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 The invitation was originally made by CU’s Organization for Lesbian and Gay Student Rights and was approved by CU’s Vice President Robert Friday.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. […]
President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe attacked gays and lesbians in a speech yesterday. Mugabe, speaking at the home of a state-owned newspaper editor who died Tuesday, said that wild animals are better than gays and lesbians because the animals can tell the difference between the sexes. Last December Mugabe condemned the World Conference of Churches […]
Anti-abortion extremists said they cannot afford the nearly $86,000 in damages they were ordered to pay two abortion clinics in the landmark case NOW vs. Scheidler. Defendants Joseph Scheidler, executive director of the Pro-Life Action League, Operation Rescue, Anthony Scholber and Timothy Murphy claim they used up all available funds on trial fees. Scheidler commented, […]
First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton endorsed a letter sent by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee urging women to give money in support of women candidates. Clinton said, “The fact is that unless each of us makes a sincere commitment to support women candidates, the issues and concerns important to our Democratic, pro-family agenda will go […]
A controversial new Smithsonian exhibit called “Between a Rock and a Hard Place,” focuses on 178 years of sweatshops and sweatshop laborers, and opened today at the National Museum of American History. Labor Secretary Alexis Herman was present at the opening of the exhibit. Herman said that she hoped the exhibit would help educate the […]
A four-day conference entitled, “African Women and Economic Development – Investing in our Future,” is scheduled to be held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia next week, marking the 40th anniversary of the United Nation’s ECA agency. United Nations Secretary General Koffi Annan, 500 non-governmental organization members and national leaders, including leaders of Botswana, Burkin Faso, Ghana […]
Family violence activists announced plans for a World Conference on Family Violence to be held in New Delhi, India this September. The conference will host delegates from more than 100 nations and will focus on all forms of family violence, including child, elder and spousal abuse. The conference will attempt to develop “practical, sustainable solutions” […]
Antonio Ivory of Riveria Beach, Florida admitted to killing his wife, 27-year-old Leasa Ivory, by stabbing her three times in the back with a 6-inch fishing knife. The murder occurred after a dispute between the couple over the custody of their 3-year-old son. Ivory drove to his wife’s apartment and took the locked door off […]
A federal jury in Chicago, Illinois found Operation Rescue, the Chicago-based Pro-Life Action League, the league’s executive director Joseph Scheidler, and activists Andrew Scholber and Timothy Murphy guilty of violating the Federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations statute (RICO). National Women’s Health Organization (NWHO) President Susan Hill commented, “This is a tremendous victory for abortion […]
The United Nations will not participate in talks with Afghanistan’s Taliban militia group because the Taliban refuses to allow the presence of U.N. office for humanitarian aid to Afghanistan head Alfredo Witschi-Cestari, according to the Washington Post. Earlier this year, Witschi-Cestari ordered the temporary termination of aid to Afghanistan as a protest to the Taliban’s […]
Mexican women’s groups and lawmakers are outraged over increasing violence against women in Juarez, Mexico and city officials’ indifference. At least 70 women have been raped and murdered, their bodies left in the Chihuahua desert, in the last five years. Women’s groups cite 118 women murdered in the city over the same period. Young women […]
