse by priests. For the past seven years, the Vatican has been aware of the sexual abuse and rape of nuns by priests. […]
In President Bush’s latest attempt to hinder the progress of stem cell research in the US, the Bush administration plans to spend $1 million on public awareness campaigns that promote the “adoption” of embryos to infertile couples. With backing from Congress, the Department of Health and Human Services will launch a grant program for organizations […]
President Bush’s Commission on Equal Opportunity in Athletics, a 15-member panel in created June to reevaluate Title IX, will begin public hearings around the country next week – with the first meeting scheduled for next Tuesday and Wednesday in Atlanta, Georgia. The administration claims that the Commission on Opportunity in Athletics was formed to ensure […]
Despite substantial evidence showing the health benefits of mifepristone, anti-abortion groups submitted a 90-page petition to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) asking for the immediate ban of the drug – approved by the FDA in September 2000 for the termination of early pregnancy. The petition, written by Concerned Women for America, the American Association […]
Federal funding for more than a dozen AIDS service organizations is being scrutinized by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) after members of these groups took part in a demonstration against Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson during his speech last month at the international AIDS conference in Barcelona, Spain, the Washington […]
President Bush recently rejected $5.1 billion in Emergency Supplemental Appropriation funds approved by Congress, including $174 million for reconstruction and refugee assistance in Afghanistan, according to Interaction and Care organizations. Among the funding eliminated by this veto is $2.5 million for the Ministry of Women’s Affairs, which is slated to build women’s centers in each […]
According to recent reports, US Representative John Hostettler (R-IN) focused on controversial studies linking breast cancer and abortion rather than discussing current legislation during the Congressman’s annual advocacy meeting with breast cancer survivors. The 11 women who attended the meeting were reportedly offended and “extremely disappointed,” according to Carol Cochran, a grandmother and two-time survivor […]
In a ruling issued last week, US District Court Judge Barbara Rothstein ordered the US Navy to fund an abortion for a Navy spouse carrying an anencephalic fetus. The woman, now 20 weeks pregnant, learned three weeks ago that the fetusÑdeveloping without forebrain, cerebellum, or skullÑwould face imminent death. The US Navy and TRICARE Management […]
Governor Jeb Bush of Florida appointed Jerry Regier, founder of the anti-abortion, anti-women Family Research Council, as head of the state’s Department of Children and Families, according to the New York Times. Regier’s appointment is the latest in a string of controversies and embarrassments for the state’s child welfare system. The agency’s previous director, Katherine […]
On Sunday, the New York Times announced its decision to include same-sex couples in its wedding announcements section of the Sunday Styles section of the paper. Times executive director Howell Raines stated that the paper was making this change in recognition of the fact that there is a growing societal trend toward public commitment ceremonies […]
An Islamic court in Nigeria today upheld a sentence of death by stoning against a 31-year-old Nigerian woman, Amina Lawal Kurami. After giving birth to a child outside of marriage, Kumari was found guilty of adultery in October of 2001, and her appeal was rejected by a lower court in the Katsina state in March. […]
Domestic terrorist and anti-abortion extremist Clayton Lee Waagner was sentenced to 19 years and seven months in prison yesterday for six federal charges of possession of illegal firearms and for stealing a car while on the run from authorities. According to The Cincinnati Enquirer, Waagner has also admitted to mailing 550 letters filled with powder […]
Dennis Malvasi and Loretta Marra, two anti abortion extremists charged with helping James Kopp while he was on the run from a murder charge for a Buffalo doctor, are scheduled to plead guilty to charges next week. Court sources told the Buffalo News that Malvasi and Marra will plead guilty to one count of harboring […]
California Governor Gray Davis reversed two parole recommendations earlier this month for two battered women who killed, or were involved in the killing of, their long-time abusive partners. Parole was denied for Flozelle Woodmore, who is serving a sentence of 15 years to life in prison for the murder of her abusive boyfriend, Clifton Morrow. […]
Arin Reining and Nina Murphy, two women police officers who worked for the Sumner, Washington Police Department, have filed a federal lawsuit against the Department, alleging that they were discriminated against because of their sex, and faced retaliation when they complained about it. The women also allege that Sumner’s chief, Benjamin Reisz, particularly singled them […]
