we have brains

grrrly news 11/23

November 23, 2003 10:48 AM posted by lisa : track it (0)

Saleswomen claim they were told to use sex to sell
Four saleswomen sued a chemical company where they once worked, saying it required them to use suggestive nicknames, revealing photographs and "their own Female Magic" to lure business.

Maine Supports Welfare Moms Going to College
The Parents as Scholars program in Maine permits single parents on welfare to go to college and continue to receive benefits. Now, Maine Senator Olympia Snowe is fighting to expand the program across the country.

College Gymnasts Win Court Ruling for Title IX
A female gymnastics team in Pennsylvania was reinstated by a preliminary court injunction. The ruling reinforces the rules universities must follow to avoid discriminating against their female athletes.

Female Peacemakers Strategize How to Assert Power
Female peacemakers from around the world's war-torn countries are demanding a role in the reconstruction of their countries. A recent conference of Women Waging Peace documented their role and gave them a chance to interact with policy makers.

Journalism Failed to Explain Abortion Ban
The so-called partial birth abortion ban--now being challenged in court--deserved coverage of its effect on women and doctors. Instead, news people ran with stories about political strategies and used terminology that obscured what the law says.

Caring for the Earth One Girl at a Time
A Wildlife Conservation Society program is designed to counter the trend for school-age girls to lose interest in science more often than boys. The society is mentoring small groups of female high schoolers to nourish their interest in science.

34 Million Campaign Keeps Seeking New Friends
The two-woman effort to raise money for the U.N. Population Fund to cover the $34 million cut by the Bush administration is still going strong after 14 months.

Gays Gain Right to Marry; Afghans Slay Female Aide
Cheers
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Tuesday ruled that gay and lesbian couples have the right to marry under the state constitution. By a vote of 4-3, the ruling declared that "barring an individual from the protections, benefits and obligations of civil marriage solely because that person would marry a person of the same sex violates the Massachusetts Constitution."
Jeers
A 29-year-old Bettina Goislard was shot to death after two men, suspected to be members of the Taliban, opened fire on her vehicle in the Afghan town of Ghazni. The worker for the French U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees had been with the U.N. mission in Afghanistan since June 2002.

Women's Rights Leaders Support Current Judicial Filibusters
Women's rights leaders joined women Senators and Senator Tom Daschle (D-ND) today at a press conference at the Capitol supporting current filibusters against anti-women nominees. The press conference follows a 39-hour debate on judicial nominations led by Republican Senators in an attempt to force votes on some of President Bush's most extreme nominees. "We stand proudly with these champions of women's rights-the Senators who have worked literally night and day to block the stacking of the Federal Courts of Appeals with reactionary nominees," said Eleanor Smeal, president of the Feminist Majority.

Afghan Minister Says Constitution Lacks Essential Women's Rights Language
Afghanistan's State Minister of Women's Affairs, Mahbuba Hoquqmal, said that the draft constitution released last week does not do enough to guarantee women's rights. Hoquqmal has suggested changes to the constitution that would guarantee and protect women's rights such as using the term "men and women" instead of the word "citizen" because some Afghan men do not see their wives as citizens of Afghanistan Hoquqmal wants to add a sentence to the preamble that says that Afghan adopted a constitution with the aim of "securing equal rights for women and men and eliminating all forms of discrimination and violence against women," reports the Associated Press. In addition, Hoquqmal is also urging that two women, not one, should represent each province in the lower house and that women should be guaranteed representation in provincial assemblies and local councils.

Women customers help Lowe's gain on Home Depot
Lowe's Cos., the second-biggest US home improvement chain, is winning the battle for women customers just 9 miles from the Atlanta headquarters of Home Depot Inc., which pioneered the warehouse-style store.

Protect women in military
In an era when 15 percent of the nation's armed forces are female, it's an unpardonable outrage that the military seems incapable of preventing or properly punishing what can only be described as an epidemic of rape in the services

New options available for women with uterine fibroids
Shenna Ross knows she has a high likelihood of developing uterine fibroids.

Consider her family history.

Ross's grandmother had a hysterectomy at 31 because of uterine fibroids. Her mother had a hysterectomy at 47 for the same reason. Ross, 31, hasn't noticed symptoms yet, but she wants to stay informed in order to avoid having a hysterectomy too.

Feminine ink
The majority of new customers for tattoos and other body art these days are women, say tattoo artists and women's advocates alike. What women want are butterflies, rose petals and any design that says "me."

Program helps women join political mix
When she signed up for the inaugural class of a Pennsylvania seminar to bring more women into politics, Eileen Watt had little interest in running for an elected office.
Now, less than two years later, Watt's a newly elected member of the Allegheny County Council — one of four Pittsburgh-area women in her class who ran for local office this fall and won.

Girls will be girls
A tree picture takes any former climber back to childhood. The crooked limbs stretch up, framing the little girls who make it their home -- at least for the moment that Chicago photographer Melissa Ann Pinney freezes the scene.
"The tree is so animated, reaching to all corners of the picture," Pinney said. "Many people say it has a fairy-tale quality to it. The girls are 'living' in the tree."

« march for choice | whb homepage | Warrior Womyn »

your comments : post a new comment