The Association of Reproductive Health Professionals (ARHP) has become the official managing organization of the national emergency contraception hotline (1-888-NOT-2-LATE). Originally begun in 1996 by the Reproductive Health Technologies Project (RHTP) and Princeton University, the hotline provides women with the contact information of health care providers who dispense emergency contraception (EC) in their area. “The […]
Tens of thousands of Afghan girls began a special two-month school session to prepare them for normal classes that will begin in the spring. Offered by the Ministry of Education and funded in part by UNIFEM, the special session will reintroduce subjects like reading and math to girls who had been forbidden to attend school […]
This month, the Fellowship of Companies for Christ International (FCCI), a non-profit organization dedicated to helping executives run their businesses in accordance with Christian values and biblical tenets, launched a plan to expand its activities, which include proselytizing, into Europe. Proselytizing at the workplace, however, is controversial. In October 2001, a Florida man lost a […]
The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday upheld a lower court’s dismissal of a claim that anti-abortion activists have a legal right to provide “sidewalk counseling” outside women’s reproductive health clinics. The Appeals Court determined that the plaintiffs failed to show a FACE violation. Plaintiffs argued that their “counseling” activities were protected under the […]
Sgt. Jeannette Winters became the first American woman to die in the U.S. War against Terrorism yesterday when a U.S. military plane crashed into mountain in southwestern Pakistan. The plane was carrying Winters, 25, a radio operator, along with six other Marines. Winters, an African-American, joined the Marines in 1997, and like the other service […]
Sufiyatu Huseini (also referred to as Sufiya Hussaini in earlier reports) is still awaiting a decision from an Islamic sharia appeals court that will determine whether she lives or dies. Huseini is accused of adultery, and a lower court has sentenced her to death by stoning. Husseini, however, claims that she was raped three times […]
Included in newly elected New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s plans for the city is a proposal to make abortion training a required component of OB/GYN residency programs in all New York City public hospitals. Although unprecedented, Bloomberg’s plan does allow residents who object to abortion on moral grounds to forego the training. The plan, […]
The percentage of Americans being treated for depression more than tripled between 1987 and 1997, according to a study published in the most recent issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. The study points to the destigmatization of depression as one of the causes for the increase in people seeking treatment as well […]
On September 11, terrorism took on a whole new meaning for people in the U.S. Here, activists from around the globe, many from places wracked by violence, speak out on the state of the world, the prospects for peace, and the place of women in a time of terror. Part I of III Sima Samar, […]
But I have hope that what happened to America may create a world where justice and democracy are not just words. Maxine Waters, Congresswoman (D.-Calif.), Washington, D.C.I cannot stand the thought of the “collateral damage” of Bush’s war on terrorism-babies, women, children, innocents. Though I voted to give Bush full use of armed forces, I […]
Zainab Bangura, coordinator of Campaign for Good Governance, Freetown, Sierra LeoneTerrorists try to break down your resistance, take away your dignity, respect, privacy. That’s what they did to us in Sierra Leone for more than ten years by chopping off people’s feet and arms. Sometimes, refusing to let them win was the only thing that […]
America’s deliberate bombing of water sanitation plants in Iraq is a horrific, terrorist act. Taking over the Chilean government is an act of terrorism. What we saw on a huge scale in the WTC bombing is the same kind of horror and terror that is visited upon Israelis and Palestinians every day. We need $40 […]
>Maria Angelina Lopes Sarmento, coordinator of Kadalak Sulimutuk Institute (Small Stream Causes a Big River), Dili, East Timor“We train people to respond without violence when resolving conflicts or matters of land ownership. We don’t tell them what to do. They have to find their own solution. Freedom from violence can only happen when each of […]
In South Africa, we ended apartheid with a negotiated settlement from an international tribunal. We also need the U. N. Many people are very angry with the U.N. for pulling out of Rwanda, but that doesn’t mean you give up on it.” Eleanor Smeal, president, Feminist Majority Foundation, Arlington, Virginia“Many women in Afghanistan hope this […]
Scandalized by public outcry over widespread pedophilia and sexual abuse committed by Catholic clergy, Pope John Paul II issued a directive ordering the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith to set up guidelines for handling the problem. The Congregation determined that priests suspected of pedophilia must be tried in secret ecclesiastical courts presided over […]
Judge Megan Lake of the Fayette Country District Court in Kentucky is holding two women who had obtained protective orders against their husbands in contempt of court for initiating contact with the men later. The men are also being held in contempt. Judge Lake explained her decision saying that the women violated the protective orders, […]
Research detailed in this month’s Journal of Medical Genetics suggests that genetic mutations in men and women may contribute to the increased likelihood of developing pre-eclampsia, a potentially life-threatening pregnancy complication that usually occurs after the first 20 weeks of pregnancy. This study presents the first research data linking genetic mutations in men to pre-eclampsia. […]
While widespread famine may have been averted because of an outpouring of humanitarian food shipments into Afghanistan during the past four months, starvation still appears likely for some Afghans. According to the Associated Press, in the remote villages in the mountain region of Abdullah Gan, people continue to live with inadequate resources and have resorted […]
From January 22-27, the Feminist Majority’s Million4Roe Campaign along with the Feminist Majority Leadership Alliances (FMLAs) will coordinate One Million Voices, a nationwide week of reproductive rights activism. Campus and community groups throughout the United States will conduct pro-choice actions and host events to raise awareness of the impending threat to Roe v. Wade, the […]
While Pat Robertson has resigned as President from the Christian Coalition, his influence continues to be far-reaching and his activities questionable. Among Robertson’s projects is a plan to open an oil refinery in a low-income neighborhood outside of Los Angeles, despite opposition from local community groups who claimed that the plant, forced to close because […]
