High school junior Luke Woodham was arrested yesterday for slashing his mother’s throat and his shooting rampage which left two dead and at least six wounded. Woodham opened fire in the school’s commons area with a rifle, “shooting anybody he could find,” said freshman Mark Wilkerson. Officials closed the school immediately after the shooting, and […]
In a press release yesterday, Focus on the Family (FOTF), who has contributed money and volunteers to Promise Keepers, called the National Organization for Women an “extremist organization that advocates polygamy” and “anti-woman.” FOTF criticized the tongue-in-cheek bumper stickers sold by NOW, which include “Sorry I missed church, I’ve been practicing withcraft and becoming a […]
The European Court of Justice upheld the right of homosexuals to the same employment perks as heterosexuals. Yesterday’s preliminary ruling will have “wide wide implications” for British companies if it is approved by the full court next year, said employment lawyers. “Lesbians and gay men will for the first time feel confidentabout coming out at […]
Lt. Gov. Elizabeth McCaughey Ross of New York announced publicly that after multiple disagreements with Republican Gov. George Pataki, that she was now a Democrat. McCaughey Ross said she had received a “welcoming” phone call from President Clinton, despite her harsh criticism of Hillary Rodham Clinton’s health care plan in a 1994 New Republic article. […]
Ambassador Bill Richardson said Monday that conservative Congressmen were responsible for the delay in U.S. paying the U.N. one billion dollars in arrears. Anti-abortion Rep. Christopher Smith, R-N.J., was partially responsible for withholding the funds to the entire U.N. because he claimed three U.N. agencies performed or promoted abortion. Despite the fact that the agencies […]
Hillary Clinton said Tuesday night that she would use an Oct. 23 White House dinner to propose a national registry to trace child-care workers’ employment histories, so that working parents could know more about their child’s caregivers. Clinton, a long-time advocate of government-subsidized child care, said it was important to “provide the kind of quality […]
Armed police of the Taliban extremist group arrested and detained European commissioner Emma Bonino and 18 other European representatives and journalists, including Christiane Amanpour of CNN, for allegedly making a videotape inside a Kabul women’s hospital on September 29. The Taliban has imposed a rule against photographing people. Taliban police detained the group for three […]
Anita Gradin, the European Union’s commissioner for Justice and Immigration, said Monday that Eastern Europe was replacing Asia, Latin America and Africa as the top source of female sex slaves. “I would say that proportions now are one-third of the women come from developing countries and two-thirds from Eastern Europe,” Gradin estimates. She is seeking […]
In an attempt to “ensure that no woman — including wives — or man is subjected to sexual acts against his or her will,” Phillipine President Fidel Ramos signed a new bill Tuesday that allows both men and spouses to sue for rape. The bill’s author, Sen. Leticia Shahani, said the law makes rape a […]
New York Gov. George Pataki signed a bill Monday that makes female genital mutilation a felony when performed on a minor. Pataki stated that female genital mutilation is “a practice that disfigures the body and results in lifelong suffering and dysfunction” and will not be tolerated. Female genital mutilation, practiced mostly in the Middle East, […]
A study conducted by the NYU Department of Health Studies, the Hunter College Center on AIDS, Drugs and Community Health, and the Academy for Educational Development has concluded that free condom giveaways in high schools do not encourage more sexual activity among students. The study of nearly 13,000 students in Chicago and New York, released […]
Florida police say juvenile domestic violence has doubled in Dade and Broward counties, and risen 150 percent statewide in the past two years. In a recent Ft. Lauderdale case where a 17-year-old beat his stepmother with a table leg, police and prosecutors said they were not surprised, given that at least one case of juvenile […]
Attorney General Dennis Vacco announced Monday that a federal and state investigator “cybersting” operation has identified more than 1,500 people suspected of sending child pornography over the Internet. Vacco said child pornography “threatens the safety of our children” and that such illegal activity will not be ignored. In the cybersting, investigators worked the Internet under […]
President Clinton announced Friday that Susan Blumenthal, M.D., M.P.A., will serve as Senior Adviser to the President for Women’s Health. She will develop of medical, scientific and health initiatives and policy relating to women’s health. Blumenthal will move from her current job as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Women’s Health at the U.S. Department of Health […]
After several days of protest and campaigning, the Progressive Women’s Association (PWA) of Islamabad, Pakistan prompted police to arrest a man for cutting off his wife’s hair and nose. On Sept. 19, Nazeer Khan became upset with his wife, Nusrat Perveen, and beat her. She appealed to his mother for help when he left. When […]
The Cabinet of the United Arab Emirates approved a draft law that limits bridal dowry payments. To curb “soaring wedding expenses which burden the youth” and to slow the rate of UAE men marrying foreign women to avoid dowry payments, the Cabinet set the maximum dowry at 20,000 dirhams ($5,500) and the length of wedding […]
In the latest of a series of vicious attacks on civilians, members of the Armed Islamic Group slashed and shot to death 11 female teachers in front of students Saturday. They also killed one male instructor who tried to stop the killing. The militants have previously bombed schools and killed schoolgirls who refused to wear […]
As the Oct. 4 rally at the Washington Mall quickly approaches, opponents of the evangelical men’s organization Promise Keepers are speaking out. The National Organization for Women is organizing an action during the Promise Keepers “Stand in the Gap” event this Saturday. The NOW group will stage their counter-protest very close to the Promise Keepers’ […]
The Women’s National Basketball Association plans to announce next week that they may expand to Washington, D.C. and Detroit if those cities meet the approval of the NBA board of governors. In order to join the eight-league team next summer, Washington and Detroit must solicit 3,000 season ticket commitments, local television and radio contracts, and […]
After three days of testimony that graphically recounted NBC sportscaster Marv Albert’s unusual sex practices, from cross-dressing to group sex, Albert pleaded guilty to assault and battery for biting a 42-year-old woman with whom he had had a previous sexual relationship. He accepted a plea bargain in exchange for prosecutors dropping the more serious charge […]
