Peng Peiyun, the former Chinese Minister of Family Planning and current vice chairwoman of the national Legislature, said the number of female babies who are being abandoned in China is increasing at an alarming rate. The country’s high rates of child abandonment are primarily due to China’s strict rules on family size, and cultural misogyny […]
In a speech delivered at the awards ceremony, Rape Education and Prevention Coordinator Deb Schipper said, “The Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance (FMLA) is a new student organization on campus this year, and has quickly made itself known as an extraordinary, energetic group of women…We are constantly encouraged by the willingness of these young women to […]
Radcliffe College has announced that it will fully merge with Harvard University and transform its undergraduate program for women into the “Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study” — a coed center for research and graduate-level studies on women, gender and society. Although Radcliffe’s undergraduates have taken courses through Harvard for year, they had always received diplomas […]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has been charged with racial and/or sexual discrimination in five current or proposed class action lawsuits. In addition, more that 1,500 individual discrimination complaints are currently pending. Among the current complaints include allegations that graffiti in a USDA bathroom included the words “now apes are called people” written beneath the […]
Pending expected approval by the U.S. House of Representatives and by President Clinton, Rosa Parks will be awarded a Congressional Gold Medal, Congress’ highest honor. Sens. Spencer Abraham (R-MI), Carl Levin (D-MI), and Jeff Sessions (R-AL) sponsored the measure, which was approved by a unanimous Senate vote yesterday. Parks sparked a yearlong boycott of Montgomery, […]
The Ms. Foundation’s – annual “Take Your Daughter to Work Day 1999” will take place this Thursday, April 22nd. The theme for this “The Future Is Me” and includes a special focus on “dads and daughters.” According to the Ms. Foundation Web site, “While some people mistakenly believe Take Our Daughters To Work Day is […]
TransScan Medical, Inc.’s T-Scan TS-2000 breast imaging system was approved by the F.D.A. yesterday for use in cases where a mammogram has produced inconclusive results. The device consists of a hand-held probe which is attached to a computer. The probe is placed on a patient’s breast and sends a small electrical signal through the breast […]
Erie County District Attorney Frank C. Clark has announced that his investigation into the murder of abortion provider Dr. Barnett Slepian may go before a state grand jury as soon as next week. Clark said that the recent discovery of a rifle believed to be the murder weapon played a large role in his decision. […]
In a public ceremony watched by thousands, an Afghan woman and her mother were lashed for “immoral behavior.” The daughter was convicted of “immoral behavior” for having a sexual affair and received 100 lashes. Since she was unmarried, the daughter was spared the Taliban’s punishment for adultery, which is stoning to death. The mother was […]
Operation Rescue’s “Operation Save America” protests began yesterday in Buffalo, NY with a church service, news conference, and evening meeting. Today, abortion opponents will hold protests at schools and bookstores and will hold signs and distribute literature along two popular roadways. A 24-hour bible reading will begin, and a reunion dinner will be held for […]
In a unanimous ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled that police officers are not exempt from the Domestic Violence Offenders Gun Ban, a law which prohibits people convicted of domestic violence misdemeanor offenses from purchasing or possessing guns. In the court’s opinion, Judge Stephen F. Williams asserted that community […]
Yale, Harvard, Stanford, and Kent State Universities each hosted labor conferences this weekend, building on recent pro-labor activities on those campuses. In a joint effort, students at Harvard, Stanford, and Kent State universities convened on their respective campuses to discuss the possibility of starting a nationwide alliance of student activists and members of the union […]
Massachusetts’ State House was packed with pro-choice and anti-choice demonstrators yesterday as House Representatives heard arguments for and against a proposed bill which would prevent protesters from coming within 25 feet of clinic entrances and driveways. If passed, Massachusetts will become the first state in the nation to mandate buffer zones for abortion clinics. Although […]
The Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) has issued a declaration in which the group criticizes U.N.-brokered peace talks between the Taliban and Northern Alliance and makes recommendations on how other nations and the U.N. might help the Afghan people. On the possibility of the Taliban and the Northern Alliance forming a joint […]
A federal court has issued a restraining order requiring protestors to keep their distance from abortion clinics and doctor’s offices in the Western district of New York. The restraining order was issued by U.S. District Judge Richard Arcara of Buffalo yesterday after lawyers for the state, the Pro-Choice Network of Western New York and others […]
An expensive breast cancer regimen that is used to treat women with advanced stages of the disease did not prolong life in four of five major studies. The treatment, which combines high-power chemotherapy treatment with bone marrow transplants, is used only in women who are in advanced stages of the disease and have little chance […]
Research presented at the American Society of Newspaper Editors revealed that the percentage of non-white employees at U.S. newspapers was only 11.55 in 1998. Women, who compose slightly more than half of the U.S. population, made up only 37% of newspaper employees last year. Minority employees were especially lacking in higher-paid and more influential supervisory […]
The U.S. House Representatives passed a bill that would allow local officials to demand a recount of Census figures by a margin of 223-206 on Wednesday. House Democrats and the Clinton Administration opposed the bill, arguing that it was a ploy to frustrate attempts to correct traditional headcounts with statistically sampling. Proponents of statistical sampling […]
Actors Lara Flynn Boyle, Lisa Gay Hamilaton, Camryn Manheim, Marla Sokoloff and Kelli Williams of ABC-Television’s “The Practice” will appear in an informational magazine insert on the topic of breast cancer. The insert, titled “The Best Defense” and sponsored by the Ford Foundation, will be included in May issues of four women’s magazines including VOGUE, […]
Women in Technology International, has announced the names of five women who will be inducted into its “Hall of Fame” this June. This year’s inductees will include Yvonne C. Brill, Sherita T. Ceasar, Thelma Estrin, Ph.D.; Claudine Simson, Ph.D.; and Yukako Ychinago. Brill is an aerospace consultant for the International Maritime Satellite Organization and is […]
