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OSU professor files suit against former student
An Oregon State University professor is suing a former student for $1.2 million, saying the complaint she filed against him led the university to deny him tenure and terminate his job.

Bob Uttl, an assistant professor of psychology, is due Tuesday for his second and final appearance before a faculty grievance committee, to protest the department's decision not to offer him tenure - complete job security for professors, given to recognize outstanding scholarly work.

Court rules against NOW in RICO case
The Supreme Court ruled 8-1 Wednesday that nationwide abortion protesters did not violate federal racketeering law by trying to shut down women's clinics.
Although other federal laws still protect women's clinics -- the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act is one -- clinic supporters lost a principal weapon in their arsenal with Wednesday's decision.
Writing for the large majority, Chief Justice William Rehnquist said the court agreed to decide the case on two questions: whether protesters committed "extortion" within the meaning of the federal Hobbs Act; and whether the National Organization for Women and various women's clinics could obtain an injunction against the protesters under the civil provisions of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act -- better known as RICO.

Title IX panel's proposals tossed
Under intense criticism that the Bush administration might weaken Title IX -- the landmark 1972 gender equity law that has transformed women's sports -- Education Secretary Rod Paige unexpectedly rejected all the controversial findings of his own commission, co-chaired by Stanford University athletic director Ted Leland, just hours after its report was issued Wednesday.

House Passes Ban on All Human Cloning
After a lengthy debate on science and human life, the House on Thursday passed a bill endorsed by President Bush that would ban human cloning and sentence violators to prison and fines as high as $1 million.

All-Male Augusta Gets Klan's Support
The leader of a Ku Klux Klan splinter group plans to demonstrate in support of Augusta National Golf Club's all-male membership during the Masters, whether the club likes it or not.

Fetus pain bill fails on second vote
Four members of the Montana House changed their minds and their votes Thursday on a bill that would have required doctors to offer women anesthesia for their fetuses if they’re aborted 16 or more weeks into pregnancy.
House Bill 460, sponsored by Rep. Penny Morgan, R-Billings, failed 46-51 after passing the day before in a 52-47 preliminary vote.

Women's struggle is never won?
Why is it that we rarely hear anything from our national labour unions on how to redress gender inequality in the workplace?

Is it because these unions are male-dominated, even though women make up half of the workforce and a full 70% of workers in the export industry?

Women comprise only 33% of those in policy-making positions in the national unions, and the figure plunges to 12% in the state enterprise unions. So says the Department of Welfare and Labour Protection.

College Students React to History of the Pill
On screen, Anita Fream, a woman who appears to be in her early 50s, narrows her eyes and broadens her shoulders as she confesses, "for the first time in my life I could think about sex as just sex." Watching the screen, eight young men and women in their early 20s and late teens laugh at the revelation. For the crowd in a New York University dorm room, sex more often than not is just sex for them.
Prior to the screening, the group admitted they collectively knew little more about the pill than the general effects it had on a woman's hormones. No one knew what year the pill received approval from the federal Food and Drug Administration. One of them, a young man age 19, incorrectly named Margaret Sanger as the pill's inventor

Experts Question Wisdom of Micro-Credit for Women
Micro-credit programs have long been praised as stepping stones out of poverty. But new international studies shed doubt on whether small loans can really make a difference against the enormous problem of poverty. Also see Our Story which follows.

U.S. Foreign Policy Flouts Gender Equity Laws
As International Women's Day approaches this weekend, a foreign policy expert examines the failure of U.S. foreign policy to focus development aid on women and children and calls for stronger laws requiring women benefit from U.S. largesse.

Speaking out over Jordan 'honour killings'
Eight years ago a young Jordanian Muslim woman, Dalia, was stabbed to death by her father in a Jordanian "honour killing".

Landlord Gets Light Sentence for Taping Tenant
A Long Island, N.Y., landlord who secretly filmed a female tenant was sentenced to probation, community service and a fine of $1,468, the New York Post reported.
William Schultz rented a room in his house to Stephanie Fuller in the summer of 2001. In November of that year, Fuller and her boyfriend discovered a small camcorder in the smoke detector in her room, with cables leading to Schultz's room. Local police discovered another camera in the bathroom.

