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 […]
New research on sex hormones has lead scientists to discover new important differences between the brains of girls and boys. University of Maryland School of Medicine physiologist Margaret McCarthy argues that boys suffer from more neurological disorders than girls. It is more likely for them to have cases of schizophrenia, autism, and dyslexia, while girls […]
Last Friday, Afghan Minister Maulvi Kalamud-Din reiterated an offer first made by Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar in October. Kalamud-Din promised to end poppy cultivation in Afghanistan in exchange for U.N. recognition of the Taliban as the legitimate government. Kalamud-Din insisted that the cultivation of poppies does not violate Islamic law, and takes no responsibility […]
The Association for Computer Machinery’s Committee on Women in Computing announced today that it will conduct research into how the percentage of female computer science students in high schools, colleges and graduate schools can be increased. Funded by the National Science Foundation, the one-year study will gather and interpret existing research on the gender gap […]
A study of HIV positive male and female injection drug users with similar amounts of the HIV virus in their blood found that women developed full-blown AIDS faster than did men. Based on this finding, study authors recommended that antiretroviral drug treatment should be administered earlier in women than in men. “These data suggest that […]
Independent Means Inc. President Joline Godfrey stated that her company’s recent “An Income of Her Own” conference was designed to teach teen girls the skills and self-confidence they need to become successful entrepreneurs. “We want teens to come away with three things: awareness that business ownership is an option, familiarity with the basic concepts and […]
A new federal policy announced by Vice President Gore Wednesday will allow victims of domestic violence to obtain new social security numbers in order to escape their abusers. “Today, our message to the victims of these hateful crimes is this: we will offer you the protection you need to regain your safety and rebuild your […]
After the Democratic party’s success in Tuesday’s election, House Republicans met Wednesday to discuss concluding impeachment proceedings against President Clinton. House Democratic Leader Richard Gephardt attributed Tuesday’s victory to the overzealousness of Republicans on the issue of impeachment. “This is a repudiation of trying to run a campaign without issues and their obsession with impeachment,” […]
A Bangladesh court ordered feminist writer Taslima Nasreen to surrender to a national court by January 5 for charges of blaspheming Islam. Nasreen was forced to flee her country in 1994 due to death threats issued because of her feminist writing. Her writing, deemed “anti-Muslim” by some, also prompted a lawsuit filed against Nasreen by […]
While debates on whether or not to pass hate crime legislation in the U.S. continue, Australia is dealing with anti-gay hate crimes of its own. Two gay men in Perth were tied up, beaten, burned, and told they would be castrated by a man who broke into their home Wednesday. The victims said the assailant […]
A new Planned Parenthood clinic in New Paltz, NY burned to the ground this morning. Officials said that they would need 1 to 2 days to determine the cause of the blaze, although initial reports indicate that the fire was accidental.
Abortion, women’s rights, affirmative action, and gay rights ballot measures were present voted on in this week’s election. Efforts to ban late term abortions were rejected by voters in both Colorado (52% to 48%) and Washington state (57% to 43%). In Washington, young voters were the strongest opponents of the abortion ban, with 64% of […]
