Gloria Feldt, President of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America spoke at the National Press Club on June 18. Feldt’s speech focused on how language shapes the public debate that shapes public policy. “Did you know,” she asked, that 35 states introduced contraceptive coverage bills in the last year and there were 35 articles about […]
According to Britain’s Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC), many women continue be demoted or lose their jobs due to a pregnancy. Research by the Commission indicates that over 500 British women contacted them over the past year with queries of pregnancy discrimination. The majority of these women had been fired or were in danger of dismissal […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention conducted a study that reports that black women are four times more likely to die from giving birth than white women. The research explored birth and death certificates of women who died during pregnancy, giving childbirth, or from complications within 42 days after childbirth. The study examined all […]
In its annual report released yesterday, Amnesty International documented human rights abuses in 142 countries and territories, including the abused committed by Afghanistan’s Taliban regime. According to Amnesty, the Taliban massacred thousands of civilians and tortured thousands more in 1998. The report documented the Taliban’s attacks surrounding Mazar-e-Sharif, where Taliban guards “deliberately and systematically killed […]
The House Judiciary Constitution Subcommittee heard testimony from both supporters and critics of H.R. 1218, the so-called “Child Custody Protection Act.” The Act would ban adults from helping minors to avoid abortion parental consent laws in their home states by transporting them to a neighboring state for the procedure. Persons found guilty of violating the […]
The American Civil Liberties Union and the Children First Project on Wednesday filed a federal class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court calling for the repeal of a Florida law that prohibits lesbian and gay citizens from adopting children. Lawyers for the plaintiffs charged that the ban ignores childrens’ best interests and discriminates against […]
Three Egyptian women’s human rights activists have begun a hunger strike over a proposed bill which would impose significant restrictions on the activities of NGOs. A sit-in protest at the Centre for Human Rights Legal Aid office is also planned. Two of the hunger strikers, Aida Seif al-Dawla and Suzanne Fayad, work for the El-Nadim […]
The Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association (HBA) has conducted research on the obstacles women face while trying to advance their careers within the pharmaceutical industry. Researchers found that men and women have very different perspectives on whether or not women face sex discrimination. According to a press release issued by the organization, HBA’s P.O.W.E.R. study was designed […]
The 2nd District Court of Appeals ruled that charges of attempted first-degree homicide and first-degree reckless injury were inappropriate for a Wisconsin woman who gave birth to a daughter whose blood alcohol level was measured at .199. At .199, the baby’s blood alcohol level measured almost twice the legal measure of intoxication. The Associated Press […]
Seventy-five-year old businessman Max Rhodes says that he and a group of Hillary Clinton’s supporters hope to “draft” the first lady as the Democratic presidential candidate in 2000. He and a group of Los-Angeles-based grass roots activists plan to collect 50 million signatures and raise at lease $50 for the project by the end of […]
Although they composed only 15% of the school’s student body, women made up five of the Naval Academy’s top ten graduates, and four of its top six. The top graduate was Mary Godfrey of Dousman, Wisconsin. Officials chose Godfrey based on her excellent grades and skillful performance in gymnastics and in the school’s glee club. […]
A Los Angeles businessman who frequently traveled to Japan on business and was fluent in Japanese is charged with drugging and raping a Japanese tourist who became separated from her fellow travelers. Keven Hugh Lewis was charged with forcible rape, rape by drugs, and penetration by a foreign object and was taken into custody on […]
A United Nations report issued yesterday contends that sexual violence against ethnic Albanian women has increased significantly since NATO began bombing Yugoslavia on March 24. Dominique Serrano-Fitamant, a woman who interviewed many of the rape survivors for the U.N. Population Fund report, said the incidence of violence has shown “a significant upsurge.” According to reports, […]
Researchers are seeking to recruit 22,000 women for a study that will compare the benefits and risks of tamoxifen and raloxifene, two drugs which are believed to reduce an individual’s risk for breast cancer. A study of 13,000 women has already established that tamoxifen can reduce breast cancer risk by one half. However, tamoxifen also […]
Forty-nine women who were denied entry-level, laborer positions with Nevada’s Eagle-Picher Minerals Inc. will share a settlement of $92,471 in back pay. The U.S. Department of Labor helped to negotiate the settlement agreement after the Office of Federal Contract Compliance found that the company had discriminated against qualified female job applicants during a routine review. […]
Carol Blazejowski, basketball star and Vice President and General Manager of the WNBA’s New York Liberty team, has publicly acknowledged her same-sex partner. The disclosure was made May 13 at a media event. In a biographical note released to the media, Blazejowski named her partner, Joyce, and their two children, Lainey and Luke. Her announcement […]
70-year-old grandmother has become Britain’s top private investigator after the Association of British Investigators elected her as its president. She is the third woman to win this honor since the Association was formed in 1931. Rosemary Sorrell says that her matronly, innocent image is an advantage that she uses to gain the trust of criminal […]
The United States Supreme Court yesterday ruled that schools may be held liable for failing to protect students from the sexual harassment of another in certain circumstances, overturning several lower court rulings, which argued that Title IX did not apply to peer harassment. The vote was 5-4, with Justices Kennedy, Rehnquist, Scalia, and Thomas dissenting. […]
A report issued by the National Bioethics Advisory Commission calls on Congress to revoke elements of its ban on using federal funds for embryonic research. In its report, the Commission argues that the possible medical benefits of stem cells, which are found in embryos and early fetuses, outweighs any moral or ethical objections to using […]
Eighteen-year-old Leah Carr lost her valedictorian title as well as her right to attend graduation ceremonies because she is six months pregnant. Carr is a student at Dove Christian Academy, where she held a perfect 4.0 grade point average. The private school is run by the Radcliff First Assembly of God church in Radcliff, Kentucky. […]
