The organization responsible for ending affirmative action at the University of Texas, causing a steep decline in minority enrollment, is now attacking the University of Michigan for policies that doubled its minority population in the past decade. The Center for Individual Rights filed a class-action lawsuit against the highly competitive school for denying admission to […]
A survey sponsored by The Women’s Vote Project, a coalition of 110 national women’s groups, found that women who did not vote in 1992 or 1994 lacked information about candidates and issues, and faced difficulty in finding the time and mobility to vote. The survey of 620 women from five states was done to find […]
According to a study published yesterday in the Journal of the American Medical Association, identifying women more likely to carry genetic mutations linked to breast and ovarian cancers may now be easier to do. “This study will assist physicians in determining which patients are at highest risk for having a .. mutation and will help […]
The brother of an Australian nurse murdered by two British nurses in Saudi Arabia has waived his right to seek the death penalty, in exchange for financial compensation. In return for his clemency, he made a deal for a 1.2 million settlement. The case made international headlines because the strict Islamic law in Saudi Arabia […]
Gay rights activists have written an anti-discrimination measure that would prevent discrimination against lesbians and gay men in the workplace. If passed, it will be the first gay rights initiative passed by voters rather than legislators. Despite the fact that the ballot measure also specifically forbids preferential treatment, quotas, and domestic partner benefits and exempts […]
The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education published a report that predicts a 50 to 80% drop in minority college enrollment if affirmative action is banned on campuses and SAT scores continue to carry a lot of weight. “The reality of standardized test scores is that they are not only culturally biased, but are biased […]
Friday, October 17 is National Mammography Day. Free or reduced-fee mammograms will be offered by over 1,200 radiology facilities around the country on Friday and throughout October, which is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. National Mammography Day is meant to educate women about the importance of finding breast cancer early, and how mammograms can help to […]
Senators Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), Carol Moseley-Braun (D-Ill.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.) have been targeted by Republicans as the most vulnerable women senators for next year’s re-election campaigns. The three all support abortion rights and fight against welfare cuts, stances which conservatives plan to publicize in order to portray them as radically liberal. Republican pollster Tony […]
Gay rights activists have written an anti-discrimination measure that would prevent discrimination against lesbians and gay men in the workplace. If passed, it will be the first gay rights initiative passed by voters rather than legislators. Despite the fact that the ballot measure also specifically forbids preferential treatment, quotas, and domestic partner benefits and exempts […]
Defying Maasai tradition that says women are property and can be beaten, Agnes Siyiankoi is enlisting the help of Nairobi lawyers to change Kenya’s constitution and outlaw wife-beating. Siyiankoi’s brother, a lawyer, lodged a High Court application seeking the equivalent of $150 in damages for Agnes Siyiankoi’s abuse by her husband. He also asked that […]
Gynetics, Inc. announced last Wednesday that it will market a “morning-after pill” in the U.S. They are the first company to do so since the FDA approved the use of six brands of birth control pills for emergency contraception last February. The FDA’s decision to approve the drug was based on years of safe and […]
Calling the House bill that would ban late-term abortions “consistent with neither the Constitution nor sound public policy,” President Clinton explained why he vetoed the bill for the second time. “As I have stated on many occasions, I support the decision in Roe v. Wade protecting a woman’s right to choose. H.R. 1122 does not […]
On October 25, hundreds of thousands of women plan to march in Philadelphia in order to revitalize black families and communities. The event, an entirely grassroots endeavor, is being publicized on the internet and has organized garage sales and car washes for fundraising. It is open to all people regardless of race or gender. Spokeswoman […]
According to Jim Hightower’s new book “There’s Nothing in the Middle of the Road But Yellow Stripes and Dead Armadillos,” the chemical industry has been profiting from both manufacturing chemicals that have been linked to breast cancer, as well as making money from cancer treatments. Journalist Molly Ivins quoted Hightower in her Saturday column, saying […]
Gynetics, Inc. announced last Wednesday that it will market a “morning-after pill” in the U.S. They are the first company to do so since the FDA approved the use of six brands of birth control pills for emergency contraception last February. The FDA’s decision to approve the drug was based on years of safe and […]
Calling the House bill that would ban late-term abortions “consistent with neither the Constitution nor sound public policy,” President Clinton explained why he vetoed the bill for the second time. “As I have stated on many occasions, I support the decision in Roe v. Wade protecting a woman’s right to choose. H.R. 1122 does not […]
According to Jim Hightower’s new book “There’s Nothing in the Middle of the Road But Yellow Stripes and Dead Armadillos,” the chemical industry has been profiting from both manufacturing chemicals that have been linked to breast cancer, as well as making money from cancer treatments. Journalist Molly Ivins quoted Hightower in her Saturday column, saying […]
Women in Britain and the U.S. are now wearing corsets to reduce their waistlines, and metal devices to bind their feet, in a practice known as “body training.” The “waist training” regimen requires wearing an increasingly tighter corset over a period of months in order to reduce the waist by 2-6 inches, by displacing the […]
When ABC slapped a parental advisory warning on this week’s episode of “Ellen,” in which lesbian lead Ellen DeGeneres jokingly kisses her heterosexual female friend, DeGeneres said she would walk out if the advisories continued. ABC put a “TV-14” rating on this week’s episode, and will not allow an episode where the script calls for […]
The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced today that the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL), was the 1997 recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. Jody Williams, ICBL’s American coordinator, Williams said she would phone President Clinton and urge him to support ratification of the upcoming anti-landmine treaty. She argued that the U.S. is painting itself as […]
