Peace talks between Afghanistan’s ruling fundamentalist Taliban militia and northern opposition groups were suspended yesterday and may not resume until the two groups can agree on necessary qualifications for Islamic scholars who will create a peace agreement, according to a Washington Post article. Taliban officials are demanding that only scholars who have graduated from recognized […]
Seven women were kidnapped and assaulted by 20 men with rifles, hatchets and knives at an Annaba, Algeria restaurant last week. Two of the women were found dead with their throats cut. Approximately 1,600 women have been raped and assaulted in Algeria since Muslim militants began waging an Islamic attack in 1992. Earlier this month, […]
Many female minority entrepreneurs are rejected when they request a bank loan, according to a new study conducted by The National Foundation for Women Business Owners (NFWBO). Although minority women are starting businesses at three times the rate of other entrepeneurs, 18 percent of Hispanic women, 27 percent of African-American and 20 percent of all […]
The Christian Civil League of Maine and the Christian Coalition of Maine have announced a petition drive that would put late-term abortion to a public vote. Maine legislatures voted against a bill that would have banned D&X abortions except when women’s lives are in danger. The referendum will be similar to the proposed federal bill […]
France Justice Minister Elisabeth Guijou said that although France will allow gays and lesbians to live together lawfully, homosexual marriages and adoption will not be legalized anytime soon. Guijou said that the leftist “government has committed itself to give the possibility to resolve tax, inheritance and social problems,” but same-sex marriage and adoption is “not […]
The Oregon Public Employees’ Benefit Board has decided to offer health benefits to domestic partners of state employees. Linda King, University of Oregon Human Resources Director said “I see it as a good thing. … Anything that makes us a more attractive employer helps in recruitment and retention. It also seems more equitable for our […]
President Clinton met with President Niyazov of Turkmenistan yesterday in an effort to improve relations between the U.S. and Turkmenistan and in part to make way for the creation of a trans-national pipeline that might earn Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban militia group $50 to $100 million a year. A White House joint statement on U.S.-Turkmenistan relations […]
Afghanistan’s Taliban militia group leaders met with their northern opponents this weekend for peace talks brokered by U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Bill Richardson and sponsored by the U.N. and the Organization of the Islamic Conference. Taliban and northern opposition leaders agreed to discuss a cease-fire, possible prisoner exchange and the resolution of the Taliban’s […]
A Japanese court ordered Japan to pay $2,300 each to three South Korean women who were forced to work in brothels catering to Japanese World War II soldiers. Judge Hideaki Chikashita of the Yamaguchi District Court ruled that the Japanese government must compensate the women for their suffering and said that the government’s failure to […]
Investigators found that 48 percent of U.S. female inmates interviewed were allegedly physically or sexually abused, while 27 percent said they were raped, according to a new report issued by the Bureau of Justice Statistics. The report is based on one-hour interviews with 6,133 inmates in 431 prisons in late 1995 and early 1996. The […]
Ultrasound may be used in conjunction with mammograms in detecting lobular carcinoma breast cancer, according to a report released at the American College of Radiology’s 28th National Breast Cancer Conference. Lobular carcinoma, a rare type of breast cancer, is sometimes discovered as a small irregularity on a mammogram. Radiologists often ask the patient to return […]
U.S. Vice President Al Gore called for 100 percent equality for women while speaking at the Women’s Leadership Forum of the Democratic National Committee Friday. Gore said, “We must get past the age-old prejudice … and make America into a democracy molded every bit as much by women as by men.” Gore commented on the […]
President Clinton urged Congress to consider the $21.7 billion U.S. Child Care Initiative he announced in his 1999 budget proposal yesterday. Clinton spoke to members of Congress and some of their daughters who accompanied them during the annual Take Our Daughters to Work Day. Clinton said that the majority of parents in the U.S. work […]
U.S. Federal prosecutors released a 52-count indictment yesterday, charging 16 members of a prostitution ring run by a family that is based in Veracruz, Mexico. Allegations include the forced prostitution of 20 women, some as young as 14-years-old, alleged beatings, rapes and forced abortions. U.S. Justice Department Civil Rights Chief Bill Lann Lee said the […]
Lesbian, gay and bisexual students are suing their San Francisco school for not enforcing the school district’s own anti-harassment policies geared toward protecting students from harassment due to sex or sexual orientation. The teenagers, four girls and one boy, are supported by the American Civil Liberties Union and the National Center for Lesbian Rights. Charges […]
Washington, D.C.’s Catholic University has retracted an invitation to Candace Gingrich, the half-sister of the Speaker of the House Gingrich and a lesbian and gay rights activist, to speak at the school. The invitation was originally made by CU’s Organization for Lesbian and Gay Student Rights and was approved by CU’s Vice President Robert Friday. […]
The United Nations announced last week that unless Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban militia group abolishes its decrees restricting the freedom of women and girls, U.N. aid agencies working in the nation will cease. U.N. Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Executive Director Carol Bellamy said, “We have sent a clear and strong message expressing a common United Nations position.” […]
Arrests were made in California last weekend of three men and seven boys, ranging in age from 15 to 25, for the rapes of a 12-year-old and two 13-year-old girls. The girls, who were reported as runaways, were offered a ride home from the ex-boyfriend of one of the girls. The girls were taken to […]
XOOM, an internet company, is celebrating the Ms. Foundation for Women’s annual Take Our Daughters to Work Day, and the launching of its Women’s Circle Community by offering 100 copies of the new book, Girls Seen and Heard: 52 Life Lessons for Our Daughters. The book, published by Ms. Magazine, is an interactive manual designed […]
The Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) voted to add Minnesota and Orlando to the league for the 1999 season. Detroit and Washington, D.C. were added to this year’s 1998 season league. The WNBA will begin its second year this summer with 10 teams. Houston, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Sacramento, and Utah make up the Western Conference. […]
