A study of 43 couples suggests that heterosexual parents could learn a great deal from their lesbian counterparts. Cambridge University researcher Dr. Gill Dunne found that lesbian parents did a better job of sharing household chores and bread-earning responsibilities than did heterosexual couples, leaving both parents more time to spend with their children. Lesbian parents […]
The Methodist Church of Britain made history Wednesday when a newly-published prayer book was unveiled at Wesley’s Chapel in the City of London. The prayer book referred to God as both he and she, mother and father. Although the Church of England has also adopted some inclusive language, no large British church has gone so […]
European justice and interior ministers are gathering information about member European Union (EU) countries’ laws banning the sexual exploitation and violent abuse of women in an effort to develop new guidelines for action that would apply to the entire region. These guidelines would not amount to a single set of laws. EU Justice and Home […]
DC Web Women, formerly known as DC Webgrrls, has separated from its association with Webgrrls International and adopted a non-profit structure to better meet the needs of its membership, which has grown from 21 to almost 1,500 member since the group first met. The group will continue with its mission of empowering women to pursue […]
Researchers report that doctors might preserve the axillary (armpit) lymph nodes of some breast cancer patients through use of radioactive probe. Doctors would use the probe to identify the “sentinel,” or first lymph node that could potentially have become infected by a breast tumor. After identifying this node, doctors would test it to determine if […]
A Dartmouth Medical School study reports that hospitals in many U.S. regions provide only substandard care, resulting in unnecessary deaths and long-term health complications. Published by the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association, the report argued that many hospitals failed to prescribe highly effective treatments for heart patients, including the prescription of […]
Cybergrrl’s Femina search engine (http://www.femina.com) has been revised an redesigned to offer users an expanded, more intuitive, and user-friendly method of accessing online information. Femina offers a weekly e-newsletter detailing interesting new Web content, a discussion list for women doing online research, and new topic categories. Cybergrrl Inc. President Aliza Sherman promises that the new […]
In her article published in the New York Times this Sunday, journalist Jan Goodwin wrote of the children who are being abducted by Government and opposition forces for work as soldiers and sex slaves in Sierra Leone’s civil war. Girls and boys as young as 7 or 8 years old make up 40-50% of the […]
British Judge John Peppitt ruled that Kent and Canterbury Hospital was guilty of negligence for failing to refer three women to further treatment when their Pap smears showed slight abnormalities. Compensation for the plaintiffs will be determined in late June. Helen Palmer, Lesley Cannon, and Sandra Penney were later diagnosed with cervical cancer and forced […]
The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) will grant actor Whoopi Goldberg its Vanguard award on April 17 in Los Angeles for her positive portrayals of African-American lesbians in films including “The Color Purple” and “Boys on the Side.” A GLAAD spokesperson noted, “On the big screen, this is an almost invisible part of […]
Research published in the Annals of Internal Medicine suggests that doctors may someday be able to pinpoint which women are at greatest risk for breast cancer by using a simple blood test. Researchers found that women with elevated levels sex hormones testosterone or estradiol were three times more level than those with low or normals […]
Approximately 400 protesters marched past the White House, Justice Department, and U.S. Capital on Monday to protest the February 4 shooting of Amadou Diallo by a New York City police officer. Diallo, a recent immigrant from the West African nation of Guinea, was shot 19 times by four police officers while standing in the entrance […]
Across the state of Massachusetts, more and more women are relying on small-scale farms for their livelihood. Most of the women-owned farms that are popping up across the state are small in scale and feature higher-priced gourmet foods that are likely to bring a good price. For instance, many women raise goats and other small […]
The U.S. Senate acquitted President William Jefferson Clinton of perjury and obstruction of justice today after a five-week trial. Democrats voted strictly on party lines. Ten Republican Senators voted with the Democrats on the perjury charge, and five concurred with Democrats on the obstruction of justice charge. Republican Senators Collins (ME), Chafee (RI), Gorton (WA), […]
A Colorado Senate committee has passed a bill that would ban nearly all abortions beyond the 19th week of pregnancy. The only instance in which an abortion would be allowed past the 19th week would be if two doctors certified in writing that the fetus was not viable. The bill allows no exceptions on behalf […]
Increasing number of young North Korean girls and women are being sold into marriage and smuggled into China by families made desperate by years of famine. A South Korean aid worker explained that widespread famine has robbed North Koreans of their resources, and cultural misogyny has led them to view women and girls as inferior […]
Scientists believe that sodium dodecyl sulfate, an detergent commonly found in shampoos and toothpastes, may someday be used to prevent the transmission of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, and HPV, the virus that causes cervical cancer. Researchers at Penn State University announced yesterday that sodium dodecyl sulfate is the first topical agent ever proven […]
A Centers for Disease Control report indicates that poor women are more likely than others to suffer unintended pregnancies due to insufficient access to healthcare and family planning services. “Many women with Medicaid coverage during pregnancy lacked comprehensive healthcare coverage before pregnancy and became eligible for Medicaid by being pregnant,” read the report. Researchers noted […]
Italy’s Supreme Court of Appeal in Rome ruled that women who were wearing jeans at the time of their attack cannot claim to have been raped. Judges contended that jeans cannot be removed “without the active help of the person wearing it” as long as wearers fight removal “with all their strength.” Wednesday’s ruling reversed […]
Darmouth College officials announced that they will ban single-sex fraternities on the campus in order to encourage “respectful relations between men and women.” Dartmouth first began accepting women into its student body in 1972. Officials did not make clear whether they would eliminate the fraternities and sororities altogether, or force them to go co-ed. Darmouth […]
