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August 22, 2004 07:33 PM posted by lisa : track it (0)

Calif. Top Court Annuls San Francisco Gay Marriages
California's Supreme Court annulled more than 4,000 gay marriages in San Francisco on Thursday, finding the city acted improperly in granting marriage licenses earlier this year in defiance of state law.

Breastfeeding Moms Hold 'Nurse-In' at Starbucks
More than two dozen mothers staged a breastfeeding "nurse-in" at a Starbucks Corp. store in Maryland over the weekend in an effort to get the world's largest coffee shop chain to adopt a policy allowing breastfeeding in all its U.S. stores.

US Silent on Torture of Children
Just as the U.S.-led forces refused to release thousands of adult prisoners after the June 28 handover of partial sovereignty to Iraq, U.S. and UK authorities continue to incarcerate children.

Saudi law unclear on women's vote
Saudi Arabia has published rules for forthcoming municipal elections that observers say hold out the possibility that women may be allowed to vote

Anti-Abortion Ads Will Be Illegal
The anti-abortion group Wisconsin Right to Life is airing a TV spot and radio ads about blocked judicial nominees aimed at Wisconsin Democratic Sens. Russ Feingold and Herbert Kohl
Women kill rape suspect in court
A man standing trial for rape was killed by a group of women and children in court in the city of Nagpur in central India on Friday, reports say
Judge denies divorce: Adultery not enough
Says husband’s admission of affair is not sufficient to end 17-year marriage because wife resumed sexual relationship with him
Afghan women throw off the burqa in Athens
Afghan sprinter Robina Muqim Yaar can clearly remember the day when she stopped wearing the burqa, the all-encompassing garment that the repressive former Taliban regime required all women to wear.
"It was liberating, marvelous. I was very happy. The burka was not me, it was forced on many people by others," Yaar said on Sunday.
Strip club rule spurs federal suit
A strip club has filed a federal lawsuit against Detroit, seeking to prevent enforcement of an ordinance regulating adult entertainment.
Rules requiring dancers to have a voter registration card and banning mingling between entertainers and patrons are at the heart of the suit.

'Fetal Pain' Bill New Item on Anti-Choice Agenda
Controversy over fetal pain--if it exists and when it occurs--is building. A congressional bill now proposes that doctors discuss the topic with patients. Opponents say the bill ignores medical disputes and is another attempt to restrict choice

Asian-Americans Criticize Eyelid Surgery Craze
Some young Asian-American women are just saying no to the eyelid surgery so many peers are undergoing. They see the painful and expensive procedure--even more widespread in Korea and China--as an offensive alteration of ethnic identity.

Researchers Probe Mother-Daughter Panic Link
Panic disorder typically affects twice as many women as men, and mothers who suffer from the anxiety condition are more likely to pass it on to their daughters. A new study focuses on learned behaviors that might explain mother-daughter transference

Parental Notification May Draw Florida Voters
In November, Florida voters will vote on whether to change their state constitution to make possible a parental-notification law for minors seeking abortions. Two women are at opposite sides of the struggle over the initiative

Help Stop Violence Against Women in Darfur
Along with a mounting death toll, the rape, sexual enslavement and torture of women in western Sudan continues without an end in sight. Beth Glick of Amnesty International calls for vigorous international attention to the catastrophe

Welfare Series: Child Care Promises Fall Through
When the federal welfare program was restructured in 1996, the government promised to provide child care to single parents required to take jobs outside the home. Often, however, that promise is not being kept and families pay the price.

Women encouraged to shoot for the top
Women should be trying to land more leadership roles, including the country's ultimate job: the U.S. presidency

GOP plans to put women, minorities in the spotlight
The fancy titles for the upcoming Republican National Convention have been handed out to a list heavy on minorities, women and elected officials from hotly contested swing states

Rice tops list of powerful women
US National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice is the world's most powerful women, according to a top 100 list published by Forbes magazine.

Women wrestlers set for Athens Games debut
Women wrestlers make their Olympic debut on Sunday in the only sport to be added to the Games programme for the 2004 edition in Athens.
Girls boost creative skills at camp
A TOTAL of 60 girls, aged eight to 12 years, are enrolled in the Zanoobia Intermediate School for Girls summer club in Muharraq.
It is one of 10 camps opened by the Education Ministry across Bahrain for students to spend their free time during the summer.

Fashion show to emphasize modesty in girls' apparel
Girls and adults put off by clothes that reveal preteen bellies and other flesh have organized a fashion show with the message that apparel need not be saucy to be cool

Bar girls protest against police harassment
Scores of bargirls owing allegiance to the Bars Owners Association and the Bar Girls Union on Friday held a protest rally at Azad Maidan to highlight their problems, including police harassment and lack of social security schemes.

Girl Scouts: Where girls grow strong
Girl Scouts of the USA is the world's preeminent organization dedicated solely to girls, ALL girls, where, in an accepting and nurturing environment, girls build character and skills for success in the "real world". It's not just about patches and awards. We let the girls decide what they want to do within our organization, and how they want to work things out.

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After several email correspondences with the organizer of the "Nurse-Ins at Starbuck's Campaign", Lorig Charkoudian, it has been discovered that the Nurse At Starbuck's protest is a scam to gain publicity and research. Charkoudian is using the group's website and email to underhandly gain research by not telling people who email her that the correspondence will be, according to Charkoudian, used as "fascinating fodder for a planned book about cultural intolerance of traditional parenting and misogynistic and self-hating (in the case of women who can't come to grips with the basic true function of their breast)attitudes." Charkoudian has also been using the real names of people who correspond with her on television shows and in interviews without notification or protection of the individuals' identities.
If you agree that these tactics are an outrage, PLEASE DO NOT SUPPORT THIS ORGANIZATION!!!!
If you have corresponded with Charkoudian (good or bad correspondence), PLEASE CONTACT A LAWYER IMMEDIATELY TO PROTECT YOUR RIGHTS!!!

Posted by: Kate on October 20, 2004 09:38 PM |