The United States Supreme Court will hear arguments on Tuesday over whether public universities can use mandatory student activity fees to subsidize groups on campus that pursue political goals. The case stems from a lawsuit filed by a law student at the University of Wisconsin, Scott Southworth, who claimed along with other conservative law students […]
Special Agent in Charge (SAIC) Margie Moore, Assistant Director of the Feminist Majority Foundation’s National Center for Women & Policing as well as women’s and student advocacy groups met yesterday with Vice President Al Gore and Congressional Democrats on Capitol Hill on the issue of gun control. The National Network to End Domestic Violence, National […]
A hearing has been scheduled for Carol Moseley-Braun before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to consider her nomination to be ambassador to New Zealand. Jesse Helms (R-NC), Foreign Relations Committee Chair, who has stood in opposition to Moseley-Braun’s nomination, has declined to preside over the hearing and has not committed to attend. Sen. Craig Thomas […]
Kamal Hossain, special rapporteur of the UN High Commission on Human Rights, has urged US policy makers to approach the Afghanistan issue with a “comprehensive” approach rather than focusing simply on bin Laden. He suggested a peace process framework that focuses on human rights and allows the general population to participate in the rebuilding of […]
Beverley McLachlin, who has served on Canada’s Supreme Court for the last decade, has been named the Chief Justice of Canada’s highest court. Canada’s Prime Minister Jean Chretien announced the appointment yesterday, and received immediate positive responses from the legal and feminist communities. Andree Cote, director of legislation for the National Association of Women and […]
The United Nations relief coordinator for Afghanistan predicts disaster this winter unless the Taliban agrees to provide a safe route to deliver food, fuel, and shelter supplies to the northern Panjshir Valley. Military operations are being carried out in this region of Afghanistan, as a coalition of forces resists the Taliban’s control of the war-torn […]
A University of Chicago survey released Tuesday finds that women and minorities are earning Ph.D.s in growing numbers. The survey of 382 universities nationwide found that 41 percent of all Ph.D recipients in 1997 were women—up from just 12 percent in 1967. The survey found that the number of minorities earning Ph.D.s almost doubled between […]
Today in Maine, votes will be cast on the controversial statewide referendum, “Question 1.” Known to many Maine residents as the “Partial Birth Abortion” initiative, “Question 1” vaguely defines “Partial Birth Abortion” and would classify physicians who performed the procedure as Class D criminals. One of the biggest concerns about this initiative is that because […]
Although they spend less than men online, women make up nearly half of Internet users, and their participation in Internet shopping is on the rise, according to Jupiter Communications. Analysts expect that Internet sales will more than double this holiday shopping season. Online retailers, seeking to capitalize on the increase in women’s Internet purchasing, are […]
Following complaints from the manager of Wal-Mart in Cartersville, GA and from Sabrena Parton, a professor at Kennesaw State University, Wal-Mart pulled a World Wrestling Federation doll depicting a wrestler carrying a woman’s head. The doll, Summer Slam ’99: Road Rage Al Snow, is modeled after WWF wrestler Al Snow, who carries a female mannequin’s […]
The state Supreme Court in Montana ruled yesterday that the state legislature had no valid grounds to enact a recent restriction on a woman’s right to abortion, since the law would, in no way, protect a woman’s health. The court denounced the law banning physicians’ assistants from performing abortions because, “The legislature has no interest, […]
Nine Congresswomen walked into a Foreign Relations Committee meeting yesterday and attempted to present Committee Chair Sen. Jesse Helms (R-NC) a poster-sized letter, signed by over 100 House members, in support of the U. N. Convention to Eliminate All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). This action follows nearly three months of requesting a meeting […]
A Superior Court jury, comprised of seven men and seven women, awarded nearly $2 million dollars in damages to nine female golfers who claimed that they were discriminated against because of their gender at the Haverhill Country Club. In addition to being given poor tee times, the women claimed that the club denied them fair […]
A federal appeals court in Chicago on Tuesday upheld state laws in Wisconsin and Illinois that ban late-term abortions. The 5-4 ruling conflicts directly with a decision made last month by another federal appeals court that overturned similar laws in three other states. Yesterday’s ruling stated that the Illinois and Wisconsin laws are constitutional, but […]
After hearing the extremist Taliban militia express interest in working with the U. S. government on extradition of terrorist Osama bin Laden, President Clinton on Tuesday denounced the Taliban’s draconian treatment of women and girls. While he did not discuss the Taliban’s overtures regarding bin Laden, Clinton stressed the importance of the restoration of women […]
The government of Denmark presented legislation on Tuesday that would ban models who are younger than 18 years old from being used in pornographic material. Current law already bans possession of pornographic photographs and film or videos that have minors as models or actors, but there have been recent newspaper reports that Danish and foreign […]
Secretary of State Madeleine Albright suggested yesterday that the extremist Taliban militia that is responsible for gender apartheid in Afghanistan might be granted improved relations with the United States if they release international terrorist Osama bin Laden. In response to reports that the Taliban may be willing to discuss bin Laden with the United States, […]
The birth rate for teenagers fell for the seventh year according to a report issued Monday by the National Center for Health Statistics, a branch of the Department of Health and Human Services. According to the NCHS study, the birth rate for teenage girls is the lowest since 1987. The national birth rate among 15-19 […]
The coroner who identified the body of slain University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard testified in court today that Shepard’s attackers, accused of beating Shepard to death due to his sexual orientation, hit him at least 20 times and cracked his skull a half-dozen times. Coroner Patrick Allen was testifying in the trial of Aaron […]
A study released today by the Women’s Leadership Fund shows that newspaper stories on female candidates are more likely to include personal and family information such as age, marital status, appearance and hair color than equivalent stories on male candidates. Articles on male candidates are more likely to highlight men’s positions on issues such as […]
