US District Judge Patrick Duggan ruled Wednesday that the University of Michigan’s use of affirmative action in its admission procedure is constitutional. Judge Duggan ruled in a case brought on by two white students who charged that U of M’s use of race as a factor in admission was unconstitutional and discriminatory against whites. In […]
In an unprecedented move, a court order was issued banning the genital mutilation of two teenage girls in one of Kenya’s Rift Province. The courts’ ruling placed an injunction based on the girls “non-consent” that prohibits their father from allowing them to undergo the painful procedure or female genital mutilation (FGM). In another historic step, […]
According to United Nations and the Helesnki Federation of Human Rights,some 75,000 Brazilian women have been forced and coerced into sexual trafficking and slavery in the European Union. The UN ranks Brazil as the largest contributor to the sex trade in South America. The trafficking of persons, in particular sex trafficking, is the “third most […]
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced yesterday that it will donate $8.8 million to the International Planned Parenthood Foundation, Reuters Health News Reports. The grant will go towards family planning and reproductive health services in more than 180 countries worldwide and will be distributed over a period of five years. LEARN MORE Click here […]
I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies…and their carcasses will I give to be meat for the fowls of the heavens and for the beasts of the earth…. And I will make this city desolate…. And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh […]
Despite George W. Bush’s campaign trail claim that he would bolster the relationship between blacks and the GOP, a record number of black voters turned out on Election Day and rejected him–9 to 1. Political analysts summed up Bush’s failed attempt to woo black voters as the worst in the history of polling. Bush’s dismal […]
A federal appeals court ruled Monday that the city’s government funded school voucher program is unconstitutional because vouchers funnel government funds into religious school educationa violation of laws separating church and state. Of the 4,000 vouchers issued to children in lower income families, 96 percent of the children attended religious schools. Because school vouchers are […]
In tonight’s PBS presentation, “Dying to be Thin,” NOVA examines the epidemic of eating disorders plaguing America’s youth and the fashion industry’s contribution to the problem. The documentary shows the conflict so many American girls and women, and to a lesser degree boys and men, endure when bombarded by images of stick-thin supermodels. Too often, […]
As we near the end of the semester and break for winter, the Campus Team would like to recognize the many new and recently chartered Feminist Majority Leadership Alliances and affiliates who have finished their first semester of pro-choice feminist activism on campus: Bryn Mawr, Case Western Reserve, DePauw University, Eastern Tennessee State University, Evergreen […]
The Pro-Choice Public Education Project (PEP) has created a series of innovative and eye-catching posters concerning women’s right to reproductive choice and access. Kicking off their first semester of pro-choice activism, the Leadership Alliance UCLA hung PEP Posters on hangers across campus to raise awareness about the importance of access to abortion and reproductive rights. […]
Many Leadership Alliances joined in the “16 DAYS OF ACTIVISM AGAINST GENDER VIOLENCE,” a campaign of the Global Campaign for Women’s Human Rights. The “16 Days” was coordinated by the Center for Women’s Global Leadership at Rutgers University nine years ago and highlights four significant dates: International Day Against Violence Against Women (November 25th), World […]
January 22nd marks the 28th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court case that legalized abortion in the United States. To recognize the importance of this historic case, the Choices Campaign and Feminist Majority Leadership Alliances will be celebrating the anniversary nationwide! Join thousands of students and community activists around the country as we […]
The Brandeis University Leadership Alliance organized a presentation on the Campaign to Stop Gender Apartheid in Afghanistan to a group of over one hundred high school students. Inspired by the presentation, many of the students are now participating in the Back-to-School program and working with Brandeis to establish a Mentoring Program. Good work! Congratulations to […]
For the first time in history, claims of forced servitude and rape made by more than 200,000 women during World War II in Japan are heard before a symbolic court lead by Gabrielle Kirk McDonald, former president of International War Crimes Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. Women from North and South Korea, China, Taiwan, Indonesia, […]
In January 2001, the morning-after pill will be available without a prescription for women ages 16 and up at local pharmacies throughout the United Kingdom. The pills’ availability is in part due to major governmental plans to halve teenage pregnancy rates by the year 2010. The laws governing the distribution of the pill requires a […]
Last week, a Texas court of appeals ruled that denying Medicaid funding to poor women seeking abortion violates their equal rights. Federal law prohibits the use of Medicaid funds for abortion, except in cases of rape, incest, or life endangerment. In a 2-to-1 decision, the appeals court ruled that using those guidelines violates women’s equal […]
On December 6, a federal jury found Clayton Waagner guilty of possession of firearms and auto theft, preventing him from carrying out his planned execution of abortion providers across the United States. He is being held without bond until his sentencing, set for March 16. Waagner pleaded insanity in this case, saying that god was […]
The United States Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) has 45 days to consider a proposed policy change that would expand political asylum to allow victims of domestic violence to file claims. The proposal, praised by immigrant advocacy groups and women’s rights groups, treats victims of domestic violence as members of a particular persecuted class, and […]
The Directors Guild of America (DGA) reports that the entertainment industry has not kept its promise to hire more women and minorities for directing jobs. Despite promises from entertainment industry employers, the job rate for women directors actually dropped in 1999. Women film directors accounted for 7.4 percent of total days worked by guild directors […]
A 17-year-old pregnant Nigerian girl was sentenced to 180 lashes (flogging) between forty days and two months after delivery for her so called disobedience to Islamic Sharia law. The 17-year old stated before the Islamic Court, along with seven corroborating witnesses, that she had been forced into having sex with three middle-aged men from her […]
