The US Supreme Court will resume next Monday, and the coming session promises tough cases on some of the most controversial issues of our time, including affirmative action, the separation of church and state, the death penalty, and racial profiling. In Adarand Constructors, Inc v. Mineta, the Court will decide the constitutionality of an affirmative […]
As thousands of service members are being called to active military duty, women’s access to abortions in military facilities is being limited once again. On September 25, the US House of Representatives voted down an amendment to the 2002 Department of Defense Authorization Bill that would permit women to use their own funds to obtain […]
The photos of smiling families and individuals—all victims of the September 11 attack on the World Trade Center twin towers, are beginning to disappear from the walls, phone booths, bus stands, light poles, trees and vans in downtown New York City. Some have fallen because of rain. Others are being taken down and collected by […]
SPAIN: “Thousands of people in the heart of Western civilization (New York) have had to die in order for the international community to react and consider putting an end to (terrorists/fundamentalist leaders.) The West never cared when the Taliban attacked Afghan women’s rights, when they assaulted them, when they killed them. It has looked in […]
The United Nations has released a new humanitarian appeal for food, medicine, and other necessary emergency relief supplies for the millions of Afghan refugees who have fled the Taliban regime and severe drought. The appeal for $584 million is needed immediately from donor nations. The World Food Programme has been designated $188 million of the […]
As the first anniversary of the FDA approval of mifepristone approaches, the National Abortion Federation (NAF) and Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) report widespread satisfaction from abortion providers offering mifepristone and patients seeking this non-surgical form of early abortion. Both NAF and PPFA, who collectively represent more than 1, 000 abortion facilities nationwide report […]
The U.S. House of Representatives voted 226 to 194 Tuesday to extend health benefits to domestic partners of D.C employees. If approved by the U.S. Senate, this bill would allow gays and lesbians working for the District of Columbia to obtain health insurance, family and medical leave, and familial rights at hospitals, nursing homes, and […]
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) called for an immediate aid package from donor nations of $252 million today, as part of its preparation for the largest humanitarian operation the agency has undertaken since the Kosovo refugee crisis in 1999. Believed to be only a small fraction of what will be needed to […]
Special Message from Margaret Moore, NCWP Assistant Director After witnessing first hand the devastation and aftermath of the most horrific acts of terrorism this country has ever experienced, the events of September 11th will forever remain totally incomprehensible. New York Police Department Sergeant Carey Policastro escorted me to “ground zero” at the base of the […]
Chief Penny E. Harrington, National Center for Women and Policing Director; SAIC Margaret Moore, NCWP Assistant Director For the first time in the memory of most of us, a foreign enemy has attacked the United States on our soil. This event is sure to change the lives of each of us. Certainly, the families and […]
Major U.N. agencies, including the U.N. High Commission on Refugees (UNHCR) and the World Food Programme (WFP), announced plans Monday to undertake one of the largest humanitarian aid operations in the history of the United Nations. Officials estimate that as many as 1-1.5 million Afghans are expected to cross the Afghan border in coming days […]
In a possible attempt to distance the Catholic Church from militant anti-abortion groups, New York Cardinal Edward Egan has asked Father Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life, to step down and resume his position at the Archdiocese of New York. In the past, Pavone and Priests for Life have been linked to and […]
Women students and their parents are bringing suits against the Michigan High School Athletics Association (MHSAA) and the National College Athletic Association (NCAA) to gain compliance with Title IX, the federal law that prohibits sex discrimination in federally funded educational programs. In the Michigan class-action case, plaintiff Jay Roberts-Eveland claims the high school sports association […]
Hundreds of thousands of Afghans continue to attempt to flee Afghanistan in fear of US retaliation against Osama bin Laden and the Taliban. However, the situation is being exacerbated by the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan brought on by a 3-year drought, food shortage, border closings, and the Taliban’s repressive regime. The U.N. has confirmed […]
The FBI will announce plans today to place still-at-large, anti-abortion extremist Clayton Lee Waagner on its top ten list of most wanted criminals. The Feminist Majority Foundation has been advocating for Waagner’s addition to this list since his first arrest in September 1999. Waagner was indicted this past Tuesday by a grand jury on federal […]
Women in Asia are disappearing. Some 80 million women in India and China are reportedly missing from census surveys. Throughout poor, rural areas of East and South Asia, males are prized as a family’s sole breadwinner and females are deemed liabilities whose only purpose is to care for in-laws. In China, the problem is compounded […]
In his strong address before a joint-session of Congress, President Bush condemned the Taliban regime. In doing so, Bush cited the plight of Afghan women, the rampant starvation Afghan people are facing, and the important U.S. role as the largest source of humanitarian aid to people in the country. Meanwhile, the Feminist Majority Foundation has […]
In response to the September 11th terrorist attacks, peace activists from around the United States are organizing demonstrations and teach-ins around the country to urge President Bush to “show restraint” in the use of military power against Osama bin Laden and others suspected to be involved in the New York City and Washington DC tragedies. […]
In a Los Angeles Times interview Thursday, Eleanor Smeal, President of the Feminist Majority Foundation, emphasized that women’s rights must not be marginalized as a side issue in the U.S. fight to end the terrorist Taliban regime. Highlighting that in many ways, Afghan women were the first victims of the Taliban, Smeal insisted that, in […]
The island republic of Nauru accepted 100 Afghan refugees off the Australian navy ship Manoora Wednesday. The asylum seekers disembarked after three weeks at sea, which started with their rescue from a sinking Indonesian ferry by a Norwegian freighter. They were then taken towards Australia only to be refused entry onto Australian shores. The crisis […]
