The number of violent acts committed by girls has been on a steady rise in the United States for the past decade. Isis Sapp-Grant, a former female gang leader, believes she can help to reduce the trend. Sapp-Grant recalled her days as a female gang leader in New York City, saying, “It made me feel […]
Taliban leaders recently spoke out against Human Rights Watch, a United States-based human rights organization that issued a report accusing the fundamentalist Islamic militia of violent “ethnic cleansing” during their takeover of the Northern Afghanistan city, Mazar-i Sharif, in August. The report, based on interviews with eyewitnesses who fled the massacre, describes an indiscriminate “killing […]
The President’s Commission on the Celebration of Women in American History met this past Thursday and Friday in Washington, DC to formulate recommendations to President Clinton regarding how best to acknowledge and celebrate the roles and accomplishments of women. The celebration will reach out at four levels: national, local, organizational, and popular culture. Representatives from […]
Gay and lesbian rights were improved in the Netherlands Friday when the Dutch Cabinet approved a plan that would allow gay and lesbian couples to adopt children. The plan has secured strong support in parliament, where it will be voted on early next year. The proposal restricts adoptions to Dutch children due to the incongruity […]
New guidelines on osteoporosis have been issued by the National Osteoporosis Foundation. Women, and especially white, post-menopausal women, who have the highest risk for developing the disease, should be routinely tested for osteoporosis starting at age 65. Post-menopausal white women who have at least one risk factor for osteoporosis and are under the age of […]
The extraction of human organs is becoming increasingly common in Afghan refugee camps in Peshawar, according to a report by the Women’s Alliance for Peace and Human Rights in Afghanistan (WAPHA). WAPHA sent a three-member delegation to visit several Afghan refugee camps near Peshawar to collect information on the situation there. The group learned that […]
Japan hold’s second place in international economic power. Women account for half of the nations workforce, but comprise only 0.2 percent of corporate directors in Japan. This statistic is much lower than the United States 11.2 percent and even Britain’s 5 percent. “These are all pathetic numbers,” points out Irene Natividad co-President of the Women […]
Rep. Jennifer Dunn (R-Wash.) announced her candidacy this week to take over Newt Gingrich’s post as speaker of the House of Representatives. Dunn would become the first woman to hold the title if elected. Many have seen Dunn, 57, as the Republican party’s best hope for broadening their appeal to women. “We have an opportunity […]
The approval of Initiative 200 is the second ban on affirmative action to pass in Washington State, with 58 percent of voters in favor of it. The University of Washington has stated that it will cease to consider race or gender as factors in admissions, a practice they have applied since the 1960s. Some public […]
A shot was fired at a federal agent standing at a command post set up to direct the search for bombing suspect Eric Rudolph. The bullet just grazed the agent’s head. An official reported that the agent was “grazed by the shot through the hair on his head” around 8 p.m. Wednesday. He did not […]
The Taliban militia have come to an agreement to allow an United Nations assessment team access to the Bamiyan province in Afghanistan to determine the need for winter food aid. Deep snows throughout Bamiyan province make access to this central region difficult. Winter conditions last year cut off supplies to the region which led to […]
The gap in wages between male and female staff members in the U.S. House of Representatives has widened for the first time in six years, according to a report by the Congressional Management Foundation. Female House staff members made $35,967 in 1998, 83% of the male average, which stands at $43,189. The study pointed out […]
Infections resulting from Chlamydia may be a primary cause for ectopic pregnancies, a new study has found. Researchers at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan, and Allegheny University of the Health Sciences in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania have concluded that “a higher proportion of ectopic pregnancies than was believed previously may be attributable to infection of the […]
The pay gap between executive men and women is larger than the gap in the general work force, a new study has determined. Catalyst, a non-profit group that works to advance women in business, reported that the highest paid women corporate executives earn 68 cents to every dollar men corporate executives earn in the United […]
A statue to memorialize New York Women Veterans is being criticized by those it is supposed to commemorate. Dolores Reed is one of the statue’s critics, and an army veteran of the Korean War. While serving her country, Reed wore a button-up shirt with a man’s-style tie and a simple skirt, sometimes fatigues. The commemorative […]
The Taliban militia has issued an ultimatum to the United States stating that evidence against suspected Saudi terrorist, Osama bin Laden, must be submitted by November 20 or bin Laden would be cleared of any crimes. The United States hold Osama bin Laden responsible for the August 7 bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and […]
A $3.2 billion settlement has been proposed to aid women who claim they became ill from silicone breast implants made by Dow Corning Corp. The suit filed Monday, would ensure women between $12,000 and $300,000 each. Final approval of the plan must be made by a judge in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court and by a […]
United States Ambassador Peter Burleigh spoke out Monday against the Taliban’s brutal treatment of Afghan women. “The world simply will not accept a government that denies women their human rights, including access to education, health care, and employment,” Burleigh said in a statement marking the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Burleigh […]
For the past few years, the weeks surrounding Canada’s Remembrance Day have been filled with threats against abortion providers in Canada and the United States. Since 1994, five sniper attacks on abortion providers have taken place near the date of November 11, which is Veteran’s Day in the U.S. and Remembrance Day in Canada. Anti-abortion […]
Margie Hunter, the mother of Tyrone Hunter, a transvestite who died following a car accident in 1995, has brought a lawsuit claiming her son received negligent care from emergency medical technicians and a doctor at DC General Hospital. “It’s long overdue,” said Ms. Hunter of the lawsuit. She claims that emergency medical technicians laughed at […]
