The Taliban issued a declaration last week which states that the Taliban will now allow impoverished widows with no other means of income to leave their homes to work. They must follow certain conditions which are not completely explicit at this time. For example, these women are to refrain from wearing fashionable clothes, follow Islamic […]
The reactionary group Americans for Truth about Homosexuality (AFTAH), responsible for the recent full-page ads in major newspapers condemning homosexuality, is now lashing out at the National Organization for Women (NOW). NOW’s protest of a bill , sponsered by Representative Coburn, that would make it legal to discriminate against homosexuals in the workplace, was hailed […]
A week ago Judge Pamela Gilbert O’Sullivan took a twelve year old girl, twenty-nine weeks pregnant with her seventeen year old brother’s child, into the custody of the state after prosecuting attorney Carl Malinga filed a custody petition. Malinga was seeking to block the parents of the girl from taking her out of state. Late […]
The Census Bureau reported that unmarried male and female pairs make up 4 million American households, an 800% increase since 1970. “We’ve had a huge change in how people think about marriage,” said sociologist Reynolds Farley. A practice that was once considered immoral is now commonplace. Partly, this is due to an economic structure wherein […]
An American Management Association survey of over 4,500 managers and executives in mid-sized and large organizations found that mobility and being male were two key factors in determining rates of job advancement. The study, “Career Advancement in the 1990’s,” researched the characteristics of managers between 1990 and 1997. It found that half the managers worked […]
After most of the aid agencies in Kabul pulled out, the Taliban announced that people should not worry because the UN would fill the void. The UN, however, says that the agency simply does not have the resources to fulfill the need created by the aid pullout. UN aid is actually being reduced to show […]
Sergeant Michelle Jarman-Brown filed a two hundred million dollar federal law suit against the New York City Police Department, alleging that she had been sexually harassed by her co-workers and her boss. She alleges that her boss, Inspector Arthur Storch, told her to come to a meeting in a short skirt, saying, “You can be […]
With more women and older Americans joining the Internet the demographics of net users nationwide is beginning to more closely mirror the U.S. population as a whole, according to a study released by eMarketer magazine. Traditionally, the demographics for people using the Internet as a resource reflected a largely elite group of citizens in terms […]
The American Bar Association will make Florida the first site for a new campaign that will provide domestic violence victims with a new safety guide designed to help them with legal questions and aid in the process of leaving abusive relationships. The new program, “Domestic Violence is Everyone’s Business,” will be launched at a press […]
Silence and Complicity, Violence Against Women in Peruvian Public Health Facilities, a new documentary chronicles the massive abuses suffered by Peruvian women at the hands of an ineffective and dangerous new health care system. The film’s sponsors, The Center for Reproductive Law and Policy and the Latin America and Caribbean Committee for the Defense of […]
The House voted today on a measure that limited surgical abortion procedures, winning the necessary two-thirds majority in the House,296-232, to overide President Clinton’s October veto. The measure may fall several votes short in the Senate, which will vote in September, closer to Congressional elections. President Clinton commented after his last veto of the bill […]
Federal agents found fingerprints on a piece of trash in the North Carolina that matches those of Eric Robert Rudolph, who is suspected of bombing a Birmingham, Atlanta abortion clinic last January. The fingerprints are the latest clue discovered in the FBI investigation, led by Woody Enderson of the Southeast Bomb Task Force. Rudolph is […]
Only eight women authors were included in the list of the 100 best novels of the century, and compiled by a panel chaired by Random House executive Christopher Cerf. While the list ranked the novels by worth and literary contribution (Ulysses heading the list at number one), the first woman novelist, Virginia Woolf, did not […]
Two Canadian women were cleared of indecency charges by a Provincial Court judge on Wednesday after they were arrested for refusing to put their tops back on after sunbathing topless in a neighborhood park. Judge Eugene Lewchuk ruled that the two women did not “offend community standards” by sunbathing topless, but that his ruling did […]
A panel of independent experts gathered to discuss the link between breast augmentation and disease. The 13-member panel includes immunologists, toxicologists, surgeons and oncologists who have been convened by the National Institute for Health to resolve the issue of breast implant safety. Dr. Robert Meeks, chief toxicologist of the Dow Corning Corporation which recently paid […]
About half of health insurance agencies refuse to pay for contraceptives while many rushed to reimburse money for impotence drugs. Women’s current health care expenditures are sixty-eight percent higher than men’s, and much of that cost is for birth control. The “Equity in Prescription Insurance and Contraceptives Coverage Act” (EPICC) would require health insurance plans […]
House GOP leaders are reluctant to discuss an amendment proposed by Rep. Joel Hefley, which seeks to overturn President Clinton’s executive order barring federal agencies from discriminating against gays and lesbians. Even conservative Republicans are afraid of alienating voters in the fall election by adhering to an anti-gay and lesbian platform. “I’m worried we’re not […]
The nonprofit foundation that built and maintains the Women in Military Service for America Memorial still owes $2 million for the construction of the Washington, D.C. memorial due to a lack of donations. A payment schedule is now being worked out between the Clark Construction Group, Inc. and the foundation. Michael Alto, project executive at […]
Attorney Susan B. Dailey of Vermont was elected president of Business and Professional Women/USA (BPW), the nation’s leading advocate for working women. BPW, an 80-year-old organization with 2,000 local chapters and 70,000 members nationwide, is facing a turning point with its young new leader. Dailey said that, ironically, the success of the organization has worked […]
Sweden is pursuing a plan of “gender-friendly” labels for products and companies that design goods for women and treat women employees well. The labeling would focus mainly on two criteria. The first criteria considers whether products were designed with women in mind. Products like backpacks and chairs many of which are built for men with […]