Forced Sterilization in Slovakia
At least 110 Romani women in eastern Slovakia have been subjected to involuntary sterilization says a recent report by investigators from women's rights organizations in New York and Slovakia

MSNBC Savage show protested
A homosexual-rights group plans to launch a protest of MSNBC's decision to hire best-selling author and radio talk-show host Michael Savage to host a one-hour weekend show on the cable network, according to a report in TVSpy.com.

Olympic Athletes Criticize Title IX Recommendations
Two Olympic gold medalists on the Title IX commission criticized proposals that would weaken the landmark law. The two women athletes argued the law should be preserved or strengthened instead.

Race Matters When It Comes to Breast Cancer Care
A new study sheds light on disparities in diagnosis, treatment and survival among women of different race and class backgrounds.

New Anti-Violence Campaigns Aim at Boys, Young Men
A banner hanging in the San Francisco Giant's ballpark is part of a new trend in anti-domestic violence awareness campaigns: coaching boys in middle and high schools to unlearn bullying and abusive behaviors

Moin Now Tells Pakistan's Cricket Fans the Score
In a country where women are often relegated to the sidelines, Leena Moin has stepped into center field as Pakistan's first female cricket commentator on the nation's network television.

Temple ritual evokes protests in Tamil Nadu
A temple ritual, performed as part of Mahashivarathri celebrations in Poochiyur district of Tamil Nadu, with the priest wearing nail-fixed footwear walking over recumbent women, has triggered widespread protests.
A particular community in the region believes that the practice can cure infertility and diseases.

Relief for women as smear times slashed
WAITING times for women undergoing cervical smears in Lothian have been slashed to as little as one week thanks to a new screening method.

The average time for the region’s screening laboratory to process cervical smears has been cut from nine weeks to just a week to ten days.

That means most women will get their results from their GP well within the official four-week target.

Some 30,000 Women Die of Unsafe Abortion in Africa: Ethiopia the Hardest Hit
Around 30,000 women in African are reported to die every year due to complications caused by abortions.
According to information obtained from the organizers of the three day regional conference, scheduled to be opened today at the UNCC, the conference to be held under the theme Action to Reduce Maternal Mortality in Africa has the objective to encourage greater attention to making abortion legal, safe and available to African women.

Violence Against Women - Time to Act!
Violence against women is one of the most pervasive, yet hidden of human rights abuses. It is rooted in a global culture of discrimination which denies women their fundamental rights. No political or economic system or culture is exempt when it comes to allowing and justifying violence against women - in USA a woman is raped every six minutes, in Russia about 14,000 women are estimated to be killed in domestic violence annually. This year, more than 15,000 women will be sold into sexual slavery in China.

What Women Write
This month in literary events: women writers would like to have a word with you

Women fulfill dreams at midlife
They were the generation of women who burned their bras, took the pill and broke down the barriers to traditionally male professions.
They were told they could have it all and, in some cases, they did.
Now these 40 million female baby boomers are hitting middle age and many are facing confusion about everything from their relationships to their careers.

No extra cash for women's shelters
The Quebec government refused yesterday to double the budget of women's shelters across the province to $60 million a year.
Liette Brousseau, president of the network of shelters, said her organization will keep up the pressure during the expected election campaign. A vote could be held as soon as April 14.
Brousseau said the province's minister of social services didn't take into account the shelters' specific needs in providing frontline services to women and children who are victims of violence. She said Roger Bertrand told her organization that shelters should apply for money on a regional basis.

Christina Ricci to play lesbian in new film
Hollywood actress Christina Ricci will play the lesbian lover of a serial killer in her new film.
Ricci, 22, will play the girlfriend of Charlize Theron in the film Monster.
The film will reportedly be based on the real-life story of prostitute Aileen Wournos, who lured seven men to their deaths on Florida highways in 1989 and 1990.

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