The Bush administration is playing abortion politics again in the debate over stem cell research. Bush’s announcement on August 9 to allow federal funding for research only on the 64 lines already in existence, obscured the fact that approximately 30 of these lines that were not fully developed. These lines, referred to as “robust” and […]
In a striking example of the pervasiveness of gender-based discrimination, Nashville bus driver Willie Houston was murdered on July 29 on his way from celebrating his engagement, targeted simply because he happened to be carrying a purse. He was helping a blind friend enter a Nashville men’s room and was holding his fiance’s purse at […]
The 434 refugees awaiting admission to Papua New Guinea before being resettled to New Zealand and the small island republic of Nauru will face at least another three days at sea in the Australian naval ship Manoora. The refugees will not arrive in Papua New Guinea before Monday, say most political experts, as an Australian […]
As Boston’s 9th Congressional district gears up for a special Democratic primary on September 11th, progressive groups and newspapers have come out in support of 9-year Massachusetts state Senator, Cheryl Jacques. Jacques, a lesbian and former prosecutor from Needham, MA, has received the endorsement of the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League (NARAL) as […]
Arab fighters funded by Saudi terrorist Osama bin Laden have become increasingly influential with the Taliban and are building a foreign alliances to expand the Taliban’s extremist version of Islam, according to aid workers and political analysts. Arab mercenaries have already participated in civilian massacres against minority Shia Muslims in central Afghanistan earlier this year, […]
Women leaders from around have been in attendance at the United Nations’ World Conference Against Racism to ensure that the intersection of race and gender remained a central issue throughout the conference, which ends on Friday. While the World Conference Against Racism did not place gender on the agenda or consider it on the same […]
Currently, Yale University is the only college health center that offers mifepristone (formerly, RU-486), and many young women are still unable to obtain emergency contraception (EC) on campus. This fall, FMF will kick off Prescribe Choice, a nationwide campaign to increase campus availability of EC and mifepristone. Join the national network of student activists working […]
Congratulations to the GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance for being recognized as the best progressive group on campus!!! The group was recognized for their excellence in visibility, events, attendance, and efficacy. The FMLA at CERRITOS COMMUNITY COLLEGE also garnered an award for campus Club of the Year for the third year in a […]
Before the Taliban militia came to power in 1996, women and girls made up 50% of the university student population and 70% of all school teachers. Soon after the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, however, they banned women and girls from attending school. Today, Afghan women students and teachers risk their lives daily to run […]
Staunch anti-abortion Senator Phil Gramm (R-TX) announced Tuesday that he will not seek re-election next year, joining anti-abortion Senators Jesse Helms (R-NC) and Strom Thurmond (R-SC) who have also announced plans to retire at the end of their terms. Senator Gramm was first elected as a conservative Democrat in 1978 but changed his party affiliation […]
A U.S. Senate committee will convene to day to address whether Bush’s stem cell policy will hinder scientific research that could yield live-saving treatments for Parkinson’s disease, cancer, and other life-threatening illnesses. Since Bush announced limited federal funding for a supposed 64 stem cell lines on August 9th, scientists have criticized the decision, citing that […]
President Bush and Senate Democrat Leader Tom Daschle (D-SD) announced today a promise to avoid dipping into the Social Security fund to pay for other government expenses. Economists, however, are already predicting that to be fiscally impossible. According to the Congressional Budget Office, given the recent $1.3 trillion tax cut and slowing economy, the federal […]
A senior Taliban official announced that the foreign aid workers on trial for allegedly proselytizing Christianity will be punished according to Islamic law, possibly including the death penalty. Mawlawi Noor Mohammad Saqib told the Pakistan-based Afghan Islamic Press, “If they have broken the law and should be hanged, then we will punish them like that.” […]
A coalition of 26 anti-abortion groups announced plans today to launch a $2 million campaign to pressure President Bush and the U.S. Senate to fill Supreme Court vacancies with anti-abortion nominees. Still stinging from a perceived defeat on Bush’s decision on stem cell research, anti-abortion forces vowed to present a unified and aggressive front against […]
While millions of Americans celebrated Labor Day this weekend, 48 percent of the labor force – women – had less to celebrate, according to the Ms. Foundation’s new comprehensive book and campaign, Raise the Floor. Despite 30 years of feminist progress for women in the labor force, American women continue to dominate low-paying fields and […]
As the Taliban puts aid workers on trial for “proselytizing Christianity” and Afghan refugees off the coast of Australia finally gain asylum in New Zealand and other countries, Feminist Majority President Eleanor Smeal calls attention to gender apartheid in Afghanistan in a letter to the editor in today’s New York Times. Smeal focuses on the […]
A federal judge upheld a Florida law banning adoption by gays and lesbians. U.S. District Judge King ruled that the state was justified in limiting adoption to married, heterosexual couples because it is “in the best interest of children.” This decision flies in the face of a recent study presented at the annual meeting of […]
Amidst cheers from an audience of more than 11,000 people, Ashley Martin made history on Thursday by scoring a field goal for Jacksonville State University and becoming the first woman to play and score in a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I football game. By the end of the game, Martin had kicked three […]
In a continuing effort to appease his Right Wing political base, President Bush is alienating some of the U.S.’s most supportive allies abroad and threatening the focus of the U.N. Special Session on Children. Diplomats say the Bush administration’s obsession with language in the summit’s final resolution has shifted the focus of the conference from […]
The United Nations suspended its participation in joint screening of Afghan refugees with Pakistan government officials Friday, claiming Pakistan had broken its agreement with the UN by taking refugees back to Afghanistan and handing them directly over to the Taliban. The agreement would have provided for UNHCR and Pakistan government officials to interview refugees entering […]
