From her hospital bed, Feminist Majority Foundation Board Member and United Farm Workers (UFW) co-founder Dolores Huerta urged feminists and labor rights activists to vote in tomorrow’s presidential election. Huerta has been hospitalized since October 30 when exploratory surgery showed a rare opening of the aortic artery in her intestines and has been in critical […]
Actress and activist Jane Fonda personally donated $11.7 million dollars to Pro Choice Vote, an election campaign to educate voters on what is at stake for abortion rights this November. Conservative and progressive groups alike are taking advantage of a special IRS classification for political groups that has been gaining popularity this election year. Fonda’s […]
The Feminist Majority Foundation and its campaign to bring Mifepristone, the early abortion pill, to the United States has been featured in major television shows and newspapers since the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the drug on September 28. With the abortion debate surrounding mifepristone quieted, public debate is finally focusing on the other […]
The Vatican has denounced the sale of RU 486 (also known as mifepristone) and has suggested that Catholic chemists refuse to sell the pill as “conscientious objectors”. Although abortion has been legal for over 20 years in Italy, Catholic doctors are permitted by the Vatican to refuse to perform abortions. RU-486 is a proven safe […]
On November 1, for the fourth consecutive year, a U.N. committee deferred for another year the decision on granting a seat to the Taliban militia, an extremist group that now controls about 95 percent of Afghanistan. The “Taliban intensified its lobbying for the U.N. General Assembly seat this year,” according to the Associated Press, but […]
On October 31, the National Council of Women’s Organizations and the National Women’s Political Caucus hosted a press conference to announce the Women’s Appointment Project, an effort to “identify, recruit, train, and support women seeking elected and appointed office.” The Project sought responses from the two major party candidates in the presidential election. Vice President […]
A federal judge struck down a “set-aside” measure in Cook County that required at least 40 percent of county construction contracts go to women- and minority-owned businesses. The judge ruled that the law was unconstitutional, violating the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment. The judge stated that he found no evidence of discrimination in […]
A 1997 lawsuit charging 11 Orlando, Florida, high schools with violating Title IX, a 1972 law that prohibits discrimination against girls and women in federally funded education, including athletics programs, will return to court this week with two of the 11 high schools still breaking the law. The suit arose in 1997 after complaints by […]
Dolores C. Huerta, 70, one of the founding board members of the Feminist Majority Foundation and co-founder of the United Farm Worker Movement is in critical condition today after exploratory surgery showed a rare opening of the aortic artery in her intestines. Huerta was treated for a bleeding ulcer last week, and was hospitalized shortly […]
Mavis Leno, national chair of the Feminist Majority Foundation’s Campaign to Stop Gender Apartheid, was the keynote speaker at the opening ceremonies of American Medical Women’s Association’s annual meeting. This year’s AMWA meeting (November 1 _ 5, 2000) will focus on human rights’ impact on women’s health and universal health care. The AMWA strongly opposes […]
Launched in mid-October to increase widespread participation among young women on college campuses in the upcoming elections, FMF’s non-partisan “Get Out HER Vote” campaign is in full swing! FMF campus organizers have traveled to over 50 campuses in 6 states recruiting teams of “Get Out HER Vote” Deputies. At the height of this crucial election […]
The Mills College Leadership Alliance is co-organizing their campus’ “Suffrage Shuttle” to take women voters to the polls. The Goucher Leadership Alliance planned a reproductive rights workshop and “Feminist Jeopardy” Competition before the elections and will collaborate with progressive groups on campus to shuttle students to the polls on Election Day. Campuses in over 40 […]
The University of North Texas Leadership Alliance organized a substantial pro-choice demonstration to counter the anti-choice Center for Bioethical Reform, which spent 3 days on campus with enormous graphic posters as part of their “Genocide Awareness Program.” The Leadership Alliance students collaborated with their campus Students for Choice and used the opportunity to rally support […]
More than 1,350 women grabbed their sneakers, skates, and swim caps this summer in Zurich, Switzerland, for the second annual Athletic Women Zurich event. The largest women’s sporting competition in Switzerland, it features a triathlon, runs, walks, and in-line skating races, with athletes of all ages competing—from a 75-year-old marathoner to a four-year-old sprinter. Above, […]
Violence and bombing continue in Afghanistan as the terrorist regime the Taliban struggles with the Northern Alliance under Ahmed Shah Massoud for control of the country. The Taliban, which took power in 1996 and now controls more than 95 percent of Afghanistan, recently seized Taloqan, a former stronghold of Massoud’s Alliance. Refugees fleeing to Pakistan […]
The Census Bureau shows that 2/3 of Americans aged 55 and over living in poverty are women. This figure increases in older age brackets. Women’s organizations are not surprised by this figure, as the wage gap in America continues to economically disadvantage women. Women are paid less, and have less in retirement funds. Therefore, more […]
Last night on CNN’s “Spin Room with Bill Press,” Gloria Steinem debated the Green Party, questioning Ralph Nader’s bid for the presidency because of his recent statements on legal abortion. Nader said a reversal of Roe v. Wade would not mean an end to legal abortion in America, but would leave the issue to the […]
Steve Allen, considered one of the foremost wits of the entertainment industry and founder of the Tonight Show, died Monday, October 30. Allen, along with his wife Jane Meadows, was a supporter of the Feminist Majority Foundation (FMF). “He was a great supporter of human rights causes,” said Peg Yorkin, Chair of the Board of […]
In Maine, voters have the opportunity to ratify a gay and lesbian rights measure passed by the state legislature. Measure 6 would extend protection against discrimination in employment, housing, public accommodation and credit to “all citizens regardless of their sexual orientation.” In 1997, after an intense right wing campaign, Maine voters vetoed an anti-discrimination law, […]
Jean Carnahan, widow of the recently deceased Missouri Governor Mel Carnahan (D), announced Monday that she will fill her husband’s seat in the US Senate if voters elect Carnahan over incumbent John Ashcroft (R-MO). Jean Carnahan has vowed to support the same issues as her late husband, including abortion rights, women’s rights, and gun control. […]
