Brooklyn Judge Lorin Duckman, who is accused of a bias against domestic violence victims and having a record of lenient sentencing in domestic violence cases, is being investigated by the New York judicial oversight panel. Governor George Pataki has suggested that Duckman resign and save the panel the trouble of investigating the obvious violations of […]
According to the most recent New York Times/CBS News Poll, women’s votes are crucial to the re-election of President Clinton. While men are evenly divided at 45 percent for Clinton and 45 percent for Sen. Bob Dole in a two-way race, 52 percent of women favor Clinton and only 34 percent favor Dole. Women also […]
Although almost 75 percent of elementary and secondary teachers are women and the number of women qualified to be public school superintendents is increasing, women still make up only 10 percent of all superintendents nationwide. When applying for superintendent positions, women have been asked questions regarding how their husbands feel about the job and about […]
On Friday (4-19), a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory committee unanimously approved a new cancer drug to combat ovarian cancer. If approved by the FDA, Topotecan, manufactured by SmithKine Beecham Pharmaceutical, will be used to treat women with ovarian cancer after other treatments and chemotherapy have failed. The drug, which will be marketed as […]
U.S. District Judge Albert Bryan, Jr. dismissed a suit brought by Cmdr. Robert E. Stumpf, a Navy pilot involved in the 1991 Tailhook scandal in which Navy pilots sexually harassed and assaulted female officers at the annual convention. Stumpf, who the Navy cleared of misconduct, was not promoted because of his presence at the convention. […]
Public universities in Texas will resume affirmative action programs designed to increase minority enrollment. Last month a federal appeals court banned the admissions policies, but the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals granted a stay on Friday (4-19), effective until May 13. The earlier ruling was wrecking havoc on admissions officials scrambling to redesign admissions policies. […]
According to the most recent New York Times/CBS News Poll, women’s votes are crucial to the re-election of President Clinton. While men are evenly divided at 45 percent for Clinton and 45 percent for Sen. Bob Dole in a two-way race, 52 percent of women favor Clinton and only 34 percent favor Dole. Women also […]
Although almost 75 percent of elementary and secondary teachers are women and the number of women qualified to be public school superintendents is increasing, women still make up only 10 percent of all superintendents nationwide. When applying for superintendent positions, women have been asked questions regarding how their husbands feel about the job and about […]
On Friday (4-19), a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory committee unanimously approved a new cancer drug to combat ovarian cancer. If approved by the FDA, Topotecan, manufactured by SmithKine Beecham Pharmaceutical, will be used to treat women with ovarian cancer after other treatments and chemotherapy have failed. The drug, which will be marketed as […]
.S. District Judge Albert Bryan, Jr. dismissed a suit brought by Cmdr. Robert E. Stumpf, a Navy pilot involved in the 1991 Tailhook scandal in which Navy pilots sexually harassed and assaulted female officers at the annual convention. Stumpf, who the Navy cleared of misconduct, was not promoted because of his presence at the convention. […]
Public universities in Texas will resume affirmative action programs designed to increase minority enrollment. Last month a federal appeals court banned the admissions policies, but the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals granted a stay on Friday (4-19), effective until May 13. The earlier ruling was wrecking havoc on admissions officials scrambling to redesign admissions policies. […]
One year after Shannon Faulkner successfully opened the doors to women at The Citadel, one of the nation’s most prestigious old boys clubs, another woman is challenging the courts for her admission. Nancy Mellette, 18, is actively challenging The Citadel’s all-male admissions policy with cases pending in the South Carolina District Court and the Supreme […]
Alexis Herman, Assistant to the President and Director of the White House Office of Public Liason, will lead a delegation of female business leaders to Mexico. The April 22 mission seeks to assist women-owned businesses in finding new ways to expand trade opportunities and will explore trade prospects in the region.
Ken Behring, owner of the professional football team the Seattle Seahawks, is being sued by a former employee for general and punitive damages on charges of sexual assault and battery. The plaintiff, Patricia Parker, served as Behring’s chief financial officer from October 1993 until March 1996, where she oversaw Behring’s multi-million dollar investment portfolio. Parker […]
The first online voter registration effort has been launched by MCI and Rock The Vote. Users access the site at either of the two locations, the MCI Net Vote’96 site or the Rock The Vote site, then fill out an on-screen registration form and hit “submit.” One week before the elections the new voters will […]
Kerry Kotler was arrested for rape on April 8, four years after being freed from jail after DNA evidence cleared him of another rape. According to prosecutor Randy Hinrichs, five unique DNA markers from semen found on the victim matched markers from Kotler’s blood; the odds against the semen being from someone other than Kotler […]
Of the 3.66 million workers in the U.S. who are paid the minimum wage of $4.25 an hour, 63 percent are women. The debate to raise the minimum wage 90 cents over a two year period is currently dividing Congress by party lines. Republicans have generally opposed an increase, fearful that it will contribute to […]
In 1995, the number of women diagnosed with AIDS increased to its highest percentage yet: 19 percent of all adult and adolescent cases. Nationwide, the AIDS rate has declined. Last year the number of people diagnosed with the disease dropped seven percent. There have been over half a million AIDS cases reported since 1981.
On April 13, a group of 60 members from the Concerned Parishioners of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington gathered outside of the National Cathedral to protest the local appearances of Jane Holmes Dixon, one of six female assistant Episcopal bishops in the U.S. The protesters oppose the Church’s liberal policy towards ordaining women, and gay […]
According to a study in Thursday’s (4-18) American Journal of Public Health, adult men are responsible for two thirds of the babies born to teenage mothers in California in 1993. The men averaged four to six years older than the girls they impregnated. The study by Mike Males of UC Irvine concurs with findings from […]
